If you use a device manufactured by Apple, it is quite likely that you already know that the company with the bitten apple has its own cloud-based storage service . Baptized with the name of iCloud , it is tremendously useful when it comes to storing and synchronizing photos, videos, movies, music and documents.
One of its main advantages is that we can find all the content that we have hosted in iCloud on any of our Apple devices. Of course, as long as we use the same Apple ID.
In this way, it is perfectly possible to re-download games or applications, or to re-view television programs and movies.
It becomes, therefore, a very useful option as a backup of our files, although it is clear that the functionality of iCloud goes much further. However, it is one of its most common uses, especially if we take into account that in this storage service it is also possible to keep our notes, calendar appointments or even the phone book, just to name a few examples.
How to set up iCloud on iPhone and Mac
Before starting, it is necessary to take into account something fundamental: our iCloud account is basically based on our Apple ID . For this reason, in case we are new to the Apple world and do not have one, we must create it.
The creation process is quite simple, since it is enough to visit the official page for Apple ID management, and click on the link that will take us to the site where we can create our ID.
When it comes to configuring iCloud , you should bear in mind that, on both iPhone and iPad, in the middle of the device configuration process it is very common for iOS to ask us if we want to use this cloud storage service.
If so, we simply have to follow the steps that the system indicates on the screen.
However, if at the time we do not activate it during the configuration, it is perfectly possible to do it at any other time. To do this, we must go to Settings , which we will find on the home screen, click on our name, select iCloud and enter both our Apple ID and our password.
In case we are using Mac, it is necessary to go to the main Start menu, open System Preferences and click on iCloud . Then, we proceed to log in with our Apple ID and password, to finally mark those services that we want to use.
Using iCloud on iPhone and Mac
Once we have configured iCloud, the reality is that, most of the time, this storage service works silently in the background , so that we will hardly notice that it exists.
In case we have opted for the default configuration, it is quite likely that, through iCloud, we can access our documents regardless of whether we have created them on a different device. And the same will happen with the calendar events or the details of our contacts.
This is because iCloud syncs automatically without us asking; Moreover, we could almost say that it is in constant synchronization, hence a certain text document that we create in Pages through our Mac, we can then easily download it to our iPhone from the Files application.
For this reason, and unless we run out of storage (something very common due to the size that both images and videos usually have), the most common thing is that we do not remember iCloud until the system tells us that we have consumed all 5 Free GB.
If this happens, it is necessary to proceed to delete files, or manage storage and buy more space (for which we will have to subscribe to a monthly plan).
In any case, we can control everything that iCloud does easily through iOS or macOS. On iPhone or iPad, for example, it will be enough to go to Settings and touch our Apple ID that we will find at the top of the screen, and then press iCloud and access the section where it is possible to manage storage, and activate or deactivate the apps who will use this service.
The same happens with Mac. On this occasion, we can access the iCloud Drive folder by searching for it through Spotlight, or by modifying the iCloud settings through System Preferences .
