![]() ![]() In this example, taken from my iPhone 6 Plus, iCloud Drive is off - yet I paid for an upgraded storage plan when iCloud Drive was announced. Indeed, venture into Settings > iCloud and you'll find more questions than answers: So if iCloud Drive is off, are my documents being backed up? (That's where iCloud Drive comes in see below.) Rather, it serves to back up much (but not all) of what's stored on your iDevice, while syncing some (but not all) of your data to other devices. ICloud is, of course, Apple's online storage service, but it's not a file-sharing service like Dropbox or Microsoft OneDrive. I base this assessment on my own confusion and the confusion of countless people who have asked me to explain it to them. What is iCloud?Ī big, muddled mess, that's what. So let's take a look at which service does what, with an eye toward what options to consider for whole-device backup. But is it a replacement for iCloud Backup? An extension of it? A totally separate entity? If you upgrade your storage plan, does that also give you more space for backups? Then, a few months ago, Apple took the wraps off iCloud Drive, a service that seemed to offer more bang for your storage buck. ![]() No more syncing? iCloud backs up everything or just some things? What about photos? And do apps like Facebook really need to be backed up to the cloud? For many an iPhone or iPad user accustomed to syncing their devices to their desktops or laptops, the 2011 arrival of Apple's iCloud service created no small amount of head-scratching. ![]()
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