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INTRODUCTION

Brief: Apple introduced iCloud in iOS5 as a service to allow applications to store data on
Apples servers and have it synchronized across all devices used by the same person (via their Apple ID). It also has a backup component. This document describes how to use some of the iCloud APIs provided by Apple to store and retrieve data from their servers, with C# samples for storing small key-value data pairs and for storing documents. It also discusses how iCloud Backup can influence the design of your application.

Overview:
The iCloud storage API in iOS5 allow applications to save user documents & application specific data to a central location and access those items from all the users devices.

Figure 1: iCloud overview There are four types of storage available: Key-Value storage to share small amounts of data with your application on a users other devices. UIDocument storage to store documents and other data in the users iCloud account using a subclass of UIDocument. CoreData SQLite database storage. Individual files and directories for managing lots of different files directly in the file system.

2. iCloud
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iCloud helps you store your photos, music, apps, documents, calendars and more. Its an easiest way to manage your content. Apple has built iCloud functionality directly into many of their apps and iOS5. When you take a photo from your iPhone, it can automatically synchronize with iCloud, and be pushed to your iPad and Mac. You can stop worrying about keeping all of your devices in sync once they are all linked to your iCloud account.

Figure 2: show the working of iCloud Once you connect your device to the internet via a wired or Wi-Fi connection, all of your files will be automatically synchronized. The Backup feature allows you to store your personal data, along with music apps and books purchased from iTunes. You can restore all of your data directly to your device from iCloud, or move it to any new devices you buy. Apple has opened up development to third-party developers, which means that there will eventually be iCloud compatible apps for Windows aside those developed by Apple. Eventually iCloud development could spread to other platforms including Linux, Android, and BlackBerry. If you switch back and forth between a Windows PC and your Mac, it will not be long before you can keep both of them in sync with iCloud. You get 5GB of backup space for free, and there will likely be different pricing tiers based on how much data you want to store in iCloud. For $24.99 a year you get the Scan and Match feature, which scans your iTunes music library and adds any songs that are available in the iTunes library to your iCloud account.
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It does not matter if you purchased the songs from iTunes, from another music store, or ripped the CDs. All songs added to your iCloud account using the Scan and Match feature will be at 256kbps (DRM-free AAC files) regardless of the quality of your original track. There is a limit of 25,000 songs, but iTunes purchases do not count against that limit. The Scan and Match feature, otherwise known as iTunes Match will be available in the fall. iTunes 10.3 is available right now, for Macs and PCs with iTunes 10.3, and it will allow you to download music youve previously purchased to all of your devices. There is also a beta available now, which requires iOS 4.3.3 on the iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4, third and fourth generation iPod Touch, the iPad and the iPad 2.

2.1. Preparing for iCloud development:

Applications must be configured to use iCloud both in the Apple Provisioning Portal and the project itself. Before developing for iCloud (or trying out the samples) follow the steps below. 2.1.1. Set up iCloud on your Apple TV. Its easy to get iCloud on your Apple TV. Just turn on Apple TV and enter your Apple ID. You can get access to your Photo Stream, iTunes Match, and any movies and TV shows youve purchased on your iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, Mac, or PC To correctly configure an application to access iCloud: Find your TeamID login to developer.apple.com and visit the Member Center Your Account Organization Profile to get your Company/Organization ID (or Individual ID for single developers). It will be a 10 character string (A93A5CM278 for example) this forms part of the container identifier. Create a new App ID go to the iOS Provisioning Portal to create an App ID. Choose any Description you like. The Bundle ID you choose forms part of the container identifier (The samples use com.xamarin.samples.iCloud). There is a check-box to enable iCloud for the application - make sure the box is checked. 2.1.2. Key-value storage Key-value storage is intended for small amounts of data that a user might like persisted across devices such as the last page they viewed in a book or magazine. Key-value storage should not be used for backing-up data.

There are some limitations to be aware of when using key-value storage: Maximum key size Key names cannot be longer than 64 bytes.
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Maximum value size You cannot store more than 64 kilobytes in a single value. Maximum key-value store size for an app Applications can only store up to 64 kilobytes of key-value data in total. Attempts to set keys beyond that limit will fail and the previous value will persist. Data types Only basic types like strings, numbers and booleans can be stored. The iCloudKeyValue example demonstrates how it works. The sample code creates a key named for each device: you can set this key on one device and watch the value get propagated to others. It also creates a key called Shared which can be edited on any device if you edit on many devices at once, iCloud will decide which value wins (using a timestamp on the change) and gets propagated. This screenshot shows the sample in use. When change notifications are received from iCloud they are printed in the scrolling text view at the bottom of the screen and updated in the input fields. Document Storage is designed to manage data that is important to your app (and to the user). It can be used to manage files and other data that your app needs to run, while at the same time providing iCloud -based backup and sharing functionality across all the users devices. This diagram shows how it all fits together. Each device has data saved on local storage (the UbiquityContainer) and the operating systems iCloud Daemon takes care of sending and receiving data in the cloud. All file access to the UbiquityContainer must be done via FilePresenter/FileCoordinator to prevent concurrent access. The UIDocument class implements those for you; this example shows how to use UIDocument.

Figure. 3 The iCloudUIDoc example implements a simple UIDocument subclass that contains a single text field. The text is rendered in aUITextView and edits are propogated by iCloud to other devices with a notification message shown in red. The sample code does not deal with more advanced iCloud features like conflict resolution. 2.1.3. Saving iCloud Documents: To add a UIDocument to iCloud you can call UIDocument.Save directly (for new documents only) or move an existing file using NSFileManager.DefaultManager.SetUbiquitious.

2.1.4. Managing iCloud Documents: Users can manage iCloud documents in the Documents directory of the ubiquity container outside of your application via Settings; they can view the file list and swipe to delete. Application code should be able to handle the situation where documents are deleted by the user. Do not store internal application data in the Documents directory. Users will also receive different warnings when they attempt to remove an iCloud-enabled application from their device.

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2.2. iCloud Backup:

While backing up to iCloud isnt a feature that is directly accessed by developers, the way you design your application can affect the user experience. Apple provides iOS Data Storage Guidelines for developers to follow in their iOS applications. The most important consideration is whether your app stores large files that are not user-generated (for example, a magazine reader application that stores hundred-plus megabytes of content per issue). Apple prefers that you do not store this sort of data where it will be backed-up to iCloud and unnecessarily fill the users iCloud quota. Applications that store large amounts of data like this should either store it in one of the user directories that is not backed-up (eg. Caches or tmp) or use NSFileManager.SetSkipBackupAttribute to apply a flag to those files so that iCloud ignores them during backup operations. This article introduced the new iCloud feature included in iOS 5. It examined the steps required to configure your project to use iCloud and then provided examples of how to implement iCloud features. The key-value storage example demonstrated how iCloud can be used to store a small amount of data similar to the way NSUserPreferences are stored. The UIDocument example showed how more complex data can be stored and synchronized across multiple devices via iCloud. Finally it included a brief discussion on how the addition of iCloud Backup should influence your application design.

ICloud

iCloud preferences pane on OS X 10.8.1 Original author(s) Developer(s) Initial release Apple Inc. Apple Inc. Developers June 6, Public October 12, 2011 release 2011 release

Stable release

1.1.0 / March 7, 2012; 5 months ago OS Microsoft iOS Freeware X Windows

Development status Active Operating system

Type License

Online backup service

Figure 5 Apple announced that MobileMe will be discontinued after June 30, 2012, with anyone who had an account before the unveiling of iCloud having their MobileMe service extended to that date, free of charge. The official website, www.iCloud.com, went live in early August for Apple Developers. On October 12, 2011, iCloud became available to use via an iTunes update. iCloud had 20 million users in less than a week after launch. A class action lawsuit by customers unhappy over the transition from MobileMe to iCloud was filed in early May 2012.

2.3. Announcement:
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The first official mention of iCloud from Apple came on May 31, 2011, when a press release announced that it would demonstrate the service at the WWDC on June 6, 2011. A banner hung at the Moscone Center for WWDC revealed the iCloud logo five days before the official launch. In the WWDC 2011 keynote speech, Apple announced iCloud will replace MobileMe services and that the basic iCloud service will be free of charge.

2.4.

Features

The cloud-based system allows users to store music, photos, applications, documents, bookmarks, reminders, backups, notes, iBooks, and contacts, and provides a platform for Apple's email servers and calendars. Third-party iOS and OS X app developers are able to implement iCloud functionality in their apps through the iCloud API. Contacts Calendar Mail ibooks Backup Documents in the cloud Photostream 2.4.1. Calendars, contacts and mails: Update everything iCloud stores all the stuff you cant live without your calendars, contacts, and email and keeps it up to date across all your devices. Say you delete an email, add a calendar event, or update a contact. iCloud makes all your changes everywhere. Same with your notes, reminders, and bookmarks.

Calendar

Figure 6: Calendar features and working A calendar that keeps up with you. Update your schedule in one place and see your changes everywhere. When you have multiple devices, iCloud updates them with your most recent appointments saving you time for all the other things you have going on. You can also share calendars with other iCloud users. A datebook your whole family can add to. Or a team schedule that every player can access. As soon as someone adds or edits an event, iCloud updates it wirelessly on everyones devices. 2.4.2. Mail Mail that delivers. Free. When you set up iCloud, you get a free me.com email account. iCloud automatically pushes new email messages to all your devices, so your inbox is up to date everywhere you check it. And iCloud keeps all your folders in sync, no matter which device youre using. As with MobileMe (and .Mac and iTools before it), an iCloud account includes an email account. Unlike MobileMe and its previous iterations, an email address is an optional part of an iCloud account, in that the user can choose not to use it but can still use the email as their iCloud Apple ID. The email
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account can be accessed using any standard IMAP-compatible email client as well as the web portal mail client on iCloud.com. Additionally, on an iOS device, iCloud email is push-enabled. Users converting existing MobileMe accounts to iCloud accounts kept their existing "@me.com" email addresses, and users whose accounts pre-dated MobileMe and had both me.com and mac.com email addresses kept both. In iOS 6 beta 3, Apple gave notice to developers that new signups would instead get "@iCloud.com" email addresses. As with the .Mac to MobileMe transition, existing users get to keep their old addresses and also get a matching new iCloud.com address, so messages sent to a valid account with multiple addresses all end up in the same inbox. Users setting up new iCloud accounts, whether completely new or attaching them to existing non-MobileMe Apple IDs, can opt to not have email with their iCloud account. These users don't see the iCloud webmail component when signing in at iCloud.com. They still need a valid email address with another email provider to sign-up (e.g. a Gmail account), and that existing nonApple email address becomes their iCloud login.

Figure 7: Email

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2.4.3. Contacts Make connections everywhere you go. With iCloud, your entire address book is on whichever device youre using, anytime you need it. Say you add someone to Contacts on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch. iCloud automatically pushes the new contact to Contacts or Address Book on your Mac or to Outlook on your PC. So you dont have to connect your device to your computer to keep track of all those names and faces. 2.4.4. Documents in the cloud You can create amazing documents and presentations on your Mac, iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch. And with iCloud, you can keep that work up to date across your Mac and all your iOS devices. You dont have to manage your documents in a complicated file system or remember to save them to a special folder. Your documents with all the latest edits are stored in your apps, so they automatically appear everywhere. iCloud is already built into iOS apps like Keynote, Pages, and Numbers. It also works with other iCloud-enabled apps. So you can do things like create a to-do list on your Mac and make edits to it on your iPhone. Or start sketching on your iPod touch and add the finishing touches on your iPad. Every document, every edit, everywhere. With iCloud, the documents you create stay up to date across all your devices automatically. You dont have to remember to upload your work to a special folder, or browse a cluttered file system to find it again. Your documents are right there in your app, completely up to date and ready whenever you need them. Which means you can easily access the latest versions anytime on whatever device you happen to be using at the time. Apps made for iCloud. iCloud is already seamlessly integrated with Apple apps for your iOS devices and your Mac likePages, Keynote, Numbers, and GarageBand. And developers have built iCloud into their apps, too. So you can do things like paint a masterpiece, start a journal entry, work on a budget, and more and have it all with you on your iOS devices and your Mac. 2.4.5. Photostream: Photo Stream is a service supplied with the basic iCloud service which allows users to store the most recent 1,000 photos on the iCloud servers up to 30 days free of charge. When a photo is taken on a device with Photo Stream enabled, it is automatically uploaded to the iCloud servers; from there, it is automatically pushed to the rest of the user's registered devices. The service is also integrated with Apple TV, allowing users to view their recent photos wirelessly on their HDTV. With Photo Stream, you can take a photo on one iOS device and it automatically appears on all your other devices, including your Mac or PC. Import new pictures to your computer from a digital camera, and iCloud sends copies over Wi-Fi to your iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch. You can even view recent photos on your big-screen TV via Apple TV. Theres no syncing, no email attachments, no file transfers. Your pictures are just there on whichever device you happen to have handy.

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Figure 8: Different types of picture are joined in 1 page with the help of Photostream.

Your photos everywhere. In a flash. Take a photo on an iOS device. Or import a photo from your digital camera to your computer. iCloud automatically pushes a copy of that photo over any available Wi-Fi or Ethernet connection to the Photos app on your iOS devices, iPhoto or Aperture on your Mac, and the Pictures Library on your PC. You can even view your Photo Stream album on your Apple TV. So you can show off your shots to friends and family from whichever device youre using at the time.1000 of your latest photos. With you all the time.iCloud manages your Photo Stream efficiently so you dont run out of storage space on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch. If you have Photo Stream enabled on your iOS device, every single photo you take appears in a special Photo Stream album that holds your last 1000 photos. You can delete any photos you dont want from the Photo Stream.1 To touch up a photo or keep a favorite shot permanently, simply save it to your Camera Roll. iCloud stores new photos for 30 days, so you have plenty of time to connect your iOS device to Wi-Fi and make sure you always have your most recent shots handy.1000 photos on your devices: New photos appear on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch in a rolling collection of your last 1000 photos.Save your best shots: If you take a photo you really love and want to make sure it stays on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch, you can save it from your Photo Stream to your Camera Roll.All your photos on your Mac or PC: Your computer automatically keeps all the photos that come through your Photo Stream.Master photo library. On your Mac or PC.
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Keeping a complete set of your photos on your Mac is as simple as turning on Photo Stream in iPhoto or Aperture. Every new photo you take appears in a Photo Stream album just as it does on your iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch. But since your Mac has more storage than your iOS device, it automatically imports every picture from your Photo Stream into your photo library so you can edit, delete, and share the ones you want. Want to get the photos youve taken on your point-andshoot or DSLR camera into your Photo Stream to view on all your other devices? The photos you import to your library from a camera or SD card are automatically uploaded to your Photo Stream. If you have a PC, you can auto-import and upload pictures, too. Just turn on Photo Stream, grab a camera, and start shooting.Make your photos a big deal with Apple TV.With Photo Stream and Apple TV, you can view your recent photos on your HDTV for some truly entertaining reality television.2 So you can, say, take pictures during your daughters softball game, then watch a photo play-by-play with the family gathered around the big-screen TV. You can delete unwanted photos from your Photo Stream at any time. Review this article or more information. You can reset your Photo Stream at iCloud.com to remove all photos from Apple's servers. Review this article for more information.

2.4.6. iBooks: With iCloud, the best place to read is anywhere you have an iOS device. As soon as you buy a new book from the iBookstore, iCloud automatically pushes it to all your other devices. Start reading on your iPad, highlight some text, take notes, or leave a bookmark, and iCloud automatically updates your iPhone and iPod touch, too. Once you buy a book, it appears in your iBookstore purchase history. From there, you can download it to any of your devices at any time. And it wont cost you anything extra.

Figure 9: iBooks show in the tablet through iCloud 2.4.7. Backup and Restore:
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iCloud allows users the option to back up iOS devices online (alternatively users can choose to continue to backup to their computers), thus they can be restored from online backup without connecting to a computer.

Figure 10: Restore process in iCloud iCloud saves the day. You have all sorts of important stuff on your iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch. iCloud automatically backs it up daily over Wi-Fi when your device is connected to a power source. You dont have to do a thing. And when you set up a new iOS device or need to restore information on one you already have, iCloud Backup does the heavy lifting. Connect your device to Wi-Fi and enter your Apple ID and password. Your personal data along with your purchased music, movies, TV shows, apps, and books will appear on your device, automatically. iCloud backs up your:

Purchased music, movies, TV shows, apps, and books Photos and video in the Camera Roll Device settings App data Home screen and app organization Messages (iMessage, SMS, and MMS) Ringtones

2.5.

Applications:
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If you own multiple iOS devices, iCloud makes sure your apps are everywhere you want them. Download a new app on your iPhone, and it automatically appears on your iPad. You dont have to worry about keeping your devices in sync because iCloud does it for you. Or say theres an app you bought way back when that you wish you had on your new iPod touch. iCloud lets you see your past downloads in one convenient place: your purchase history on the App Store. Since youve already purchased these apps, you can download them again at no additional charge to your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch.1 Bookmarks, Notes, Reminders Always up to date. Always with you. iCloud stores the web pages youve bookmarked, notes youve written, and reminders youve created. Its all there, everywhere you go. So when it comes to your devices, you can switch things up without mixing things up.
2.5.1. Find My iPhone, iPad, and Mac:

You must turn on Find My iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch in iOS Settings before your device can be located. You must turn on Find My Mac in OS X System Preferences before your Mac can be located. Location data is sent from your device only when you request its location -- it is not transmitted or recorded at any other time. Last known device location data is stored on Apple's servers in an encrypted format for 24 hrs, and then permanently deleted. You are automatically signed out of the Find My iPhone app (on device or on the web) after 15 minutes of inactivity. Remote Lock allows you lock a device's screen to prevent others from accessing your data. Remote Wipe lets you permanently and securely erase your data from a device. Lost. And found.

If checking all the usual spots hasnt turned up your missing device, Find My iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, and Mac can help.4 Just sign in at iCloud.com or use the Find My iPhone app on another device to locate yours on a map, display a message on its screen, remotely set a passcode lock, or initiate a remote wipe to delete your data. Play a sound. Send a message. Once you realize you havent just misplaced your device at home, Find My iPhone can help you get it back. Play a sound to help get someones attention (even if your volume is set to silent). And display a message on its screen so whoever has your device knows how to get it back to you. Keep whats private, private. You keep lots of important information on your Apple device, so you might want to protect its contents until its safely back in your hands. Remotely set a passcode lock to keep your information private. Or initiate a remote wipe to delete your personal data and restore your iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, or Mac to its factory settings.
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Get an email when its found. If your device is offline when you try to locate it using Find My iPhone, you can ask to receive an email as soon as it makes a Wi-Fi or cellular connection. Click the email link within the next 24 hours to get a visual of where your device was last located. 2.5.3. Find My Friends: To use Find My Friends, you must first download the optional and free Find My Friends app from the App Store. For someone to see your location, you must first give that person explicit permission. Your location is sent from your device only when a friend requests to see your location -it is not transmitted or recorded at any other time. There is a single switch you can use to hide from all of your friends at any time. Last known location data is stored on Apple's servers in an encrypted format for only two hours, and then permanently deleted. If you do not have a passcode lock set on your device, you will be automatically signed out of Find My Friends after 15 minutes of inactivity. Go friend-spotting.

The Find My Friends app is a great way to find your friends campsite or keep track of the family while vacationing at the beach.4 It even lets you see when your kids have made it home from school. You can give friends and family permission to see your whereabouts. And vice versa. When you dont want to be found, a single switch takes you off the grid. Simple as that. Your friends mark the spot. Meet up with friends at an outdoor concert. Keep track of the family during a day on the ski slopes. Or see when your out-of-town guest has finally made it past baggage claim. The Find My Friends app is a great way to share your location with people who are important to you. Friends who share their locations with you appear on a map so you can quickly see where they are and what theyre up to. And since Find My Friends works with Contacts and Maps, you can do things like find the quickest route to a surprise party and avoid running into the birthday girl all at once. Friends for a day. With Find My Friends, you can choose to temporarily share your location with a group of people. Its perfect for a weekend camping trip or a day at the amusement park. Share locations for a couple hours or a couple weeks. When the trip is over, the sharing ends, too. Seek (and hide). With Find My Friends, you make the rules. A notification appears when you get a new friend request. If you give your friends permission, they can see you. Want a little privacy? Go off the grid with the flip of a switch.

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Keep them safe. Parental restrictions help you manage how your children use Find My Friends. Controls are quick and easy to set up and require a password to override your settings. That way your kids can have fun and you can make sure they stay safe.

Figure 11: Find My iPhone Find My iPhone, formerly part of MobileMe, allows users to track the location of their iOS device, or Mac. A user can see the device's approximate location on a map (along with a circle showing the radius depicting the margin of error), display a message &/or play a sound on the device (even if it is set to silent), change the password on the device, and remotely erase its contents. The feature was first announced on June 10, 2009 and was included in iOS 3.0 software update as a feature for paying MobileMe users. Find My iPhone was made free of charge with the iOS 4.2.1 software update on November 22, 2010, but only for devices introduced in 2010. An iOS app was also released by Apple on June, 18 2010 which allows users to locate their device from other iOS ones running iOS 4 or later software. Similar phone finder services under various names are available for other families of smartphones.

2.5.4. iTunes Match iTunes Match debuted on 14 November 2011.If you want the benefits of iTunes in the Cloud for music, iTunes Match is the perfect solution.

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iTunes Match debuted on November 14, 2011, initially available to US users only. For an annual fee, customers can scan and match tracks in their iTunes music library, including tracks copied from CDs or other sources, with tracks in the iTunes Store, so customers do not have to repurchase said tracks. Apple lets customers download up to 25,000 tracks in 256 kbit/s DRMfree AAC file format that match tracks in any supported audio file format in the customer's iTunes libraries, including ALAC and MP3, with users having the additional option on their computers to keep the original version stored there or to replace it with the version from the iTunes Store as they wish. Any music not available in the iTunes Store is also able to be uploaded by users for download onto their other supported devices or computers, but online storage needed for the upload of tracks not available in the iTunes Store is taken from the users separate iCloud storage service allowance, as non-iTunes Store audio storage is not included, because the annual charge is for the matching of non-iTunes bought music only. Tracks not available in the iTunes Store which need to be uploaded that are in the higher quality lossless ALAC format (or WAV/AIFF original uncompressed PCM formats), are first transcoded locally on the user's computer to a separate temporary 256 kbit/s DRM-free AAC file, prior to being uploaded to the user's separate iCloud storage account, leaving the original files untouched. If a user stops paying for the service, the downloaded iTunes Store versions of tracks in DRMfree AAC format already stored on any device are able to be kept, whether iOS devices or computers. iTunes in the Cloud: Your music, movies, and TV shows. Wherever you want them. With iCloud, the music you purchase in iTunes appears automatically on all your devices. You can also download your past iTunes purchases. Where you want, when you want. New purchases. Automatically everywhere. iCloud can automatically download new music purchases to all your devices over Wi-Fi or over a cellular network if you choose. Which means you can buy a song from iTunes on your iPad at home, and find it waiting for you on your iPhone during your morning commute. All without having to sync.1 Your past purchases. Available on all your devices. Now you can download music, movies, and TV shows youve previously purchased to all your devices. When you buy from iTunes, iCloud stores your purchase history. So you can see what youve bought no matter which device you bought it on. You can access your purchase history from the iTunes Store on your iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, Mac, PC, or Apple TV. And since you already own the songs, albums, movies, or TV shows in your purchase history, you can tap to download them to any of your devices.
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iTunes Match: With iTunes Match, all your music even songs youve imported from CDs can be stored in iCloud. So you can access your music from all your devices and listen to your entire library, wherever you are. A match made in iCloud. With iTunes in the Cloud, the music you buy from the iTunes Store automatically appears on all your devices.1 And for music you havent purchased from iTunes, iTunes Match is the perfect solution. iTunes Match is built right into iTunes on your computer and the Music app on your iOS devices.2 It lets you store your entire collection in iCloud, even music youve imported from CDs or purchased somewhere other than iTunes. When its in iCloud, its available on all your devices. So you can enjoy all your music anywhere, anytime on your iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, Mac, PC, or Apple TV. How iTunes Match works. iTunes determines which songs in your collection are available in the iTunes Store. Any music with a match is automatically added to iCloud for you to listen to anytime, on any device. Since there are more than 20 million songs in the iTunes Store, chances are your music is already in iCloud. And for the few songs that arent, iTunes uploads what it cant match (which is much faster than uploading your entire music library). Even better, all the music iTunes matches plays back from iCloud at 256-Kbps AAC DRM-free quality even if your original copy was of lower quality. Once your music is in iCloud, you can stream it to any of your devices. Just browse the complete list of all your music stored in the cloud. To listen to a song, tap the iCloud icon next to it and your song starts playing. You can store up to 25,000 songs in iCloud (more if songs are purchased from the iTunes Store), but only what you want to play is stored on your device. So you have immediate access to a huge music library without taking up storage space. Getting Started 1. iTunes Match will start scanning and matching your library and uploading your music to iCloud right away. 2. Go to iTunes on your computer, choose iTunes Match in the sidebar, enter your Apple ID and password, and click Subscribe. 3. When its finished, youll see an iCloud icon in your iTunes library next to those songs stored in the cloud. 4. To turn on iTunes Match on your iOS devices, go to Settings, tap Music, and turn on iTunes Match. iTunes Match FAQs Anyone with an Apple ID in the U.S and select other countries can use iTunes Match. You also need iTunes 10.5.1 or later on your Mac or PC and iOS 5.0.1 or later on your iPhone 3GS or later, iPod touch (3rd and 4th generation), or iPad. You can match or upload music formats that can be played with iTunes. That includes AAC, MP3, WAV, AIFF, Apple Lossless, and more. iTunes Match supports up to 10 devices including your computer, iPhone, iPod touch, iPad,
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and Apple TV. Yes. When you create, edit, or delete a playlist on your Mac, PC, iPhone, or iPad, those changes will sync across any iTunes Match-enabled device you own. However, playlists with videos, voice memos, or PDF files will not sync. On a computer, any songs stored in iCloud will stream over the air when played, though you can download them at any time by clicking the iCloud download button. iOS devices will start playing tracks from iCloud as they download and will store them so that you can listen to them later even if you dont have a network connection. Apple TV only streams songs. Will iTunes Match songs download over 3G on my iOS device? Yes. Go to Settings > Store on your device. Turn on Use Cellular Data. If youd rather download over Wi-Fi, turn it off. What if I add new music to my library? Do I need to tell iTunes Match to scan it? No. iTunes Match will automatically rescan for content, so you dont have to. Although you can force a refresh by choosing Store > Update iTunes Match in iTunes. What happens if I dont resubscribe after the first year? Will I lose any upgraded songs? No. Any songs youve upgraded or downloaded again are completely safe. The only thing you lose is the central storage iCloud will no longer stream or download matched or uploaded songs to your devices. On a Mac or PC, open iTunes and choose Store >Turn On iTunes Match. Then turn on your iOS devices, tap Settings > Music > Turn On iTunes Match. To turn on iTunes Match on Apple TV, go to Music > iCloud Library. Does the Apple ID I use for iTunes Match have to be an iCloud account? No. If youve been using a separate Apple ID for purchases, that Apple ID will also work for iTunes Match. You should use the Apple ID that is associated with the majority of your music purchases.

2.6.

Storage:

Free gets you a lot. When you sign up for iCloud, you automatically get 5GB of free storage. And thats plenty of room, because of the way iCloud stores your content. Your purchased music, movies, apps, books, and TV shows as well as your Photo Stream dont count against your free storage. That 5GB goes a long way for your mail, documents, account information, settings, and other app data. And if you need more storage, you can easily purchase an upgrade right from your device. Each account has 5 GB of free storage for owners of either an iOS device using iOS 5.x or later, or a Mac using OS X Lion 10.7.x or later. However, certain content purchased from Apple's iTunes Store (currently this includes music, apps, audiobooks, music videos, TV shows, and movies) does not count towards the included free 5 GB limit, as it is separately linked from Apple's iTunes database of content to the users' connected Apple ID. This means that any content previously purchased via iTunes Store can automatically, or manually if preferred, be downloaded to any registered device (i.e. iOS devices, and computers). Also, when a user
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registers any new device, all previously bought iTunes content can be downloaded from the iTunes servers, or non-iTunes content from the iCloud servers. On introduction in 2011, 5 GB of storage was available without charge. Additional storage could be purchased in tiers of 10, 20, or 50 GB (50 GB being the maximum) for US$20, UK14, or 16 per 10 GB per year. In addition to the free 5 GB of iCloud storage, previous MobileMe accounts (to be precise, those "individual" accounts, or the master account user only, not the sub-members, on "family pack" accounts) were automatically given the extra 20 GB tier on iCloud, and those with MobileMe accounts with 40 or 60 GB of additional purchased storage received a complimentary upgrade of 50 GB of iCloud storage. Originally this was going to be until the close of the MobileMe service on June 30, 2012, but Apple later extended this to be until September 30, 2012. System Requirements iCloud requires an iOS device using iOS 5.x or later, or a Mac using OS X Lion 10.7.x or later, to create a new account. Synchronising with a PC requires Windows Vista (Service Pack 2) orWindows 7 using iCloud control panel, optionally Outlook 2007 or later to sync Calendar, Contacts and Reminders, and optionally Internet Explorer 8 or later or Safari 5.1.1. MobileMe account users could move their account to be an iCloud account, keeping the same account details.Users on Mac OS X 10.6.8 Snow Leopard are able to re-setup @me.com email accounts in the Mail app on their computers in order to continue to have them work with iCloud, although calendar and contacts will still not sync with iCloud, thus only remain accessible on computers via iCloud.com's web portal. Name Dispute iCloud Communications, a telecommunications company in Arizona, sued Apple in June 2011 for trademark infringement shortly after Apple announced iCloud. The lawsuit was filed in the U.S. District Court of Arizona and demanded that Apple stop using the iCloud name and pay unspecified monetary damages. iCloud Communications changed its name to Clear Digital Communications in August 2011 and dropped its lawsuit against Apple shortly thereafter. Aditional services in iCloud: itunes Match Find My iPhone Find Friends Bookmarks, Notes, Reminders 2.7.

Privacy and security:

Your data is yours. And yours alone. Apple takes data security and the privacy of your personal information very seriously and iCloud features are designed with your privacy in mind. In fact, iCloud protects your data with the same level of security used by major financial institutions. Apple takes data security and the privacy of
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your personal information very seriously. iCloud is built with industry-standard security practices and employs strict policies to protect your data. iCloud data is kept encrypted on Apple servers, but Apple maintains a master key and can decrypt it when requested by government agencies. This article explains how iCloud keeps your personal information and data secure. In addition to this article, you should also review Apples Privacy Policy which covers iCloud. Data Security iCloud secures your data by encrypting it when it is sent over the Internet, storing it in an encrypted format when kept on server (review the table below for detail), and using secure tokens for authentication. This means that your data is protected from unauthorized access both while it is being transmitted to your devices and when it is stored in the cloud. iCloud uses a minimum of 128-bit AES encryption the same level of security employed by major financial institutions and never provides encryption keys to any third parties. 2.7.1. Security and iCloud Features The table below summarizes how your data is secured when using various iCloud features: Encryption Data Calendars Contacts Bookmarks Reminders In transit On server Notes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
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A minimum of 128-bit AES encryption

Photo Stream Yes Documents in Yes the Cloud Backup Find Yes My Yes

iPhone Find Friends My Yes Yes All sessions at iCloud.com are encrypted with SSL. Any data accessed via iCloud.com is encrypted on server as indicated in this table. Back to My Mac does not store data on iCloud. Data retrieved from other computers is encrypted with SSL while in transit. Purchased or matched music files are not encrypted on server because they do not contain any personal information All traffic between your devices and iCloud Mail and Notes is encrypted with SSL. Consistent with standard industry practice, iCloud does not encrypt data stored on IMAP mail servers. All Apple email clients support optional S/MIME encryption. Table 1 2.7.1.1. Use of Secure Tokens for Authentication

iCloud.com

Yes

N/A

Back to My Yes Mac iTunes in the Yes Cloud

N/A

N/A

Mail Notes

and

Yes

No

When you access iCloud services using Apples built-in apps (for example, Mail, Contacts, and Calendar apps on iOS or OS X), authentication is handled using a secure token. Using secure tokens eliminates the need to store your iCloud password on devices and computers. Even if you choose to use a third-party application to access your iCloud data, your username and password are sent over an encrypted SSL connection.

2.7.1.2.

Strong Passwords

When creating an Apple ID to use with iCloud, your password must have a minimum of 8 characters, a number, an uppercase letter, and a lowercase letter. Using a strong password is the most important thing you can do to help keep your data secure. Learn more about creating a strong password here.
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Privacy Apple has a company-wide commitment to your privacy. Our Privacy Policy covers how we collect, use, disclose, transfer and store your information. In addition to adhering to the Apple Privacy Policy, Apple designs iCloud features with your privacy in mind. For example:

What's the difference between "the cloud," cloud computing, and iCloud?
The cloud" and "cloud computing" are merely terms used to describe the concept of storing and access information on the Internet -- generally on third-party services. This encompasses everything from Google's services (Gmail, Google Docs, etc) to Dropbox, Flickr and beyond. In fact, more literally, "the cloud" refers to the Internet in general -- network diagrams have long used a cloud to represent the nebulous nature of the public Internet at large and everything outside of a company's own network borders. The thing is that "the cloud" is really just the latest buzzword to describe something that people have been doing for at least a couple of decades. One could argue that the very first e-mail and Internet servers put up at the dawn of the Internet back in the late sixties were in fact "cloud services" and certainly online services like Hotmail and Gmail are "in the cloud" by definition and have been around since the late nineties. "iCloud" is merely Apple's brand name for its implementation of its own cloud services solution. While the service is unique in its own right, there's nothing inherently "more cloud like" in Apple's service compared to any of the other myriad online services out there. URL access point There are subdirectory (private) access points to each iCloud user's individual account functions on the main iCloud.com portal. Once signed-in, these provide web access to each iCloud user's account via direct links to each function. See list: http://www.iCloud.com [2] main user login. http://www.iCloud.com/mail [3] user's Mail access. http://www.iCloud.com/contacts [4] user's Contacts access. http://www.iCloud.com/calendar [5] user's Calendar access. http://www.iCloud.com/find [6] user's Find My iPhone access. http://www.iCloud.com/iwork [7] user's iWork access. http://www.iCloud.com/photostream [8] user's Photo Stream access.

As well as private subdirectory access points, the previous similar MobileMe service also had subdomains for public access to certain user account functions, which are currently not offered in iCloud.
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iCloud syncs data, but it has drawbacks

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Apple's iCloud allows users to sync data from various devices, but it does have some limitations.iCloud is not a good photo storage solution. It's more designed as a way to transfer photos between devices. Even aside from the fact that you're limited to 1000 photos or 30 days, it's just not good for storing and managing a collection of photos.To reiterate what others have said, iCloud is not a great solution for long-term storage of photos. If you have an iOS device with photos on the camera roll (those taken with the device or saved directly to the device) they will be included in your iCloud backups (if your device is configured to back up to iCloud, that is). The Photo Stream feature, if turned on, will upload and temporarily store your last 30 days' pictures, but this is only so photos added from one device can be copied to your other devices automatically; they aren't stored permanently on iCloud. iCloud Advantages: Don't have to use a USB chord to sync information Pushes all your information to listen devices (Pogue, 2011). Makes it easier to sync information when you get a new device It's free to get Easier access to information

iCloud Disadvantages:
you can view files stored via the iCloud website, they may only be downloaded, not

edited.
iCloud will only keep new photos for 30 days using the iPhone

iTunes has to be open in order to sync music, apps, etc. Possible security issues when you have multiple devices synced to one account Some items from MobileMe were left out when they created the iCloud, which is a better, updated version Practical Mac The "cloud" should remove the anchor that keeps us sitting in front of a particular piece of hardware, whether computer or mobile device, to access a file we need. Apps in the cloud, such as Google's popular Web apps, mean we didn't have to install software to have access to relatively sophisticated programs. But data are another matter. Apple's iCloud was announced more than a year ago as the next generation online data system for Apple, replacing MobileMe, which had replaced .Mac, which had replaced iTools. iCloud would have a few Web apps for handling email, working with appointments, and viewing and changing contacts. But it would serve as a robust back-end for programs to sync data and make it available across multiple devices registered to the same account.While iCloud launched a year ago October, most of its document benefits remained unrealized until Mac OS X 10.8 (Mountain Lion) shipped in July. The launch version synced data (including photos) across iOS and 10.7 (Lion) systems. It also included iOS backups, allowing restoration of an iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch.What Mountain Lion fully enabled is what's called Documents in the Cloud, a feature by which Apple's own productivity apps (Pages, Numbers, and Keynote) work neatly with iCloud
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document storage. Some other programs had beaten it there, including Smile's PDFPen and PDFPen Pro (smilesoftware.com). In Pages ($19.99) and other Apple apps, the Open dialogue box appears with two buttons in the upper left: iCloud and On My Mac. Click iCloud and you see any files saved to iCloud from Pages on any iOS device or Mac that use the same Apple ID account with iCloud. Click On My Mac, and the traditional file-navigation controls appear. Any changes made in iOS or on the Mac flow back to all the other devices. (iOS apps don't support all of the features in Pages and other Apple programs, but ignore the elements they can't modify.) Unsaved files in Apple's programs are automatically backed up to iCloud, too.Behind the scenes, what you see as iCloud is, in fact, a special folder hidden in the user directory that Mac OS X keeps synchronized with the iCloud service, sending updates and downloading modified parts if a file is in use on another computer or device at the same time. If you make changes at the same time on, say, an iPhone and a Macintosh to the same file, the version that's saved first to iCloud becomes the most recent version. It can get complicated. Files stored in the cloud can be moved to a Mac and vice versa. In Pages, hovering over a file's name in the title bar for a moment makes a downward-pointing arrow appear at the name's far right. Click that arrow, and the options Move to iCloud and Move To appear. Move To lets you select a folder accessible to your computer. Move to iCloud relocates the file in the hidden iCloud folder and starts syncing it with Apple. While you can view files stored via the iCloud website, they may only be downloaded, not edited.This reveals a problem with iCloud sync that's not at first apparent. After saving or moving an item to the cloud, it can only be accessed by that program, whether in a Mac or iOS version. Edit a photo in Preview and save it to iCloud and then try to use it in Pages in a newsletter? You have to move the photo to your computer in Preview first. It's not like Dropbox, Google Drive, and Microsoft SkyDrive (see accompanying story), but application-specific file synchronization. For neophyte users or for particular documents this makes sense, but may frustrate veterans like myself. iCloud isn't trivial for developers to add to their software, although many have and many are attempting to make the transition. For instance, Yojimbo (barebones.com), a portmanteau storage program into which you can place text, encrypted notes, PDF files, Web page archives, and more, lost its sync option when MobileMe was shut down. The developer, Bare Bones, has been working to move to iCloud, but programs that use a database to manage data, as Yojimbo does, are difficult to rework around the way Apple synchronizes records.Further, Apple allows thirdparty software to work with iCloud synchronization only if the software is sold via the Mac App Store. The App Store is a built-in marketplace found in Mac OS X, but it includes only software programs that Apple has vetted and then approved for sale. Outside developers don't have to sell through the App Store in Mac OS X, unlike in iOS where all apps must be bought or downloaded from Apple. iCloud offers the only distinct advantage for third-party software developers (beyond, for some firms, the added marketing value Apple provides)."But there are workarounds. Smile's PDF editing and viewing software can be purchased from its site or from the App Store. If you purchase directly from Smile, you may buy
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a 99-cent "connector" app from the App Store that provides the conduit to and from iCloud and meets Apple's rules. Smile's approach doesn't work for all apps. Apple includes 5GB with a free iCloud account, and adds additional amounts for a fee. For a yearly fees of $20, $40, and $100 Apple adds 10GB, 20GB, and 50GB to the base 5GB.I use iCloud for backing up my iOS devices and iTunes match, which counts nonmatched files against iCloud storage totals. That pushed me into the additional 20GB category. Apple has a way to go for iCloud to be as widely used for documents as it is for other kinds of sync.The company built a narrow definition of file synchronization that appeals most to users who don't want to manage which file lives on what computer for a particular piece of software.

How To Use iCloud?

Get An Account To use this service you must go to iCloud.com and sign up for an account. If you already have a me.com email address then you can sign in with that. If you don't, then you can sign up for one or use a different email address.

I recommend using a me.com email address so that you can use all of the available features like Photo Stream. Doing this also keeps things "clean". This way all of your iCloud data is isolated to one account. 2.8.1. Important - Do Not Share accounts with other family members. An iCloud account is very personal in nature. You are syncing your own calendar data, your own contacts, your own photos, your own bookmarks etc.It might be tempting to use your own account for your kids or spouse but that really complicates things. Your data will no longer be your own - and that reduces the usefulness of this feature. 2.8.2. Also, your iCloud account does NOT have to be the same account that you use to make iTunes and App Store purchases. For example, our family uses one main Apple ID for making iTunes and App Store purchases. But each member of the family has a separate me.com address for using iCloud. Set Up Each of Your Devices Once your account is set up on iCloud.com - go into system preferences on your Mac and navigate to the iCloud icon.Here you will be presented with the screen that you see pictured above.

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Check off the services that you would like to sync up. If this is your first time syncing with the cloud you will be promoted to use or merge the data on your device with that on the server.On an iOS device - go into Settings and input your iCloud credentials. It's that easy.So - what is iCloud? An awesome syncing service created by Apple to keep your data in sync across all of your Mac and iOS devices. It even works with PC too. A Word of Warning Be diligent with your passwords. As this article points out if a hacker gains access to your password then that could spell trouble. Consider using a password manager like 1Password to create and store strong passwords.

iCloud Terms And Conditions

Apple is the provider of the Service, which permits you to utilize certain internet services, including storing your personal content (such as iCloud email, contacts, calendars, and photos) and making it accessible on your compatible devices and computers, and certain location based services, only under the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement. As soon as you enable iCloud, your content will be automatically sent to and stored by Apple, so you can later access
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that content or have content wirelessly pushed to your other iCloud-enabled devices or computers. "Apple" as used herein means: Apple Inc., located at 1 Infinite Loop, Cupertino, California, for users in North, Central, and South America (excluding Canada); Apple Canada, located at 7495 Birchmount Road, Markham, ON L3R 5G2 for users in Canada; iTunes K.K., located at 3-20-2 Nishishinjuku, Shinjuku, Tokyo for users in Japan; Apple Pty Limited, located at Level 13, Capital Centre, 255 Pitt Street, Sydney NSW 2000, Australia, for users in Australia and New Zealand; and iTunes Sarl, located at 8 rue Heinrich Heine, L-1720 Luxembourg, for all other users.

3.1. Use of Location-based Services

Apple and its partners and licensors may provide certain features or services through the Service that rely upon device-based location information, which use GPS (where available), along with crowd-sourced Wi-Fi hotspot and cell tower locations. To provide such features or services, where available, Apple and its partners and licensors must collect, use, transmit, process and maintain your location data, including the real-time geographic location of your device, and you hereby agree and consent to Apple's and its partners' and licensors' collection, use, transmission, processing and maintenance of such location data to provide such services. In addition, by enabling and/or using any location-based services or features within the Service (e.g. Find My iPhone, Find My Friends), you agree and consent to Apple and its partners and licensors transmitting, collecting, using, processing and maintaining information related to your iCloud account (Account), and any devices registered thereunder, for purposes of providing such location-based service or feature to you, and use of your location data and location search queries to provide and improve location-based and road traffic-based products and services. Such information may include, but is not limited to, your Apple ID, device ID and name, device type and real-time geographic location of your device at time of your request. You may withdraw this consent at any time by not using the location-based features and turning off the Find My iPhone, Find My Friends, or Location Services settings (as applicable) on your device and computer. When using third party services that use or provide location data as part of the Service, you are subject to and should review such third party's terms and privacy policy on use of location data by such third party services. Any location data provided by the Service is not intended to be relied upon in situations where precise location information is needed or where erroneous, inaccurate, time-delayed or incomplete location data may lead to death, personal injury, property or environmental damage. Apple shall use reasonable skill and due care in providing the Service, but neither Apple nor any of its content providers guarantees the availability, accuracy, completeness, reliability, or timeliness of location data or any other data displayed by the Service. 3.1.1. Find My iPhone
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The Find My iPhone and Find My Mac features are intended for your personal use only. When enabled on your device or Mac, this feature can be used to locate, send a message to, play a sound on, or remotely lock or wipe your own device or Mac. Devices must be on and connected to the Internet (via a data network such as 3G or a registered Wi-Fi network) to be located. Macs must be on and not asleep, connected to the Internet, with Wi-Fi on and within the range of a registered Wi-Fi network to be located. If your device has been remotely wiped, you cannot locate, send a message to, or cancel the remote wipe for that device. Location requests will impact battery life of the located device or Mac. If you believe your device or Mac has been stolen you should seek assistance from your local law enforcement and use the remote passcode lock or remote wipe feature to protect your data. Once you have requested your devices location, and the device has been located on a map, you can view the last location of your device after your initial request for a period of up to 24 hours. Apple then deletes that information within 7 days of your initial request. 3.1.2. Find My Friends The Find My Friends app, available for download from the App Store (compatible hardware and software required), allows you to share your location with a limited number of other users via your devices, upon acceptance of requests from those users. You may also view the location of a limited number of other users who have accepted your requests to do so, via their devices. You may also choose to temporarily share your location with a limited number of groups, and see locations of all members of those groups. You may temporarily hide your devices location from other users by selecting Hide From Followers under the Me tab in the Find My Friends app. You may revoke acceptance of another users permission to see your location by removing that user from the list of followers on the Me tab in the Find My Friends app. You may turn off the feature by signing out or uninstalling the Find My Friends app from your device. You may also use restrictions in iOS settings to prevent unauthorized changes to the settings you have selected, including acceptance of follow requests or hiding location. Location requests will impact battery life of the located device. 3.1.3. Backup Automatic backup is available for devices, and occurs periodically, when the device is screenlocked, connected to a power source, and connected to the Internet via a Wi-Fi network. iCloud will store your last three backups. Backup is limited to device settings, device characteristics, Camera Roll, messages (iMessage, SMS, and MMS), ringtones, app data, location settings (such as location-based reminders that you have set up), and Home screen and app organization. Content purchased from the iTunes Store, App Store, or iBookstore is not backed up, but may be eligible for download from those services, subject to account requirements, availability, and the applicable terms and conditions. Media obtained from other sources (such as ripped music or home videos) are not backed up, but can be synced to your computer by using iTunes. Your iCloud email, contacts, calendars, bookmarks, and documents are stored in, and can be accessed from, iCloud.It is your responsibility to maintain appropriate alternate backup of your information and data.

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When iCloud Backup is enabled, your device will not back up to iTunes automatically during a sync, but you may choose to manually initiate a back up to iTunes. 3.1.4. Photo Stream When Photo Stream is enabled on your device or computer, new photos taken on your device or imported to your computer will be uploaded to iCloud, and then automatically downloaded to your other devices or computers on which Photo Stream is also enabled. The downloaded photos will appear in a Photo Stream view or folder on the device. Photo resolution may vary according to the device to which they are downloaded. A Wi-Fi connection is required for use on devices. Apple reserves the right to place limits on the number and/or size of photos that can be uploaded during a given time period in order to limit unintended or excessive use of the service. Uploaded photos will be kept in your Account for thirty (30) days. Photos will be permanently deleted from your Photo Stream thirty (30) days after they are uploaded. Devices store a limited number of the most recent photos in a Photo Stream album or view; the oldest photos in excess of the current limitation will be automatically deleted as new Photo Stream photos are downloaded. Downloaded photos can be manually saved to the iOS Camera Roll or a new album on your device or computer prior to deletion from Photo Stream. 3.1.5. Changing the Service Apple reserves the right to modify or terminate the Service (or any part thereof), either temporarily or permanently. Apple may post on our website and/or will send an email to the primary address associated with your Account to provide notice of any material changes to the Service. It is your responsibility to check your iCloud and/or primary email address registered with Apple for any such notices. You agree that Apple shall not be liable to you or any third party for any modification or cessation of the Service. If you have paid to use the Service and we terminate it or materially downgrade its functionality, we will provide you with a pro rata refund of any pre-payment. 3.1.6. Limitations on Use You agree to use the Service only for purposes as permitted by this Agreement and any applicable law, regulation, or generally accepted practice in the applicable jurisdiction. Your Account is allocated 5GB of storage capacity as described in the iCloud feature pages. Additional storage is available for purchase, as described below. Exceeding any applicable or reasonable limitation of bandwidth, or storage capacity (for example, backup or e-mail account space) is prohibited and may prevent you from backing up to iCloud, add documents, or receive new email sent to your me.com address. To view your current storage and data transfer or bandwidth allocations, go to System Preferences and select iCloud on your Mac or use iCloud Control Panel on your PC, or select iCloud, and then Storage and Backup in Settings on your device. If your use of the Service or other behavior intentionally or unintentionally threatens Apples ability to provide the Service or other systems, Apple shall be entitled to take all reasonable steps to protect the Service and Apples systems, which may include suspension of your access to the Service. Repeated violations of the limitations may result in termination of your Account.
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3.1.7. Availability of the Service The Service, or any feature or part thereof, may not be available in all languages or in all countries and Apple makes no representation that the Service, or any feature or part thereof, is appropriate or available for use in any particular location. To the extent you choose to access and use the Service, you do so at your own initiative and are responsible for compliance with any applicable laws, including, but not limited to, any applicable local laws. Public Beta From time to time, Apple may choose to offer new and/or updated features of the Service (the Beta Features) as part of a Public Beta Program (the Program) for the purpose of providing Apple with feedback on the quality and usability of the Beta Features. You understand and agree that your participation in the Program is voluntary and does not create a legal partnership, agency, or employment relationship between you and Apple, and that Apple is not obligated to provide you with any Beta Features. Apple may make such Beta Features available to Program participants by online registration or enrollment via the Service. You understand and agree that Apple may collect and use certain information from your Account, devices and peripherals in order to enroll you in a Program and/or determine your eligibility to participate. You understand that once you enroll in a Program you may be unable to revert back to the earlier non-beta version of a given Beta Feature. In the event such reversion is possible, you may not be able to migrate data created within the Beta Feature back to the earlier non-beta version. Your use of the Beta Features and participation in the Program is governed by this Agreement and any additional license terms that may separately accompany the Beta Features. The Beta Features are provided on an AS IS and AS AVAILABLE basis and may contain errors or inaccuracies that could cause failures, corruption or loss of data and/or information from your device and from peripherals (including, without limitation, servers and computers) connected thereto. Apple strongly encourages you to backup all data and information on your device and any peripherals prior to participating in any Program. You expressly acknowledge and agree that all use of the Beta Features is at your sole risk. Apple may or may not provide you with technical and/or other support for the Beta Features. If support is provided it will be in addition to your normal support coverage for the Service and only available through the Program. You agree to abide by any support rules or policies that Apple provides to you in order to receive any such support. Apple reserves the right to modify the terms, conditions or policies of the Program (including ceasing the Program) at any time with or without notice, and may revoke your participation in the Program at any time. You acknowledge that Apple has no obligation to provide a commercial version of the Beta Features, and that should such a commercial version be made available, it may have features or functionality different than that contained in the Beta Features. As part of the Program, Apple will provide you with the opportunity to submit comments, suggestions, or other feedback regarding your use of the Beta Features. You agree that in the absence of a separate written agreement to the contrary, Apple will be free to use any feedback you provide for any purpose. Subscription Storage Upgrades Additional storage is available for purchase on a subscription basis.
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3.1.8. Fees The Service accepts credit cards, certain payment accounts, and iTunes Store credit (where available) for payment. Apple may obtain preapproval for an amount up to the amount of the transaction. Storage upgrade fees are billed annually, in advance of provision of the service. Billing occurs at the time of or shortly after your transaction. You agree that you will pay for the upgrades you purchase through the Service, and that Apple may charge your credit card or payment account for any upgrades purchased and for any additional amounts (including any taxes and late fees, as applicable) that may be accrued by or in connection with your Account, and that Apple may continue to charge your credit card or payment account for all fees or charges associated with your subscription on an annual basis until you change or cancel the subscription. This means that unless you change or cancel your subscription prior to the next annual billing date, we will charge your credit card or payment account the then-current fees on that next annual billing date. About thirty (30) days prior to your annual billing date, we will notify you by email to the email address associated with your Apple ID that your Account is about to be billed and to remind you that your credit card or payment account will be billed the indicated fees on the annual billing date. You can change your subscription by upgrading or downgrading your storage under iCloud in your Account Information on your device, or under Internet Accounts on your computer. The applicable storage fee for an upgraded storage plan will take effect immediately; downgrades to your storage plan will take effect on the next annual billing date. If Apple is unable to successfully charge your credit card or payment account for fees due, Apple reserves the right to revoke or restrict access to your stored Content, delete your stored Content, or terminate your Account. If you want to designate a different credit card or payment account or if there is a change in your credit card or payment account status, you must change your information online in the Account Information section of iCloud; this may temporarily disrupt your access to the Services while Apple verifies your new payment information. Your total price will include the price of the upgrade plus any sales, use, goods and services (GST), value added (VAT), or other similar tax, under applicable law and based on the tax rate in effect at the time you purchase the upgrade. We will charge tax when required to do so under the tax rules applicable to the Service. 3.1.9. Account Information and Billing Inquiries You may consult your Account management page on your device for details on your Account information including payment method and billing currency. Apple will send an electronic invoice to your iCloud email address whenever any Service fees are charged to your Account. If you believe you have been billed in error for the Service please try and notify us within 45 days of the billing date by contacting iCloud Support at www.apple.com/support/iCloud. 3.1.10. Cancellations and Refunds All fees and charges paid by you in relation to the Service are nonrefundable, except as required by law or as otherwise stated herein. You may contact Apple for a full refund within 15 days of an initial upgrade purchase or within 45 days of a subsequent yearly payment. To request a
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refund as described herein go to www.apple.com/support/iCloud for more details. Applicable local law may vary this policy. Please contact customer support for details. You can cancel your subscription by downgrading your storage to the free 5GB plan under Storage Plan in your iCloud Account Information on your device, from your iCloud Account view in System preferences on your Mac, or from your iCloud Account view in the iCloud Control Panel for Windows on your PC. Your paid subscription will be cancelled on your next annual billing date. Partial refunds are available where required by law. 3.1.11. Changes in Price Apple may at any time, upon notice required by applicable law, change the price of the storage upgrades or any part thereof, or institute new charges or fees. Price changes and institution of new charges implemented during your subscription billing year will apply to subsequent subscription billing years and to all new subscribers after the effective date of the change. If you do not agree to any such price changes, then you must cancel and stop using the storage upgrade. Your Use of the Service Your Account As a registered user of the Service, you may establish an Account. Dont reveal your Account information to anyone else. You are solely responsible for maintaining the confidentiality and security of your Account and for all activities that occur on or through your Account, and you agree to immediately notify Apple of any security breach of your Account. You further acknowledge and agree that the Service is designed and intended for personal use on an individual basis and you should not share your Account and/or password details with another individual. Provided we have exercised reasonable skill and due care, Apple shall not be responsible for any losses arising out of the unauthorized use of your Account resulting from you not following these rules. In order to use the Service, you must enter your Apple ID and password to authenticate your Account. You agree to provide accurate and complete information when you register with, and as you use, the Service (Service Registration Data), and you agree to update your Service Registration Data to keep it accurate and complete. Failure to provide accurate, current and complete Service Registration Data may result in the suspension and/or termination of your Account. You agree that Apple may store and use the Service Registration Data you provide for use in maintaining and billing fees to your Account. 3.1.12. Additional Obligations or Terms of Use Particular components or features of the Service provided by Apple and/or its licensors, including but not limited to the ability to download previous purchases and iTunes Match (additional fees apply), require separate software or other license agreements or terms of use. You must read, accept, and agree to be bound by any such separate agreement as a condition of using these particular components or features of the Service. 3.1.13. No Conveyance
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Nothing in this Agreement shall be construed to convey to you any interest, title, or license in an Apple ID, email address, domain name, iChat ID, or similar resource used by you in connection with the Service. 3.1.14. No Right of Survivorship You agree that your Account is non-transferable and that any rights to your Apple ID or Content within your Account terminate upon your death. Upon receipt of a copy of a death certificate your Account may be terminated and all Content within your Account deleted. Contact support at www.apple.com/support/iCloud for further assistance.

3.1.15. No Resale of Service You agree that you will not reproduce, copy, duplicate, sell, resell, rent or trade the Service (or any part thereof) for any purpose.

3.2. Apple Privacy Policy

You understand that by using the Service, you consent and agree to the collection and use of certain information about you and your use of the Service in accordance with Apples Privacy Policy. You further consent and agree that Apple may collect, use, transmit, process and maintain information related to your Account, and any devices or computers registered thereunder, for purposes of providing the Service, and any features therein, to you. Information collected by Apple when you use the Service may also include technical or diagnostic information related to your use that may be used by Apple to support, improve and enhance Apples products and services. For more information please read our full privacy policy at http://www.apple.com/privacy/. You further understand and agree that this information may be transferred to the United States and/or other countries for storage, processing and use by Apple, its affiliates, and/or their service providers. Please note that personal information regarding individuals who reside in a member state of the European Economic Area (EEA) is jointly controlled by Apple Distribution International in Cork, Ireland, and Apple UK Limited in Uxbridge, United Kingdom. 3.2.1. Content and Your Conduct 3.2.1.1 Content "Content" means any information that may be generated or encountered through use of the Service, such as data files, device characteristics, written text, software, music, graphics, photographs, images, sounds, videos, messages and any other like materials. You understand that all Content, whether publicly posted or privately transmitted on the Service is the sole responsibility of the person from whom such Content originated. This means that you, and not Apple, are solely responsible for any Content you upload, download, post, email, transmit, store or otherwise make available through your use of the Service. You understand that by using the
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Service you may encounter Content that you may find offensive, indecent, or objectionable, and that you may expose others to Content that they may find objectionable. Apple does not control the Content posted via the Service, nor does it guarantee the accuracy, integrity or quality of such Content. You understand and agree that your use of the Service and any Content is solely at your own risk. You agree that you will NOT use the Service to: a. upload, download, post, email, transmit, store or otherwise make available any Content that is unlawful, harassing, threatening, harmful, tortious, defamatory, libelous, abusive, violent, obscene, vulgar, invasive of anothers privacy, hateful, racially or ethnically offensive, or otherwise objectionable; b. stalk, harass, threaten or harm another; c. if you are an adult, request personal or other information from a minor (any person under the age of 18 or such other age as local law defines as a minor) who is not personally known to you, including but not limited to any of the following: full name or last name, home address, zip/postal code, telephone number, picture, or the names of the minor's school, church, athletic team or friends; d. pretend to be anyone, or any entity, you are not you may not impersonate or misrepresent yourself as another person (including celebrities), entity, another iCloud user, an Apple employee, or a civic or government leader, or otherwise misrepresent your affiliation with a person or entity (Apple reserves the right to reject or block any Apple ID or e-mail address which could be deemed to be an impersonation or misrepresentation of your identity, or a misappropriation of another person's name or identity); e. engage in any copyright infringement or other intellectual property infringement (including uploading any content to which you do not have the right to upload), or disclose any trade secret or confidential information in violation of a confidentiality, employment, or nondisclosure agreement; f. post, send, transmit or otherwise make available any unsolicited or unauthorized email messages, advertising, promotional materials, junk mail, spam, or chain letters, including, without limitation, bulk commercial advertising and informational announcements; g. forge any TCP-IP packet header or any part of the header information in an email or a news group posting, or otherwise putting information in a header designed to mislead recipients as to the origin of any Content transmitted through the Service (spoofing"); h. upload, post, email, transmit, store or otherwise make available any material that contains viruses or any other computer code, files or programs designed to harm, interfere or limit the normal operation of the Service (or any part thereof), or any other computer software or hardware;
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i. interfere with or disrupt the Service (including accessing the Service through any automated means, like scripts or web crawlers), or any servers or networks connected to the Service, or any policies, requirements or regulations of networks connected to the Service (including any unauthorized access to, use or monitoring of data or traffic thereon); j. plan or engage in any illegal activity; and/or k. gather and store personal information on any other users of the Service to be used in connection with any of the foregoing prohibited activities. 3.2.2. Removal of Content You acknowledge that Apple is not responsible or liable in any way for any Content provided by others and has no duty to pre-screen such Content. However, Apple reserves the right at all times to determine whether Content is appropriate and in compliance with this Agreement, and may pre-screen, move, refuse, modify and/or remove Content at any time, without prior notice and in its sole discretion, if such Content is found to be in violation of this Agreement or is otherwise objectionable. 3.2.3. Backup Your Content You are responsible for backing up, to your own computer or other device, any important documents, images or other Content that you store or access via the Service. Apple shall use reasonable skill and due care in providing the Service, but Apple does not guarantee or warrant that any Content you may store or access through the Service will not be subject to inadvertent damage, corruption or loss.

3.2.4. Access to Your Account and Content Apple reserves the right to take steps Apple believes are reasonably necessary or appropriate to enforce and/or verify compliance with any part of this Agreement. You acknowledge and agree that Apple may, without liability to you, access, use, preserve and/or disclose your Account information and Content to law enforcement authorities, government officials, and/or a third party, as Apple believes is reasonably necessary or appropriate, if legally required to do so or if we have a good faith belief that such access, use, disclosure, or preservation is reasonably necessary to: (a) comply with legal process or request; (b) enforce this Agreement, including investigation of any potential violation thereof; (c) detect, prevent or otherwise address security, fraud or technical issues; or (d) protect the rights, property or safety of Apple, its users, a third party, or the public as required or permitted by law. 3.2.5. Violations of this Agreement
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If while using the Service, you encounter Content you find inappropriate, or otherwise believe to be a violation of this Agreement, you may report it by sending an email to abuse@me.com. Content Submitted or Made Available by You on the Service License from You Except for material we may license to you, Apple does not claim ownership of the materials and/or Content you submit or make available on the Service. However, by submitting or posting such Content on areas of the Service that are accessible by the public or other users with whom you consent to share such Content, you grant Apple a worldwide, royalty-free, non-exclusive license to use, distribute, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, translate, publicly perform and publicly display such Content on the Service solely for the purpose for which such Content was submitted or made available, without any compensation or obligation to you. You agree that any Content submitted or posted by you shall be your sole responsibility, shall not infringe or violate the rights of any other party or violate any laws, contribute to or encourage infringing or otherwise unlawful conduct, or otherwise be obscene, objectionable, or in poor taste. By submitting or posting such Content on areas of the Service that are accessible by the public or other users, you are representing that you are the owner of such material and/or have all necessary rights, licenses, and authorization to distribute it. 3.2.6. Changes to Content You understand that in order to provide the Service and make your Content available thereon, Apple may transmit your Content across various public networks, in various media, and modify or change your Content to comply with technical requirements of connecting networks or devices or computers. You agree that the license herein permits Apple to take any such actions.

3.3. Software
3.3.1. Apples Proprietary Rights You acknowledge and agree that Apple and/or its licensors own all legal right, title and interest in and to the Service, including but not limited to graphics, user interface, the scripts and software used to implement the Service, and any software provided to you as a part of and/or in connection with the Service (the Software), including any and all intellectual property rights that exist therein, whether registered or not, and wherever in the world they may exist. You further agree that the Service (including the Software, or any other part thereof) contains proprietary and confidential information that is protected by applicable intellectual property and other laws, including but not limited to copyright. You agree that you will not use such proprietary information or materials in any way whatsoever except for use of the Service in compliance with this Agreement. No portion of the Service may be reproduced in any form or by any means, except as expressly permitted in these terms.
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3.3.2. License From Apple Apple grants you a personal, non-exclusive, non-transferable, limited license to use the Software as provided to you by Apple as a part of the Service and in accordance with this Agreement; provided that you do not (and do not permit anyone else to) copy, modify, rent, loan, distribute, create a derivative work of, reverse engineer, decompile, or otherwise attempt to discover the source code (unless expressly permitted or required by law), sell, lease, sublicense, assign, grant a security interest in or otherwise transfer any right in the Software, and you shall not exploit the Service in any unauthorized way whatsoever, including, but not limited to, by trespass or burdening network capacity. 3.3.3. Export Control Use of the Service and Software, including transferring, posting, or uploading data, software or other Content via the Service, may be subject to the export and import laws of the United States and other countries. You agree to comply with all applicable export and import laws and regulations. In particular, but without limitation, the Software may not be exported or reexported (a) into any U.S. embargoed countries or (b) to anyone on the U.S. Treasury Department's list of Specially Designated Nationals or the U.S. Department of Commerce Denied Persons List or Entity List. By using the Software or Service, you represent and warrant that you are not located in any such country or on any such list. You also agree that you will not use the Software or Service for any purposes prohibited by United States law, including, without limitation, the development, design, manufacture or production of missiles, nuclear, chemical or biological weapons. You further agree not to upload to your Account any data or software that cannot be exported without prior written government authorization, including, but not limited to, certain types of encryption software. This assurance and commitment shall survive termination of this Agreement.

3.3.4. Updates As part of the Service, you may from time to time receive updates to the Software from Apple which may be automatically downloaded and installed to your device or computer. These updates may include bug fixes, feature enhancements or improvements, or entirely new versions of the Software. You agree that Apple may automatically deliver such updates to you as part of the Service and you shall receive and install them as required. 3.3.5. Termination You may terminate your Account and/or stop using the Service at any time. If you wish to stop using iCloud on your device, you may remove your iCloud account from the device by opening Settings on your device, tapping iCloud, and tapping the Delete Account button. To terminate your Account contact iCloud Support at www.apple.com/support/iCloud. Any fees paid by you prior to your termination are nonrefundable (except as expressly permitted otherwise by this Agreement), including any fees paid in advance for the billing year during which you terminate.
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Termination of your Account shall not relieve you of any obligation to pay any accrued fees or charges. 3.3.5.1. Termination by Apple Apple may at any time, under certain circumstances and without prior notice, immediately terminate or suspend all or a portion of your Account and/or access to the Service. Cause for such termination shall include: (a) violations of this Agreement or any other policies or guidelines that are referenced herein and/or posted on the Service; (b) a request by you to cancel or terminate your Account; (c) a request and/or order from law enforcement, a judicial body, or other government agency; (d) where provision of the Service to you is or may become unlawful; (e) unexpected technical or security issues or problems; (f) your participation in fraudulent or illegal activities; or (g) failure to pay any fees owed by you in relation to the Service. In addition, Apple may terminate your Account upon prior notice via email to the address associated with your Account if (a) your Account has been inactive for one (1) year; or (b) there is a general discontinuance or material modification to the Service or any part thereof. Any such termination or suspension shall be made by Apple in its sole discretion and Apple will not be responsible to you or any third party for any damages that may result or arise out of such termination or suspension of your Account and/or access to the Service, though it will refund pro rata any prepaid fees or amounts. 3.3.5.2. Effects of Termination Upon termination of your Account you will lose all access to the Service and any portions thereof, including, but not limited to, your Account, Apple ID, email account, and Content. In addition, after a period of time, Apple will delete information and data stored in or as a part of your account(s). Any individual components of the Service that you may have used subject to separate software license agreements will also be terminated in accordance with those license agreements.

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Disclaimer of Warranties

3.4.1 Indemnity You agree to defend, indemnify and hold Apple, its affiliates, subsidiaries, directors, officers, employees, agents, partners, contractors, and licensors harmless from any claim or demand, including reasonable attorneys fees, made by a third party, relating to or arising from: (a) any Content you submit, post, transmit, or otherwise make available through the Service; (b) your use of the Service; (c) any violation by you of this Agreement; (d) any action taken by Apple as part of its investigation of a suspected violation of this Agreement or as a result of its finding or decision that a violation of this Agreement has occurred; or (e) your violation of any rights of another. This means that you cannot sue Apple, its affiliates, subsidiaries, directors, officers, employees, agents, partners, contractors, and licensors as a result of its decision to remove or refuse to process any information or Content, to warn you, to suspend or terminate your access to the Service, or to take any other action during the investigation of a suspected violation or as a result of Apples conclusion that a violation of this Agreement has occurred. This waiver and
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indemnity provision applies to all violations described in or contemplated by this Agreement. This obligation shall survive the termination or expiration of this Agreement and/or your use of the Service. You acknowledge that you are responsible for all use of the Service using your Account, and that this Agreement applies to any and all usage of your Account. You agree to comply with this Agreement and to defend, indemnify and hold harmless Apple from and against any and all claims and demands arising from usage of your Account, whether or not such usage is expressly authorized by you. 3.4.2. Notices Apple may provide you with notices regarding the Service, including changes to this Agreement, by email to your iCloud email address (and/or other alternate email address associated with your Account if provided), by regular mail, or by postings on our website and/or the Service. 3.4.3. Governing Law Except to the extent expressly provided in the following paragraph, this Agreement and the relationship between you and Apple shall be governed by the laws of the State of California, excluding its conflicts of law provisions. You and Apple agree to submit to the personal and exclusive jurisdiction of the courts located within the county of Santa Clara, California, to resolve any dispute or claim arising from this Agreement. If (a) you are not a U.S. citizen; (b) you do not reside in the U.S.; (c) you are not accessing the Service from the U.S.; and (d) you are a citizen of one of the countries identified below, you hereby agree that any dispute or claim arising from this Agreement shall be governed by the applicable law set forth below, without regard to any conflict of law provisions, and you hereby irrevocably submit to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the courts located in the state, province or country identified below whose law governs: Specifically excluded from application to this Agreement is that law known as the United Nations Convention on the International Sale of Goods. General This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between you and Apple, governs your use of the Service and completely replaces any prior agreements between you and Apple in relation to the Service. You may also be subject to additional terms and conditions that may apply when you use affiliate services, third-party content, or third-party software. If any part of this Agreement is held invalid or unenforceable, that portion shall be construed in a manner consistent with applicable law to reflect, as nearly as possible, the original intentions of the parties, and the remaining portions shall remain in full force and effect. The failure of Apple to exercise or enforce any right or provision of this Agreement shall not constitute a waiver of such right or provision. You agree that, except as otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement, there shall be no third-party beneficiaries to this agreement. 3.4.4. Changes Apple reserves the right at any time to modify this Agreement and to impose new or additional terms or conditions on your use of the Service. If you do not agree with them, you must stop using the Service and contact customer support to retrieve your Content. Your continued use of
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the Service will be deemed acceptance of such modifications and additional terms and conditions. 5GB of data with a free iCloud account. That storage space covers mail, documents, and mobile backup data. Your purchased music, apps, books, and Photo Stream photos (more on that belowwont count against your 5GB limit.

You can buy more storage from the iCloud preference pane. Apple offers several tiers of storage, priced by the year. You can upgrade to 15GB for $20/year, 25GB for $40/year, or 55GB for $100/year. If you change your mind, Apple also allows you to cancel at any time and receive a prorated refund (youll only be charged for the portion of the year you used the extra storage for, rather than the full amount), or select a plan to downgrade to at the end of your billing year. You can purchase more storage from your Mac, PC, or on your iOS device. On your Mac, open the System Preferences app and click on the iCloud button. From there, click Manage, then Buy More Storage. On your PC, you can find similar preferences in the control panel, under Network and Internet. If youre purchasing storage on your iOS device, tap the Settings app, then iCloud -> Storage & Backup -> Buy More Storage. Unlike Dropbox and SugarSync, which are designed to let you sync any file or folder on your computer through their services, iCloud is focused on integration with apps: Any iCloud-enabled app will sync documents automatically to the services server. As such, you wont be able to sync individual files from apps that dont offer iCloud support. Just like MobileMe, you can see your Mail, Contacts, Calendars, and access Find My iPhone through your browser by going to iCloud.com. In addition, you can access your iWork for iOS documents, and upload iWork documents from your Mac to iCloud so that you can work on them in your apps. All iCloud features are available right now if youre running iOS 5 on your mobile devices and Lion on your Mac. iTunes Match is available for those running iTunes 10.5.1 or later on OS X Lion or Snow Leopard.

Document and data sync

iCloud will sync documents created with Apples apps (Pages, Numbers, and Keynote, for example) as well as any third-party apps that are adapted to take advantage of the service. Presumably, iOS and Mac developers will eventually get on the iCloud bandwagon, but there will be a transition period where some apps will sync with iCloud and others wont. That means users will need to be careful not to assume that all their files are automatically saved to iCloud, because only some apps will do the job. If you have iClouds mobile backup feature enabled, the service will store your apps dataits documents, game saves, etcbut will not sync it to other computers or devices.
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Other than the data mentionedphotos, media, mail, contacts, and calendarsnot at this time. But its entirely likely that iClouds purview may expand to application data on the Mac: It may only be a matter of time before youll be able to sync, say, your application and system settings, and perhaps even your login sessions, between your Macs. You can selectively enable contacts, calendars, reminders, bookmarks, notes, Photo Stream, Find My iPad, and iCloud backup on and off individually on each device. One iCloud account can be the primary account (associated with your Photo Stream, Find My iPhone, Backups, and document sync). Secondary (and tertiary) accounts can only sync mail, contacts, calendars, reminders, bookmarks, and notes.If your game has iCloud support, your game saves can be synced, so you can pause on an iPad and pick up on an iPhone.

Purchase management and iTunes Match

Using your free iCloud account, you can access a complete record of all your purchases from iTunes. Choose to download new music, apps, and books automatically; and redownload anything for free. If youve purchased tracks from the iTunes Store in the old 128-kbps protected AAC format and re-download them, theyll be delivered in that same formatthey wont be offered to you as unprotected 256-kbps AAC files (for that, youll have to pay 30 cents a track to upgrade them through iTunes). If tracks that youve purchased are no longer available from the iTunes Store, you wont be able to re-download them. Browsing purchased music on an iPad. For a fee ($25/year), you can also enable iTunes Match, which allows you to stream and download any content youve bought from the iTunes Store onto your devices. Youll also be able to upload any music you own that you didnt originally purchase from iTunes (see the next question for more information).

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iCloud-supported devices

Even better, once iTunes Match has matched those tracks, it replaces low-bit rate versions with 256-kbps, DRM-free AAC versions. For songs that iTunes cant find in its 19 million song library, youll be able to store up to 25,000 additional manually-uploaded tracks. iTunes Match was supposed to launch in late October, but Apple missed the release date; the company has no projected date for the official launch. If you have iTunes Match, yes; if you dont, you can listen to a preview of your purchased music within the iTunes Store to help you identify a track before downloading it, but you wont be able to access songs directly from within your Music app or iTunes.

4.1. Location awareness

As part of your iCloud account, you can opt-in to two of Apples location-based services: Find My iPhone and Find My Friends. Find My iPhone is slightly misleading: The service will actually let you find any iOS device or Mac you own that youve enabled within iCloud preferences. Find My Friends works by broadcasting your location to any of your friends youve allowed to see it. You can set up temporary events, broadcast your location at all times, or never use the service at allits up to you.
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How do I use iCloud to back up my iOS device? If you have an iCloud account associated with your iPhone, iPod touch, or iPad, you can use it to back up your device. If youve owned an iOS device before, youll find iCloud backups very similar to tethered iTunes backups. Like iTunes, iCloud backs up information on your purchased content (music, apps, and books), your Camera Roll, device settings, data, home screens, messages, and ringtones, but instead of saving that information in a file on your computer, the service stores it online instead. Your purchases themselves arent backed up to your iCloud account; instead, your backup keeps a record of what you own. When you restore your device from a backup, those purchases automatically redownload back in place, aided by your backed-up app data and home screen positioning. This way, you should always be able to restore information without ever needing to plug your device into your Mac or PC. When your iOS device is connected to a power source and on a Wi-Fi network, iCloud will back it up automatically once a day; you can also force a backup by going to the Settings app and tapping iCloud -> Storage & Backup -> Back Up Now. Can I still make iTunes backups if I back up my device to iCloud? You can, but only manually; youll have to connect your device to iTunes, change the Backup to Back up to this computer, and press Sync. After the back up has finished, change this back to Back up to iCloud to continue backing up remotely.

4.3. Troubleshooting iCloud

Ive got lots of Apple IDs. Ive got a MobileMe account I want to convert. Ive got an iTunes account with all my apps and music on it, we have family MobileMe accounts for email what does the advent of iCloud mean for me? Can you use the Mail app with a custom domain, or does it have to be me.com? Yaou can use Mail with any mail account you want. But iClouds email system is based solely on the me.com domain. Can you delete apps from all your devices through iCloud? It doesnt look like theres any facility to delete items on other devices from a single device. Which is nice, because it might make the other people who share your Apple ID quite angry. Will iCloud eat up my data plan? Or will it only use Wi-Fi? iCloud seems to be intentionally focused on Wi-Fi syncing. Backups wont happen unless youre on Wi-Fi and plugged in, for example. But some features will sync over cellular connections, and yes, they will use your data plan. Users on limited data plans will need to consider their iCloud strategy carefully.

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Im a MobileMe user. What happens now? You will be able to convert your MobileMe account into an iCloud account when the new service launches. Check out Apples MobileMe transition document or our common signup scenarios article for more information. Can I get a refund? If youve recently purchased a boxed update and havent used the code yet, or have an unused code in your account, you may be eligible for a refund. Apple has posted a support doc detailing how the process works. You can also request a pro-rated refund for the remaining portion of your subscription. For everyone else, Apple has extended your MobileMe subscription until June 30, 2012. Find My iPhone is one of the features we expect to stick around. Galleries, iDisk, iWeb, and Mac Backup will continue to function as they have for MobileMe userseven if you move your account to iClouduntil June 30, 2012. After that point, theyll be no more. Back To My Mac is available to Mac users with an iCloud account. When you move your MobileMe account to iCloud, however, you will lose one thing immediately: additional sync features. Unlike MobileMe, iCloud will not sync Dock items, keychains, system preferences, or Dashboard widgets.

4. References

http://www.apple.com/iphone/features/ http://www.quora.com/Whats-the-difference-between-the-cloud-cloud-computing-andiCloud

http://En.Wikipedia.Org/Wiki/iCloud http://www.authorstream.com/Presentation/navyashalini-1356930-final-icloud-ppt/ http://www.authorstream.com/Presentation/aSGuest113999-1189770-icloud-videodownload/

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