English | 2023 | ISBN: 9781990783258 | 242 pages | True EPUB | 11.3 MB

Apple’s iCloud service is highly useful, but it can also create headaches for the average user. In this book, Joe Kissell explains how to avoid frustrations and make iCloud work for you across all your devices.

iCloud is a simple idea in theory—access to all your data on all your devices, via the cloud—that can become complicated when put into practice. Instead of wasting fiddling with iCloud, when there are many other more important things to be done with the information it contains, learn how to minimize frustrations with Take Control of iCloud, Ninth Edition!

Whether you want a quick tip or a deep dive into the inner workings of iCloud, you’ll find what you need in this best-selling book by Apple expert Joe Kissell. Start by learning what iCloud can do, how it differs from other cloud services, and how best to set it up on Macs, iOS and iPadOS devices, Apple TVs, and Windows PCs.

Then, move on to finding out the key aspects—and hidden gotchas—of iCloud’s core features, including

iCloud+, Apple's paid membership tiers with extra features

Photo features: iCloud Photos, iCloud Photo Sharing, and iCloud Shared Photo Library

Family Sharing

iTunes Match and iCloud Music Library

iCloud Drive

Mail and Mail Drop

Contacts, Calendars, Rders, and Notes

iCloud Keychain

the iCloud website

Location features: Find My Device, Find My Item, Find My Friends, and the Find My app

Two-factor authentication

Activation lock

Backing up and recovering data

Managing your privacy and security (including the use of Advanced Data Protection)

This edition not only covers the changes to iCloud in macOS 13 Ventura, iOS 16, and iPadOS 16 but also includes details about recent changes to iCloud that span operating systems, including the iCloud website. It also continues to cover macOS 10.15 Catalina, macOS 11 Big Sur, macOS 12 Monterey, and iOS 15/iPadOS 15, but drops coverage of earlier operating system versions.