Difference between revisions of "Apple iCloud"
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| − | iTunes users have been able to re-download past purchases from the iTunes Store since iTunes 10, released in September | + | iTunes users have been able to re-download past purchases from the iTunes Store since iTunes 10, released in September 2010. However, it wasn't until iTunes 11, released in November, 2012, that the iTunes Store was tightly integrated with iCloud. Once you have enabled iCloud on your device, everything you purchase from the Apple iTunes Store or the Apple App Store using that device will be available for re-download from that device and any other device on which you have enabled iCloud. For example, if you use your iPad to purchase a song from the iTunes Store, it gets downloaded to that iPad's music library (i.e., you could play that song on that iPad even if you were not connected to the Internet). If you ever have to reset that iPad, erasing everything on it, you could go back to the iTunes Store and re-download that song. You could also open up the iTunes Store on your Macbook or HP laptop, assuming you enabled iCloud, and download that song to those devices. |
==Access to pictures and videos captured with your iPhone or iPad== | ==Access to pictures and videos captured with your iPhone or iPad== | ||
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What's iCloud?
It's easy to think about Apple iCloud as a place somewhere on the Internet where things are stored. This is one component of iCloud, but it's really a set of services developed by Apple to help their customers access the media and applications they have purchased from Apple, get added value from their Apple devices, and become lifelong Apple customers.
Access to Past Purchases
iTunes users have been able to re-download past purchases from the iTunes Store since iTunes 10, released in September 2010. However, it wasn't until iTunes 11, released in November, 2012, that the iTunes Store was tightly integrated with iCloud. Once you have enabled iCloud on your device, everything you purchase from the Apple iTunes Store or the Apple App Store using that device will be available for re-download from that device and any other device on which you have enabled iCloud. For example, if you use your iPad to purchase a song from the iTunes Store, it gets downloaded to that iPad's music library (i.e., you could play that song on that iPad even if you were not connected to the Internet). If you ever have to reset that iPad, erasing everything on it, you could go back to the iTunes Store and re-download that song. You could also open up the iTunes Store on your Macbook or HP laptop, assuming you enabled iCloud, and download that song to those devices.
Access to pictures and videos captured with your iPhone or iPad
Pictures and videos you capture with your iPhone or iPad can be uploaded to your iCloud
Access to the location of your Apple devices
You can decide to store the location of your iPads, Macs, and iPhones to iCloud, allowing you to see the location of any of them (e.g., if you misplace one) on a map from any other device.
Related Links
- Apple's about iCloud page
- Apple's iCloud features page]
- Apple's iCloud photo-sharing page
- Apple's find my iPhone page
- Apple's instructions for setting up iCloud on various devices
- Downloading past purchases from the iTunes Store, App Store, and iBooks Store
- Wikipedia iTunes version history article
- Wikipedia iCloud article
- Wikipedia iTunes article
- Wikipedia iTunes Store article