{"id":263,"date":"2018-08-06T10:56:54","date_gmt":"2018-08-06T05:26:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/technesium.blog\/?p=263"},"modified":"2018-08-06T10:56:54","modified_gmt":"2018-08-06T05:26:54","slug":"what-is-an-apple-id-what-is-icloud","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/technesium.blog\/what-is-an-apple-id-what-is-icloud\/","title":{"rendered":"What is an Apple ID? What is iCloud?"},"content":{"rendered":"

What is an Apple ID?<\/h2>\n

When we get an iPhone, iPad or Mac we must create an Apple ID.<\/p>\n

Think of an Apple ID like a PAN number. All of our bank accounts, investments, etc. are linked using our PAN number. That’s how the Income Tax Department recognises us.<\/p>\n

In the very same way, Apple recognises us by our Apple ID. Everything inside the world of Apple is linked to our Apple ID.<\/p>\n

The Apple ID can be our existing email address.<\/p>\n

Apple also offers a free ID which ends with “@icloud.com”.<\/p>\n

So we can create an ID like “john@icloud.com” or “john.doe@icloud.com”.<\/p>\n

The Apple ID can be anything we like!<\/p>\n

What is iCloud?<\/h2>\n

iCloud is a cloud storage service offered by Apple.<\/p>\n

To learn more about cloud storage, please check out my post here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Apple automatically provides us with 5 GB of iCloud Storage free!<\/p>\n

They also provide iCloud Backup to back up all of our important data to iCloud. This includes our Photos, Mail, Messages, Contacts, Calendars, Reminders and Notes.<\/p>\n

This means that when we get a new device (iPhone, iPad or Mac) we just need to sign in with our Apple ID and all of our data is available! Pretty cool right?<\/p>\n

Certain apps also automatically backup their data to iCloud. The most common example of this is WhatsApp.<\/p>\n

What happens most of the time is that 5 GB is simply not enough space to backup all of our data. This typically happens if we have a lot of photos and videos or a large number of apps installed. Even WhatsApp data can be huge!<\/p>\n

Once we reach the 5 GB limit, it’s time to upgrade. Apple has provided many options depending on the size of our data and our budget.<\/p>\n

The monthly prices are as follows:<\/p>\n

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I strongly recommend that you upgrade depending on the size of your data.<\/p>\n

You can check this by:<\/p>\n