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iCloud
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iCloud is the personal cloud service of Apple. Launched on October 12, 2011, iCloud enables users to store and sync data across devices, including Apple Mail, Apple Calendar, Apple Photos, Apple Notes, contacts, settings, backups, and files, to collaborate with other users, and track assets through Find My. iCloud's client app is built into iOS, iPadOS, watchOS, tvOS, macOS, and visionOS, and is available for Microsoft Windows. iCloud may additionally be accessed through a limited web interface.
Key facts
- Online service.name
- iCloud
- Online service.logo
- 110px120px
- Online service.image
- ICloud and iWork for web screenshot.png
- Online service.caption
- The iCloud.com web interface
- Online service.image_upright
- 1.1
- Online service.developer
- Apple
- Online service.type
- Cloud service
- Online service.status
- Active
- Online service.pricing
- Free; optional subscription for more storage
- Online service.members
- ~850 million,
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- file-hosting service
- Follows
- MobileMe
- Official website
- www.apple.com/it/icloud
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- programmed in
- Objective-C
- described at URL
- consumerrights.wiki/w/ICloud
- copyright license
- proprietary license
- distributed by
- Microsoft Store
- official forum URL
- discussions.apple.com/community/icloud
- Commons category
- ICloud
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Encyclopedic overview
26 sectionsContents
- History
- Features
- Backup and restore
- Find My
- iCloud Keychain<!-- multiple redirects link here -->
- iTunes Match
- iWork for iCloud
- Photo Stream
- iCloud Photos
- Storage
- iCloud Drive
- Messages on iCloud
- Private Relay
- Architecture
- Availability
- Hide My Email
- Custom Email Domain
- Apple Invites
- Security
- End-to-end encryption
- Advanced Data Protection
- Privacy
- China
- See also
- References
- External links
iCloud is the personal cloud service of Apple. Launched on October 12, 2011, iCloud enables users to store and sync data across devices, including Apple Mail, Apple Calendar, Apple Photos, Apple Notes, contacts, settings, backups, and files, to collaborate with other users, and track assets through Find My. iCloud's client app is built into iOS, iPadOS, watchOS, tvOS, macOS, and visionOS, and is available for Microsoft Windows. iCloud may additionally be accessed through a limited web interface.
iCloud offers users 5 GB of free storage which may be upgraded through optional paid plans to up to 12 TB; all paid plans include iCloud+ providing additional features. Optional end-to-end encryption has been available since 2022 for all iCloud data, except Calendar, Contacts, and Mail, which rely on legacy sync technologies for compatibility with third-party apps (CalDAV, CardDAV, IMAP). , the service had an estimated 850 million users, up from 782 million users in 2016.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “iCloud” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.