Learning iCloud Data Management: A Hands-On Guide to Structuring Data for iOS and OS X

Examining iCloud Files with Settings on iOS

Similarly, users can examine their iCloud files on iOS using Settings. Here are the steps a user follows to look at the files. You may need to provide this information in your app’s documentation: not all users are adept at configuring iCloud. Note that users can delete files from their ubiquity containers and thus from iCloud using their iOS devices. Not everyone knows this because there are several steps involved, as you will see in the following list. (The steps are the same on iPad.)

1. In Settings, select iCloud, as shown in Figure 18.6. You will see the settings for the major apps. You can turn iCloud on or off from here.

Figure 18.6 Configuring iCloud for apps

2. Scroll down to Documents & ...