Get to Know iCloud
Before you dive in and start setting up and using this mysterious thing called iCloud, you should take a few moments to get your bearings and understand what you’re dealing with.
In addition to explaining what you can and cannot do with iCloud, this chapter discusses what you need to know About iCloud System Requirements, About Your Apple ID, and About iCloud Storage.
What Is iCloud?
The cloud is a general computing concept: a set of software, services, and storage located [gestures broadly] out there somewhere. Companies that offer cloud services maintain all the hardware, and you don’t need to know where any of it lives. Your access to the cloud is mediated by the service provider.
iCloud follows this notion precisely: ...
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