What is iCloud and how to use it. Uploading photos from iCloud to iPhone

How can I transfer photos and other data from iCloud to my computer to free up space on cloud storage? Using a web interface and a client on Windows to manage information on iCloud.

Saving photos to iCloud

To transfer photos, you first need to configure their saving to iCloud:

1. Open settings.
2. Click on account iCloud.
3. Go to the "iCloud" section.
4. Open the Photos submenu and turn on iCloud Photo Library.

When this option is activated, the phone will transfer photos and videos to the storage; you cannot split the Media Library. As alternative option you can use the “My Photo Stream” option - only photos will be sent to iCloud, but they are stored for only 30 days, and more than 1000 photos cannot be uploaded per month.

In iCloud settings, you can also enable synchronization of contacts, notes, reminders, calendar, etc. If there is not enough space and you cannot transfer data to your computer, you will have to increase the storage capacity:

1. Open the "iCloud" section.
2. Click on the "Storage" button.
3. Select "Buy a seat"
4. Specify the required volume and pay for capacity expansion And.

If you don't want to pay, periodically clear your storage of large files. Transferring photos to computer - great way free up space on iCloud.

Using the web interface

The easiest way to transfer photos to your computer is to download them from the iCloud website:

The main inconvenience in the web interface is the absence of a “Select all” button. If you want to download all photos, select the first file with the mouse, then go down to the last photo, press Shift key and click on it. This will select all the files on the page.

If you want to figure out how to transfer contacts, then there is nothing complicated here either. The iCloud website has a “Contacts” section, which displays records synchronized with the iPhone.

You can download them all or individually as vCard files, and then open in Windows Contacts.

iCloud Drive

Another convenient way upload photos to cloud storage and download them to your computer - use the iCloud Drive application. Its advantage is that you can upload pictures separately. This is also a disadvantage: mass uploading of files is not provided.

1. Open to iPhone photo, which you want to save in the cloud.
2. Click on the arrow button in the bottom corner.
3. Select "Add to iCloud Drive."

You will have to repeat the operation for each photo you want to send to iCloud. Next, you can use the instructions on how to transfer data from iCloud to your computer via the web interface, or install the iCloud program for Windows on your PC. Mac owners do not need to install additional software - the iCloud management program is built into the system.

The main purpose of cloud iCloud service– synchronize information between PC, Mac, iPod Touch, iPhone and iPad devices. This will especially make life easier for owners of several Apple devices. With iCloud, all new information from your iPhone automatically and instantly reaches all your other devices as long as they are connected to the same iCloud account.

Now you don’t need to connect each device to your computer and synchronize with iTunes in order to transfer applications, photos, contacts, etc. back and forth. As soon as you purchased or added something, for example, to an iPhone, this data will immediately go through the cloud to, for example, an iPad. No clutter or confusion - every device has the same content. You can use iCloud on computers, there are versions for Mac and Windows...

What can you sync via iCloud?

1. iTunes Content. Cloud iTunes automatically downloads purchased music, apps, and books to any of your devices.

2. Mail, calendars, reminders, contacts, notes, bookmarks also synced via iCloud.

3. Photo stream(Photo Stream). All photographs taken with Apple devices, are automatically uploaded to Photo Stream and transferred via iCloud to other iOS devices, immediately after closing the Camera app and as long as you are connected to Wi-Fi networks. (Through cellular network photos are not transferred to the cloud).

Please note that up to 1000 photos can be stored in the cloud, and all subsequent ones will be overwritten in place of the old ones.

But all the photos are stored on the computer, not just 1000. You can view them on Mac computer- through iPhoto or Aperture, on a PC - in the Photostream download folder, by default this is the folder C:\Users\Apple\Pictures\Photo Stream\My Photo Stream.

4. Documents(iWork). If you work with texts, spreadsheets, and presentations through the Pages, Numbers, and Keynote apps, you can also sync them across all iOS devices, as well as documents in the Mobile Documents folder on Mac computers. When you edit a document on iOS, its “version” is automatically updated on all iOS devices.

5. Backups. Backups are now created automatically when your iOS device is plugged into power and connected to Wi-Fi and sent to iCLoud. IN backup copy includes device settings, location of icons on the screen, messages, application data, photos and videos, ringtones, purchased music, programs, books and TV shows. If you want, you can use a backup copy so as not to lose data.

6. Family Sharing. With this option, users can share content from iTunes Store, iBooks Store And App Store with family members - up to six people.

In general, the iCloud cloud service allows you to maintain all the information on all your iOS devices and associated computers in an up-to-date form, quickly and conveniently transfer new applications and files between them. The iCloud service was introduced in mid-2011. Over the past time, the Cupertino team has significantly expanded its functionality.

Deleted from iPhone information stored in iCloud for 30 days. How to restore deleted files read .

How much do you need to pay to use iCloud?

All account holders Apple records IDs automatically receive 5 GB free cloud space in iCloud. It can be used to store backups, application files, important documents, etc.

If necessary, users can expand the available capacity by 50 GB, 200 GB or 1 TB. Depending on the chosen “package”, the cost of the service will also change. When purchasing an additional 50 GB, users will need to pay an additional 59 rubles per month, and when purchasing 1 TB – 599 rubles per month.

It is worth noting that relatively recently the company has slightly reduced the cost of “packages”. Just last year, one additional TB of cloud space cost 200 rubles more.

How to set up iCloud

How to use iCloud and how to set it up. There is nothing complicated here. However, depending on the platform, it has its own nuances.

Setting up iCloud on iPhone

1. On your smartphone or tablet, go to Settings - iCloud.

2. Enter your login and Apple password ID. Instructions.

3. Select one of the two proposed options - merge or not merge Safari data on mobile device and in the cloud.

4. Activate geolocation for the Find iPhone function.

Setting up iCloud on Mac

1. In OS X, open System Settings– iCloud.

2. Enter your Apple ID login and password and click Sign In.

3. If necessary, activate the “Find Mac” function, as well as transfer contacts, calendars, reminders from Mac to iCloud.

Setting up iCloud on Windows

How to make iPhone photos available on iCloud

As mentioned above, iCloud can act as cloud storage pictures. Moreover, photos can be automatically moved to the cloud and become available both on other Apple devices and in the web version of iCloud - this feature is called “iCloud Photo Library.”

To use iCloud Music Library you need:

On a mobile device running iOS 8.3 or later, go to Settings - iCloud - Photos and activate the item “ iCloud Photo Library».

On a Mac running OS X 10.10.3 or later, go to System Preferences - iCloud - Options, and then select iCloud Photo Library.

After activating all the necessary options, photos and videos will begin to be uploaded to the cloud. To do this you need a constant Internet connection. It is worth noting that the speed of downloading files and their appearance in the Photos application on iOS and OS X, as well as in the Cloud web version, directly depends on the speed of the Internet connection.

iCloud also has a web version - iCloud.com, from this site you can access all synchronized documents.

Sign in using your Apple ID account. The five main sections include Contacts, Calendar, Documents, Find My iPhone, and mail account. Through the web service, you can fully use iCloud: upload documents and edit information in your calendar, contacts, and mail. All changes will be immediately transferred to your iOS devices participating in the cloud.

In addition, in the web version you can delete photo stream data. To do this, click on your account in the right top corner, select Advanced and Delete Photo Stream Data. This action will remove all photos from iCloud, but they will remain on all your iOS devices and computers. And iCloud will free up space for a new 1000 photos available for synchronization via the cloud.

Filmed on iPhone and iPad photos and videos take up a huge amount of space on devices free space. If you need more memory, then it is not at all necessary to resort to deleting content or moving it to other media. Using the iCloud Photo Library service, you can store photos and videos in the cloud by configuring automatic optimization data on the iOS device itself.

How to enable Content Storage Optimization for iCloud Photo Library

iCloud Photo Library automatically uploads your photos to cloud storage, allowing you to access it anytime, from any device. Storage optimization - useful option, which replaces photos and videos in the original resolution with optimized versions if the memory on the device runs out. The full resolution file is quickly loaded if you need to view it, edit it, or send it to social networks. To enable this option follow these steps:

1. Open the Settings app.

2. Select the Photo and Camera section.

3. Check the “Optimize device storage” option.

After activating this option, the system will automatically move the original versions of the files to iCloud, leaving only recently captured photos and videos full-size. The process may take long time, depending on the number of files and connection speed.

How to free up space on iCloud

The total size of files you can store in iCloud is not unlimited, and you have several options to free up space.

Option A: Clear Photo Library

Browse through albums that might contain selfies, panoramas, screenshots, or time-lapse videos. Perhaps among them there are those that can be deleted. Important note: You can't delete files from just iCloud or just from your device; if you delete them on your iPhone, they'll disappear from everywhere.

After deleting unnecessary pictures and videos, do not forget to visit the Recently deleted section and clear it. Otherwise, the files will still be stored on the device, taking up free memory within 30 days.

Option B: Buy additional iCloud storage

If you don't want to think about storing your photos and videos and you're willing to pay for cloud storage space, you can increase the amount of available space in your iCloud Photo Library. Currently, prices for additional iCloud storage are as follows:

• 5 GB - free
• 50 GB - 59 rubles/month
• 200 GB - 149 rubles/month
• 1 TB - 599 rubles/month

Change tariff plan or you can cancel it at any time.

After reading these instructions, you will be able to understand the popular issue of transferring and saving photos to the cloud on an iPhone, additional settings for your phone, and choosing the data storage service that is most convenient for you.

Every year, the development of cloud storage for storing personal photos or documents is becoming more popular among iPhone users. This may be due to the small amount of memory on the device or, conversely, to the convenience that online data storage services offer us.

How does the cloud work on iPhone? Operating principle in general terms

The operating principle of cloud storage is based on streaming files to local Apple server storage.

When an iPhone user does new photo, records a video file or works with bookmarks on the gadget, the built-in iOS monitoring system records and saves results about new or previously changed files into the device’s internal cache. When you connect to Wi-Fi, you are automatically connected to cloud storage iCloud data. iOS sends a command to the server about changed or new documents, and they are automatically uploaded to local storage Apple.

The file, when uploaded from the iPhone to the cloud, is divided into equal parts and distributed across storage servers. Each document or photo has multiple backup copies, which allow you to store information in different places. In case of loss of data about the downloaded file or equipment failure, the backup copy will allow you to instantly obtain information about previously downloaded media content to the cloud.

When an iPhone user logs into the cloud storage and downloads the file he needs, it is automatically, through powerful computing equipment, put together and transferred through secure encryption to the owner’s phone.

What is the best cloud to choose for iPhone nowadays?

Indeed, many iPhone users often wonder where to store their photos and videos. How can you access them most quickly from any part of the planet where there is Internet.

The task of choosing cloud storage for your iPhone comes down to several competitors in this area. We will try to talk in more detail about the advantages and disadvantages of each of them.

The evaluation of cloud storage services for iPhone will be based on the following criteria:

Ease of use

Functional

Price

iCloud, Apple's cloud storage service

iCloud is a powerful and high-tech cloud service that can keep your personal media files safe and secure from unauthorized persons. In addition to storing photos and data, it is capable of: tracking the location of your iPhone, computer or other phone; fast and remote setup iPhone, calendar events and more.

Talk about the ease of use of the iCloud service, which is specially designed by Apple It makes no sense for iPhone or iPad buyers and users. It's quite simple.

By purchasing new iPhone, you create iCloud cloud an account that is linked to one or more devices, if you have several.

To access the cloud on your iPhone, you'll need to log in to your device's settings, and any previously saved photos or personal data, such as contacts, calendar entries, or notes, are automatically downloaded to your iPhone. This adds the maximum number of points to the ease of use of the iCloud service, because... You don't need to install additional software on your phone.

When registering for an Apple cloud storage account, the user is given 5 GB of free storage for the most important files on iPhone cloud. To expand the storage capacity in the cloud, you are offered a choice of three subscription options, which are presented in the screenshot below. The cost is indicated in rubles per month of use.

Yandex Disk is one of the ways to choose cloud storage for photos and videos on iPhone

We recently described in detail one of the processes for downloading music to an iPhone using the Yandex Disk cloud storage. You can read about this.

In addition to downloading music, this service will allow you to store all the photos and video files that are on your iPhone in your cloud spaces.

Many iPhone buyers use a cloud data storage service. This is primarily due to the small amount of memory in the device. Yandex Disk offers about 20 GB of free space for uploading media files to the cloud from an iPhone. This space is more than enough to understand all the capabilities of the service in free mode.

The ease of use of Yandex Drive on iPhone does not seem to be as promising as in the case of iCloud. Autoload YAD will allow you to automatically upload only photo and video files from iPhone to cloud storage.

As for the cost. Yandex offers, as we said earlier, about 20 GB of permanent space in the cloud for free, as well as the ability to expand memory for additional fee. Get acquainted with current tariffs(at the end of 2017) You can see the screenshot below.

Attention! Yandex Disk constantly holds free promotions with partners that will allow you to significantly increase your iPhone cloud storage space. The price and cost of these services may differ from the prices presented on the official website of the software product.

Brief summary of choosing cloud storage for iPhone

We looked at just a few options for the most popular services for storing photos and videos from iPhone on the Internet. There are a huge number of competitors who can offer you the most favorable conditions for renting a storage facility. The main thing is not to forget, proven and popular services have reliable protection data from hacking, which will prevent leakage of personal files to the Internet. Choose the most convenient option for storing data in the iPhone cloud, based on our pivot table advantages and disadvantages.

The rating of the proposed cloud storage options for iPhone is based on personal experience use, reviews from colleagues and users on the Internet. iPhone owners categorically reject the use Dropbox service and reluctantly look towards Google Drive.

How to create a cloud on an iPhone using a PC or phone?

The process of registering or creating an online storage account on iPhone will not take much of your time. Let's take a closer look at the situation using registration as an example. iCloud clouds and Yandex Disk from start to finish.

Create an Apple ID and register iCloud for iPhone

Go to the official cloud storage website: https://www.icloud.com/. Complete the registration by clicking on the “Create” button next to the Apple ID inscription, as shown in the screenshot below.

Fill in the personal information required to register the iCloud cloud.

We advise you to write down new Apple ID and password to log into your account. Registered cloud service data is required for correct iPhone settings under your account. In case iPhone sales or transfer it to third parties, be sure to log out of your account so that your personal data is not transferred to other users.

It is possible to create an iCloud cloud not only from a computer, but also directly from an iPhone. To do this, go to “Settings”, etc.

Registering the Yandex Disk cloud on iPhone

We will need to download official application from the App Store.

The registration process is quite simple. Open the application and click

If you already have a login from your mail or Yandex Music listening service, you do not need to register. Enter your account details and log in to the application.

Correctly setting up Yandex Disk and iCloud will allow you to use services in automatic mode. How to set up cloud services no mistakes, we'll tell you a little later.

How to quickly access the cloud via iPhone or computer?

If you need to download photos or videos to your computer from the cloud iPhone storage, we recommend using the official and free program from Apple for Windows operating systems - ICloud for PC

Install the downloaded program and make the minimum settings that will be requested automatically.

To go to Apple cloud directly from your iPhone, we recommend that you carry out additional settings on your phone, which will allow you to view files without using additional software. Go to Settings. Select the “iCloud” section.

After you have entered the general iCloud menu, scroll to the bottom to the optional checkbox that allows you to store documents and data in the iPhone cloud. Activate it.

After confirming the storage of data from programs that use the iCloud service, necessary files and backup copies of applications will be automatically copied to the information storage service from the iPhone.

To view files in Apple storage from iPhone, go to home screen or phone desktop. will appear installed application"iCloud Drive" as shown in the screenshot.

The program will allow you to view files in iCloud from iPhone in the form file manager. For the most detailed viewing of not only files and documents from the iCloud cloud storage, we recommend using a data synchronization program for your computer.

Important to know! Try to study all the functions and settings of the cloud storage of your iPhone device. “How to use the cloud on iPhone?” There's nothing complicated. Just follow each step in our instructions, and it will answer all your questions in more detail.

How to save photos to the iPhone or Yandex Disk cloud?

To upload photos from your iPhone to the cloud, go to the “Settings” section. Click on your Apple ID account. Next “iCloud” - “Photos”. Make the checkbox next to “Media Library” active.

Apple cares about its users and leaves detailed description functions to the most popular menu items in iPhone settings.

As you can already understand, by activating this menu item in the settings, you can upload photos to the cloud on your iPhone. Next, set as desired additional settings saving original photos or vice versa, optimizing device storage.

If you are not sure about synchronizing and transferring photos to iCloud from an iPhone, we advise you to check the downloaded files through the storage program for your personal computer.

The simplest and most affordable option for storing photos in the device cloud is to use the Yandex Disk service. The main advantage of this program is comfort and ease of use, and also, compared to iCloud, you are provided with much more free space for saving photos.

Open the disk program and try to configure it according to our instructions. Go to the settings section by tapping the gear in the upper left corner of the display. Pay attention to the menu item “Auto upload photos”. We recommend that you enable active photo uploading only via Wi-Fi to save money. cash, if your telecom operator does not provide an unlimited tariff.

Uploading photos and videos to Yandex Disk occurs automatically. On some devices and firmware, users noted minor problems with automatic download. They have to leave the gadget screen active while data is being uploaded to the server.

You can see the current status of downloaded photos and video files in the “Camera” section. A running bar with the amount of downloaded material will be displayed in the upper status bar of the program. With the Yandex Disk program, you will forever forget about this question, “How to save photos to the cloud on an iPhone?” The application will automatically do everything for you.

Also don't forget, Disk has separate program not only for iPhone, but also for computer. Therefore, downloading photos and video files from the cloud to your computer will be a pleasure.

To transfer a single photo to the cloud on your iPhone from Yandex, click on “Photos”. Select the photo you would like to upload to the server. Click on the sharing button in the lower left corner. You will see a pop-up window with additional information by copy or slide show. Scroll all the way down the apps bar until you find “Disk.” Select or create the desired folder, in which you would like to store photos from your iPhone.

In the case of Yandex Disk, you greatly facilitate the process of uploading not only photos, but also videos from your iPhone to cloud storage.

Don't forget to sync or urgently download photos from the cloud iCloud storage You will need to install additional program on PC. Yandex Disk allows you to download any files up to 2GB in size from the cloud without installing software.

If you have any questions, we will be happy to answer them in the comments to this article.

The “My Photo Stream” function is a convenient opportunity to view photos taken from several different devices. Now you can easily, right from iPhone devices, iPad and iPod touch see the photographs taken on Mac screen or through the operating room Windows system. The main thing is that all gadgets have iCloud file storage configured.

Where to find “My Photo Stream” and how to activate the function

If your device does not have this function, it simply means it is not enabled. In order to fix this, you need to perform the following sequence of actions:

1. select the “Settings” menu in the device;
2. iCloud;
3. find the section with “Photos”;
4. Activate the “My photo stream” checkbox.

This algorithm works for any Apple device. For Windows OS, you can perform this operation after installation iCloud programs. After completing this procedure, you will allow the cloud to upload all photos from the devices you use. Now you can view photos immediately through any device from using iCloud.

In addition, it is also convenient that when you access the cloud through your computer, you will be able to see photos, the quality of which will be preserved in their original state, without compression or distortion. For other devices Apple system will adapt the image to suit you in order to save disk memory.

How the function works

The program works very quickly. Immediately after you take photos and exit the Camera application, all the material is automatically uploaded to My Photo Stream. A Wi-Fi connection must be available to carry out the procedure.

This function can also be implemented via Mac. Imported frames into iPhoto or Aperture also end up in the cloud album. In this case, it is still possible to configure the photo upload yourself, and not the entire stream automatically.
To upload photos to the cloud from the memory of a computer running Windows OS, you need to select the “Favorites” menu in the “Pictures” launcher and select “ iCloud Photos" You will find the “My Photo Stream” album and use the corresponding button to add photos.

Reverse procedure

The photo will be stored on the cloud server for 30 days. The original remains on the device with which it was made. At this time, the photo can be saved to another iOS device: iPhone, iPad and iPod touch.

When you activate My Photo Stream, all your photos are automatically imported into iPhoto, Aperture, and Photos. In the interval of 30 days, you can save the photo or make a backup copy of it. The procedure is very simple and consists of simple copying photo from iCloud.

In order to understand how you can upload photos from iCloud to iPhone, you need to implement the following sequence:

As a result, you copy the photo to original quality from the cloud to this device. After which, you can make copies using iCloud or iTunes. In other words, you can operate your photos through any device by logging into your account with the same ID, thanks to Photo Stream.

There is even a procedure for deleting photos. But in this case, it is worth warning that by deleting “My Photo Stream” all photos taken and saved in this storage will be deleted. But this only applies to the device itself. That is, by going to the cloud, using another device, you will find all the “deleted” pictures.

Let us remind you that the reserve period for images in the cloud is only 30 days. Therefore, it is better to download everything from iCloud to your iPhone in advance necessary photos, and only then delete the photo stream.