How to get the most out of iCloud

iCloud, cloud-based solution for synchronizing from Apple, designed to maintain and synchronize the most important information on your iOS-device and Mac. The trick is that the iCloud so quietly runs in the background, it is unlikely that someone of us have to think about it.

Now that iCloud has become more closely integrated with Mountain Lion, let's look at its features.

Firstly, what is iCloud?

Apple iCloud launched last fall with iOS5, but still many people have no idea what it is and why it is needed.

In fact, iCloud is a built-in service to synchronize and back up, you will automatically receive when you purchase your Apple device. It synchronizes and backs up the data on Apple's servers from your calendar, contacts, email, and also stores your music, photos, bookmarks and documents with your device, and it is also available for Windows users PC.

When setting up each of the Apple devices (and / or install iCloud on your PC), you enter your your Apple ID and You choose what content will sync (if you do not remember, it's in the menu "Settings> iCloud»). Then, iCloud begins to quietly run in the background as long as you do not exceed the allocated memory. After that comes a warning that svbodnoe place finishes.

Each user gets 5 GB of storage for free, but if you need more, Apple offers plans starting at 10GB for $ 20 per year.

Synchronization via Google or other similar services may be more attractive in many cases, but iCloud is the most simple, seamless integration for iOS and Mac. And with the latest operating system from Apple, Mountain Lion, it is truer than ever.

Use of documents in the cloud

iCloud is now more tightly integrated with Mac-applications. Any applications that support the new function "Documents in the Cloud," such as TextEdit, Pages / IWORK and others, are now automatically synchronizes all changes made to documents via iOS-devices and poppies with Mountain Lion, and you have quick access to iCloud-storage. It seems to work with Google Docs (by Google Drive) or editing the document to Dropbox on your computer, but there are some interesting nuances:

• Your iCloud-disk looks like a place to save, when you open the dialog window. Thus, you can easily select and save files directly to iCloud, instead of on your Mac.
• Easily move files from your Mac to iCloud: drag a file from the Finder window to iCloud.
• Quick exchange of files (via email, message, or AirDrop) from your account through iCloud ikonochku share.
• Quick view documents saved in iCloud (separated by spaces), rename the documents, organizing them into folders, and so on.

As long as you have the documents and data to be synchronized with iCloud, everything you create or edit with compatible applications will be loaded into iCloud, whether it be a text document, presentation or drawing.

What else can you do with iCloud?

But wait, there's more! iCloud is trying to be your de facto solution for synchronizing the IOS-devices and the Mac, so it synchronizes and other things, in addition to documents, and has some interesting applications:

• sync reminders and notes on your iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad, and now, with poppies Mountain Lion;
• Remote SSH into your Mac via iCloud;
• search for a lost or stolen iDevice or MacBook using «Find My Mac» or «Find My iPhone»;
• function "Photo Stream" can at any time see the photos with your Apple TV or on any iOS-device;
• synchronization of downloaded applications between all iOS devices;
• access files on icloud.com (Work with e-mail, contacts, calendar entries, IWORK, and «Find My iPhone»).

Again, these features can be turned on or off in the «System Preferences> iCloud».

Soon the IOS 6

Apple claims that iOS 6, which will be released in the fall, there will be more features iCloud. Among the advanced features are announced selective photo sharing, synchronization of tabs in Safari, as well as the improvement of «Find my iPhone» functions and «Find My Friends».

iCloud is not perfect, and it's not the cheapest solution for storing and synchronizing files, but it is much more than many of us may realize. And that, in any case, a free solution, so why not take advantage of.