icloud History & Services Dr. Leon Chapman

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1 icloud History & Services Dr. Leon Chapman 1

2 icloud History & Services Apple ID & Accounts Overview Online Backup Services Cloud Storage & File Sharing 2

3 Off-Site Backup? icloud What is it? File storage? File transfer? Sync? File Sharing? 3

4 icloud ( Was launched on October 12, A Cloud Storage & cloud computing service The service provides its users with means to store data such as documents, photos, and music on remote servers for download to ios, macos or Windows devices, to share and send data to other users, and to manage their Apple devices if lost or stolen. The service also provides the means to wirelessly back up ios devices directly to icloud. 4

5 icloud (Continued) ( It replaced Apple's MobileMe service acting as a data syncing center for , contacts, calendars, bookmarks, notes, reminders (to-do lists), iwork documents, photos and other data 5

6 Where is icloud One of Apple's icloud data centers is located in Maiden, North Carolina, US. Beginning in 2011, icloud is based on Amazon Web Services and Microsoft Azure. In 2016, Apple signed a deal with Google to use Google Cloud Platform for some icloud service. located? ( (In 2014, Apple acknowledged that encrypted ios files are stored in Amazon S3 and Microsoft Azure). 6

7 An icloud account, itunes account and Apple ID are all the same thing What is the icloud account? You should have a single Apple ID & PW for all of them Each user should have their own Apple ID & PW icloud Account Typically refers to the Apple ID that is used for icloud services, such as backup and syncing documents and settings between apps In ios, Settings Accounts & Passwords icloud itunes Account The Apple ID that you use to purchase downloads from the itunes, ibooks and App Stores and what syncs your itunes Match songs, if you use that service In ios, Settings itunes & App Stores Apple ID 7

8 icloud icloud securely & safely stores & updates across all your devices Photos Documents Videos Apps & More 8

9 icloud Photo Library When icloud Photo Library is turned on All photos & videos taken on ipad or iphone are uploaded to icloud & synced to devices Frees space on iphone or ipad icloud Photo Sharing makes it easy to share your photos and videos Organization by Moments, Collections & Years across devices 9

10 icloud Drive & Files app Securely store all files in icloud & can access from all your devices iphone / ipad using new Files app Mac PC icloud.com Invite friends to view, download or work on a file 10

11 icloud Drive lets you save files and app data to icloud icloud is Apple's cloud-storage subscription service icloud Drive icloud Drive is like an external hard disk in the sky Available for ios devices, Macs, and Windows PCs Lets you access all of your files and data from any device Keeps your files/folders up to date across your devices 11

12 icloud icloud Syncing 12

13 icloud Backup & Restore icloud backs up your ios devices each night when connected to Wi-Fi Allows easy restore of information When you get a new device (e.g.,ipad), restore old iphone s information from icloud 13

14 icloud Find My iphone icloud can help find your missing iphone, ipad, ipod touch, Mac, Apple Watch or AirPods You can track the location of your device Can take actions to secure your data & personal information 14

15 All your icloud content like photos, documents, and contacts is encrypted when sent over the Internet and, in most cases, when stored on Apple s servers If Apple uses third-party vendors to store your information It is encrypt and never shares the keys Two-factor authentication helps to ensure that the important information in your account can only be accessed by you, and only with your devices icloud Privacy & Security 15

16 It is Apple s Password Manager icloud Keychain Keeps Safari Website usernames & passwords, credit cards, Wi-Fi network information up to date across all devices Keeps accounts for Mail, Contacts, Calendar & Messages Internet accounts of Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, etc are stored across all devices 16

17 icloud Encryption ( Encryption Data In transit On server Notes Calendars Yes Yes Contacts Yes Yes Bookmarks Yes Yes Notes Yes Yes Reminders Yes Yes Photos Yes Yes icloud Drive Yes Yes Backup Yes Yes Find My iphone Yes Yes Find My Friends Yes Yes A minimum of 128-bit AES encryption 17

18 icloud Encryption (Cont.) Data Encryption In transit On server Notes icloud.com Yes N/A Back to My Mac Yes N/A Mail Yes No All sessions at icloud.com are encrypted with TLS 1.2. Any data accessed via icloud.com is encrypted on server. Does not store data on icloud. Data retrieved from other computers is encrypted with TLS 1.2 while in transit. All traffic between your devices and icloud Mail is encrypted with TLS 1.2. Consistent with standard industry practice, icloud does not encrypt data stored on IMAP mail servers. All Apple clients support optional S/MIME encryption. Transport Layer Security (TLS) is a protocol that provides privacy and data integrity between two communicating applications. TLS evolved from Netscape's Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) protocol and has largely superseded it. 18

19 icloud.com Mail, Calendar, Contacts, Reminders, Safari. icloud keeps your Apple and third-party apps updated with the latest information on all your devices. When you delete an , add a calendar event, update a contact, or check off a to-do item, icloud makes the changes everywhere. Start surfing on your iphone and pick up where you left off on your Mac or ipad or vice versa. 19

20 icloud Pricing Monthly pricing 5GB: Free 50GB: $ GB: $2.99 1TB: $9.99 2TB: $19.99 No annual plans available. 20

21 icloud Pros icloud is the obvious solution to anyone who exclusively uses Apple. In principle, it meets the Just Works criteria: activate it on all your devices, and you get easy access to all your data from calendar, notes and photos through to iwork documents. Your ios devices also get automatically backedup to icloud at the flick of a virtual switch. It requires no setup, no effort. You also have a big range of storage tier options than other services, from 50GB at the lower end to 2TB at the top end. 21

22 icloud Cons If you need the 1TB option, which is the most likely tier for those making substantial use of cloud storage, icloud is a little more expensive than most competitors given that Apple offers no discounted annual subscription. icloud seems to suffer more outages than competing services, and can be glitchy. For example, it can take several minutes for a new file or edit on one device to show up on others. Finally, icloud is clunky to use from non-apple devices. 22

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26 Best Cloud Storage & File Sharing Services of 2017 idrive SugarSync SpiderOak One Microsoft OneDrive Google Drive 15GB free Apple icloud Drive Box (Personal) Dropbox Amazon Drive Free picture storage with Amazon Prime 26

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28 This is icloud.com Mail, Calendar, Contacts, Reminders, Safari. icloud keeps your Apple and third-party apps updated with the latest information on all your devices. When you delete an , add a calendar event, update a contact, or check off a to-do item, icloud makes the changes everywhere. Start surfing on your iphone and pick up where you left off on your Mac or ipad or vice versa. 28

29 icloud History & Services What questions do you have for me? 29