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Everything You Need to Know about Setting Up iCloud

Posted 01/06/2012 at 11:27am | by Adam Berenstain

Apple’s first cloud service, iTools, was introduced in 2000 and was available for free. Then came MobileMe, which added powerful features like data syncing and online storage, so Apple bumped the price to $99 a year. But now Apple has reverted a bit, delivering MobileMe’s most useful services at no charge and rebranding it all as iCloud. And that’s not all—this new service links all of your devices with Apple’s North Carolina data centers to keep both your vital files and your iTunes Store purchases at your fingertips whenever you want them.

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How to Turn iCloud Into a Dropbox-like Syncing Service

Posted 11/22/2011 at 6:24am | by Cory Bohon

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While iCloud brought many long-awaiting features to iOS and OS X, many users were still holding out for Dropbox-like syncing service. Though Apple didn’t go this direction with the official release, there is actually a way to trick iCloud into syncing files and folders between Macs, just like Dropbox. Read on and we’ll show you exactly how to use this hidden functionality of iCloud.

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iCloud.com Moves Out of Beta Ahead of Official Release

Posted 10/12/2011 at 4:39am | by J.R. Bookwalter

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Happy iOS 5 Day! Of course, today also brings another long-awaited arrival for both iOS and Mac OS X users in the form of iCloud, the next generation of Apple’s cloud storage and syncing initiative. While the service requires a number of updates in order to fully work, one of them -- the iCloud website -- is now open to all.

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Apple Releasing iCloud on October 12, iTunes Match Arrives End of October

Posted 10/04/2011 at 11:55am | by J.R. Bookwalter

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Apple’s “Let’s talk iPhone” event revealed that the new iOS 5 will be arriving on October 12, and loads of puffy clouds will be floating along for the ride as iCloud launches on the same date -- and stay tuned, because iTunes Match will follow in late October.

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iCloud Is Coming! Here’s What You Need To Know

Posted 09/29/2011 at 5:33am | by J.R. Bookwalter

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Although we still don’t know when Apple will flip the switch on iCloud, the company finally announced a media event for its new iPhone next week, which likely means the fateful day is just around the corner -- so here’s a recap on everything we know about it so far.

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Report Claims Apple May Soon Allow Merging of Multiple Apple IDs

Posted 09/16/2011 at 3:46am | by J.R. Bookwalter

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With the newly revamped free iCloud service fast approaching its fall release, one of the warts in Apple’s otherwise beautiful system has been gaining a lot of attention in recent months: The inability to consolidate multiple Apple IDs into one, particularly for existing MobileMe users stuck with one for iTunes purchases and another for everything else.

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What We Know About iCloud

Posted 09/08/2011 at 8:39am | by J.R. Bookwalter

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Now that the Labor Day holiday is behind us here in the U.S., fall is fast approaching and that can mean only one thing: iCloud time! Ever since iCloud was previewed at WWDC 2011, iOS device users have been staring at their current devices, longing for some cloud syncing magic, so let’s recap what we know about iCloud so far.

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Mac OS X Snow Leopard May See One Last Hurrah with iCloud Support

Posted 08/30/2011 at 4:44am | by J.R. Bookwalter

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In all the early hype about Apple’s forthcoming iCloud service, little has yet been said about support for older operating systems, specifically Snow Leopard 10.6 which is still in wide use. As it turns out, Apple may be slipping out at least one more update to the snowy cat to allow basic iCloud sync support.

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How the iCloud Transition Will Affect iWeb Users

Posted 08/17/2011 at 10:34am | by Cory Bohon

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A few months ago, we posted a how to on moving your existing iWeb sites to a dedicated web hosting solution. Since then, more information about the MobileMe-to-iCloud transition has emerged that describes exactly how Apple will phase out the iWeb site hosting that has been a vital part of .Mac and MobileMe for the past few years.

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The Week's 10 Hottest Apple News Stories, August 12

Posted 08/12/2011 at 5:00pm | by J Keirn-Swanson

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As we edge closer to September, the August rumor cycle begins steaming up. Will September 7 prove the magic day? Will the iPhone 5 make its appearance? Will you be able to buy it that day? And what about this mysterious discount iPhone we keep hearing about? Prepaid? All in the cloud? What gives?

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