iCloud

          The only thing I know about the iCloud is that it is a system created by Apple Inc. that allows you to download purchases you have made in other apple devices to the apple device you wish for free. 


Questions: 

1. How do you configure your own iCloud?
2. Where does the iCloud system store the information of the purchases. 
3. When was the iCloud created? Why? 


Links: 

http://www.apple.com/icloud/

https://www.icloud.com/

http://ipod.about.com/od/glossary/a/Icloud-Frequently-Asked-Questions.htm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ICloud

http://www.imore.com/icloud


Things I learned: 

• The iCloud doesn't just store the purchases you have made in the iTunes store (music, shows, movies, rents, etc.,) but also your notes, calendars, photos and even the contacts in your phone. 

• If you have your iCloud actively installed in your phone for example, when you take a picture it automatically copies that image that you have just taken and downloads it to the other Apple devices that have the iCloud installed. 

• To have the iCloud working effectively you need to have something called an iTunes Match which is the system within the iCloud that matches the purchases and downloads them into all the Apple devices that you wish because you have the option of making the shares and downloads optional. 

• iCloud has something called "Find My Friends" which is very similar to the application "Find my iPhone" and the purpose of this is to find the location of your friends that also have the "Find My Friends" application on their iCloud on whatever device. 

• For this system to work you need to have the iCloud installed first on your iTunes account in a computer for it to be able to work on the devices that you sync with that same computer. Otherwise you won't be able to have it in any apple device apart from your computer which needs to be the initial machine. 

• The iTunes Match itself is not free because initially you have to pay $24.99 when you buy it and every year since. the price of $24.99 is only for the United States. For other regions it is about $20. 

• The iCloud only works on for apple devices with IOS 5 or IOS 6. Apple devices with other operative systems that came before these won't be able to work with the iCloud and you need to re-buy your previous purchases to have them on that device. 

• This system you are able to work on a paper and each time it is saved, it is saved on all the devices you have the iCloud synced in. This is a very useful application for school students because they can work on that same assignment on various devices without the use of sending the things my email 1000 times.  

• The iCloud was launched by Apple Inc. October 12, 2011. As of January 2013 it has served more than 250 million users. 


Summary: Since I have 5 Apple devices, having this system really helps me because I download television shows and movies that I can watch in both computers (both in different houses) and I don't need to worry on which computer is my daily episode located. Also, for the Documents it is really useful too because I can work on my school papers and projects wherever I am on whatever Apple device I have in the hand. 


Questions: 

• Are there other systems like the iCloud but for other devices apart from Apple?

• Will Apple upgrade the iCloud?