A SEMINAR REPORT ON

PRESENTED BY:

Asmita R. Kalena

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CONTENTS

What is iCloud?

History

System Requirements

Applications

Basic Features

Setting up iCloud

Competitors

Conclusion

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What Is iCloud ?

iCloud is a cloud storage and cloud computing service from Apple Inc. launched on October 12, 2011.

The service allows users to store data such as music or iOS applications.

iCloud – Hard disk on the sky.

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HISTORYPreviously been branded as:

iTools in 2000

.Mac in 2002

MobileMe in 2008

Announced on June 6,2011, at the 2011 Apple Worldwide Developers Conference(WWDC).

Official website, www.icloud.com, went live in early August for Apple Developers.

On Oct 12, 2011 iCloud became available to use via an iTunes update.

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System requirements for iCloud

Recommended system requirements:

iCloud requires an Apple ID, an active Internet connection, and up-to-date software.

If you meet the recommended system requirements below, you can take advantage of the latest iCloud features and get the best overall experience.

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System requirements for iCloud

iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch:

iOS 8.3

iWork for iOS

Mac:

OS X Yosemite v10.10.3

iTunes 12 or later

Safari 8 or later, Firefox 22 or later, or Google Chrome 28 or later

iWork for Mac

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System requirements for iCloudPC:

Microsoft Windows 7 or later

iCloud for Windows 4.0.2

iTunes 12 or later

Outlook 2007 or later2

Internet Explorer 10 or later, Firefox 22 or later, or Google Chrome 28 or later (desktop mode only)

Apple TV:

Apple TV software 7.0 or later

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Applications

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Setting Up icloud

To get started, just set up iCloud on your iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, or Mac. Then you can use iCloud.com apps from your computer’s web browser, and you can set up iCloud on your Windows computer and Apple TV.

If you haven’t yet set up iCloud on your iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, or Mac, you can still use the Pages, Numbers, and Keynote apps on iCloud.com.

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Setting Up icloud

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Basic Features

Backup and Restore Back to MyMac

Email, Contacts and Calendar Find My Friends

Find My iPhone iCloud Keychain

iTunes Match iWork for iCloud

Photo Stream Storage

Family Sharing iCloud Drive

Activation Lock Privacy

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Content everywhere

Anything you purchase from the iTunes Store, App Store, and iBooks Store is automatically available on all your devices. You can also access past purchases from any of your devices.

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Backup And Restore

Backup settings and data on iOS devices running iOS5 or later.

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Backup And Restore

Data backed up include:

Photos

Videos

App data

Messages

Ringtones

Voicemails

• Occur daily when device locked and connected to Wi-Fi and a Power source.

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Find My Iphone

Allow users to track the location of their iOS devices or Mac if lost.

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Find My Iphone

User can do following:

Locate device on map

Play a sound

Use Lost Mode

Remotely erase all personal information

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Find My Iphone

• New feature “Activation Lock”. Apple ID & Password required before anyone can:

Turn off Find My iPhone

Sign out of iCloud

Erase & reactivate your device

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Allow users to log in remotely to other computers that have Back To My Mac enabled and are configured with the same Apple ID.

Back To My Mac

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Users can follow & track people Share their location Location determined when location services are turned ON. Notification appears when a user requests another user to see

where they are.

Find My Friends

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Functions as a secure database Includes information including user’s website login passwords, Wi-Fi

network passwords & other account data. Securely stored for quick access & auto-fill on web pages. Stored encrypted using 256-bit encryption.

iCloud Keychain

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Customers can scan & match tracks in their iTunes library with those in iTunes Store.

No need to purchase said tracks.

ITunes Match

iWork for iCloud:

3 apps form Apple’s iWork suite:

Pages(create & edit documents)

Numbers(create & edit spreadsheets)

Keynote(create & edit presentations)

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Music , Movies ,Books

With iCloud, anything you purchase in the iTunes Store, the App Store, and iBooks is automatically available on all your devices the moment you tap Buy.

You can also access past purchases from any of your devices. And whenever you start something on one device, all your other devices automatically remember where you left off.

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Photo Stream

Allow users to store most recent 1000 photos on iCloud servers up to 30 days free of charge.

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Photo Stream

When a photo is taken on a device with Photo Stream enabled, it is automatically uploaded to the iCloud servers; from there, it is automatically pushed to the rest of device you have got.

Also lets user share photos with people they invite when having created a shared Photostream.

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Activation Lock

Activation Lock was introduced in 2013 with iOS 7. It is integrated with iCloud and Find My iPhone feature. This new feature locks the activation of any iDevice which has been restored in Recovery mode without first disabling the Find My iPhone feature.

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iCloud Drive

iCloud Drive is iCloud's file hosting service for devices running iOS 8, OS X Yosemite (version 10.10), or Windows 7 or later, plus online web app access via iCloud.com.

This feature allows users to save photos, videos, documents (Pages, Numbers, Keynote, or any other type), music, and other apps' data on iCloud. Users can start their work on one device and continue on another device.

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iCloud Drive

By default, users will still get 5 GB of storage for free as previously, but the expandable storage plans available have increased considerably in size (up to 1 TB of space) and altered to monthly subscription options from the yearly ones offered under the previous non-iCloud Drive service.

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iCloud Drive

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Safari Browsing

Keeps tabs you’ve open in Safari up to date on your iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch & Mac. So you can pick up browsing wherever you left off.

Saves web pages.

Keeps bookmarks in sync between Safari on iOs devices &on Mac as well as Internet Explorer, Firefox or Google Chrome on PC.

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Storage

5GB of free storage

Additional storage can be purchased in tiers of 10,20 or 50 GB-50GB being maximum.

Amount of storage shared across all devices per iCloud Apple ID.

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Advantages

Don't have to use a USB chord to sync information

Pushes all your information to listed devices . 

Makes it easier to sync information when you get a new device

It's free to get 5GB of storage

Easier access to information

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Disadvantages

iCloud service is compatible only with IOS devices and has widespread accessibility issues.

iCloud will only keep new photos for 30 days using the iPhone

iTunes has to be open in order to sync music, apps, etc.

Possible security issues when you have multiple devices synced to one account .

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Competitors

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Google Drive Microsoft Sky Drive

Drop box Apple iCloud

Space: 15GB free 7GB free 2GB free 5GB free

Platforms: Windows,Mac,iOS,Android

Windows,Mac,iOS,Android,Windows Phone

Windows,Mac,Linux,iOS,Android,BlackBerry

Mac,iOS,Windows

File Size Limit:

10GB 2GB Unlimited(via desktop app)

25MB free/250MB paid

Best For: Storage space and web apps

Windows/MS Office integration

Seamless document syncing

Heavy iTunes/Mac users

Conclusion

Apple’s iCloud can automatically synchronize data from Macs, PCs and iOS devices, which can help people who are forced to deal with multiple computer worlds.

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References

www.slideshare.net

howstuffworks.com

en.wikipedia.org

www.icloud.com

www.apple.com

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Make your life easier with iCloud!

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Queries?

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