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Apple Launches New 6TB and 12TB iCloud+ Plans

Rafterman said:
Too bad you can't use the TV app to stream iTunes DRM content from your iCloud space. I have a personal collection of 6TB worth of TV shows and movies, some iTunes and some non-DRM. I would love to put it up on iCloud and stream it to the TV app.
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Why not just put it on a hard drive with $0/month subscription attached to your Mac and stream it to the Computers app? Bonus: much less advertising push on Computers app. It doesn't try to get you to rent, buy or subscribe to anything.

I much prefer the Computers app to the AppleTV app for my own media (including iTunes purchases). Along with video (movies & TV), it manages home movies, photos and music too... basically one personal media app to rule them all... without the push to buy, rent, subscribe. Most people seem to overlook it but it's almost my favorite AppleTV app.
 
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nutmac said:
You need to purchase Apple One first, ranging from 50GB at $17/month, 200GB at $23/month, 2TB at $33/month, then purchase additional iCloud+ storage at 50GB at $1/month, 200GB at $3/month, 2TB at $10/month, 6TB at $30/month, or 16TB at $60/month.

So to get 4TB, you will have to pay $43, Apple One Premier with 2TB and additional iCloud+ 2TB.
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Is then 4TB shared between the all Family members or not?
 
ersatzplanet said:
I would move from DropBox to iCloud if they added one feature that DropBox has that they don't - the Selective Sync feature that allows storage on the cloud only, not on my local drive, but still shows up in the finder. I use DropBox a a few computers to backup files to, but the laptops have smaller drives so some files are in the cloud only till I need them. With iCloud, if you get those larger options, you better have that storage available on all the computers that sync to it. They may have added this feature, but I have seen nothing written about it.
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Turn on optimise storage, that does exactly what you’re wanting.
 
rm5 said:
I would never get 12 TB of iCloud. I store barely anything up there—it's email and messages mostly, and I still have 38.2 GB available. To be honest, I'd much rather have a 12 TB local drive or server (which I do) than 12 TB of iCloud.

In my experience, the internet isn't fast or reliable enough (at least where I live) to be uploading large video projects to iCloud constantly. In fact, at my house, it takes an hour and a half at least to upload just 6 GB. Internet where I live is so hilariously asymmetrical that it just doesn't make any sense - you can have a gigabit downlink and only 40 Mb/s uplink... Fiber is only available in limited quantities. The internet is NEVER going to be as fast as an SSD, so it doesn't make sense in my mind. If I edited off the cloud, it'd take me like a week just to get all the assets across to the client - well okay, that's an exaggeration, but you know what I mean? Plus, iCloud is just hella slow anyway compared to other services...
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Agreed!

Local storage or my own made cloud storage wins!
 
Apple had a brilliant plan from the start:
step 1) Give 5Gb for free to get people hooked (especially with backups are enabled)
step 2) Bombard them with annoying messages when storage gets full
step 3) Offer a very reasonable entry price of 0,99 to get people's feet wet in the paid subscription service area
step 4) Hook the camera app into iCloud and let people fill up every imaginable storage capacity with their cat pics
step 5) Introduce crazy expensive upper tiers
step 6) Get rich while sleeping
 
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roar08 said:
I would bet you can.
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So, turns out I cannot get to 4TB.
My guess as to why it works for you is that the account you use for storage with your Apple One subscription is your 2nd account for purchases?
In my case; the account I use for storage is my iCloud ID (the one i’m logged in on the phone) and not the sub/purchase one.
When i log-in with the purchase one on a new device and add storage to icloud+ it justs created a new subscription for it for 2TB and that’s it (and could not cancel it and get money back so that test costed me 10 bucks lol)
Did not show anything on the other devices sadly.

This is such a damn pain, i really hate being stucked with 2 IDs and having no solution from them…
 
ersatzplanet said:
I would move from DropBox to iCloud if they added one feature that DropBox has that they don't - the Selective Sync feature that allows storage on the cloud only, not on my local drive, but still shows up in the finder. I use DropBox a a few computers to backup files to, but the laptops have smaller drives so some files are in the cloud only till I need them. With iCloud, if you get those larger options, you better have that storage available on all the computers that sync to it. They may have added this feature, but I have seen nothing written about it.
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It's now supported. It's called "Optimise Mac Storage".

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It's fully integrated into the file system and Finder. They will show up in Finder, and you just click on them and macOS will download them automatically before launching the associated applications.
 
HobeSoundDarryl said:
So expensive. Do the math people. Storage is storage. Your data and your friends don't know if it is Apple storage or other Corps storage. $30-$60 each month will add up quick.

Calculate a few years vs.- say- buying the same storage in a couple of HDDs. Hint: 12TB HDD is retailing below $100 right now and you could OWN that 12TB instead of forever renting it.

If you extrapolate that math out for only a few years, your next iPhone is in there and probably your next Mac too.
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I’m having 20TB HDD on my desk and i still need at least 2TB iCloud storage.
 
hans1972 said:
How do you deal with iPhones and iPads which don't have Time Machine?
How you do a complete restore of an iPhone from a NAS without using a Mac?
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Backup: Plug iDevice into Mac, Back up to Mac...

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TM will backup that new backup automatically when it runs (within the next 60 minutes MAX or on demand if you like). Long before iCloud, this is how EVERYONE backed up iDevices. Faster than iCloud (now even faster with the more premium iPhones with faster USB-C). Fully Apple endorsed. $0 subscription fee. “Just works” fine.

Restore: That one latest backup remains on Mac (and is backed up with TM too). So if I need to do a complete restore, I plug in iDevice and do that restore from it in Finder (the NAS doesn't really need to be involved here). You can see the "Restore Backup" button under the Back Up Now button in the above picture. Again, wired connection is FASTER than iCloud, so the restore will be very fast (comparatively).

Bonus: For people buying new iPhone, the first restore of everything on old phone to new phone will be noticeably faster if they make the wired connection to their computer backup vs. waiting out the slow motion iCloud backup restore.
 
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Well apple have lost out now or I dont know if it was just me not doing it properly

Was on the Family plan with 200GB which I shared with the wife and we have maxed it out.

So I've just downgraded to individual as the wife doesnt use music etc and added another 200GB
 
roar08 said:
My subscriptions — including Apple One Premier — are attached to an email I used when iTunes was first launched. My iCloud family is managed using my iCloud email. There's never been a way to merge these so we've never been able to benefit from the "secret" 4TB iCloud storage option if you have Apple One *and* iCloud+ on the same account. So today I upgraded to 6TB on my iCloud account — which manages my family — but my family members appear locked into the 2TB from the Apple One Premier subscription. Wondering if anyone has solved this? Do we need to unsubscribe from AO and resubscribe?
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Hmm… when I subscribed to Apple One Premiere it’s asking what ID I want to put iCloud+ on between what I’m using for iTunes and iCloud. I then gladly put icloud storage to my iCloud ID. All problems solved.
 
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