Apple Reduces Prices of iCloud Storage Plans

[Glassed Silver]

So what are you saying exactly? If I interpret you correctly, you have a time machine and a Mac. You back all your idevices to itunes on the the mac and then backup the mac to Time Machine. Did I get that right? And then what do you do for off site back ups?

Apps don't need to be backed up since you can always redownload them from the App store, so what, may I ask other than emails and music and movies that you get from the outside do you have that requires over 1TB of backup storage? Just curious. Even with my 20k photos, I don't exceed 200gig.

There's hard drives you can plug into USB ports and lo and behold, you have an off-site backup once you get into the car and take it somewhere else.
Surely, it's not daily, but no solution is without flaws. I'd rather lose one day or two days worth of files than feel constantly monitored.
I know there is no perfect security, but why pay for something that I'd feel less comfortable with that I can manage myself?
My data, my storage, my backups, my recovery options, my maintenance. Being tech savvy and generally the person I am I like this better.

Apps from the App Store, no, other than that, yes.
Music is with iTunes Match, that's correct. At least the clean versions... (*eyeroll*)
Then there's photos and videos that I take, that's quite a lot for me, again, everyone's different, but I shoot a lot, A LOT, and that's TIFFs, RAWs and video that Apple still thinks needs to be H.264 encoded in 2015 leading into 2016. (again: *eyeroll*)
Then there's all the content that's not from iTunes, you know, the pretty overpriced store for anything that exceeds apps and music.
There's plenty more still, but I don't think I really need to explain myself beyond saying that I checked and even beyond the privacy concerns I have iCloud backups are not for me at all.

Glassed Silver:mac

 

[ZeRoLiMiT]

when will it change? mine still says 20gigs

 

[vixster1901]

Has anyone mastered iCloud photos... I hate that when you delete from photos/icloud photos, it deletes from the phone. I want to manage iCloud and have pictures/movies syncing back to computer but do NOT want to delete images from phone when deleted from cloud (because I don't need them there).. has anyone really managed this.. silly phone can store 64-128gigs... but get deleted if i don't buy storage... any have feed back on this.

 

[DerekMoyes]

Note that this doesn't take effect until iOS9 is released, according to Apple support.

I got my "bill" for iCloud storage on Wed. night, and it was still $3.99. Also, the posted prices are still the old prices.
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201238

 

[chillywilly]

I would like to take advantage of the new pricing tier. Unfortunately, the lack of selective sync is keeping that from happening. One of the reasons I store files on OneDrive and Dropbox is so I don't have to have them on my Mac. Going with iCloud means losing more hard drive space due to the lack of selective sync.

I do the same thing. Keep files on my OneDrive and selective sync/turn off folders on each device. Would be cool if iCloud did this. But OneDrive is functional enough for this purpose.

 

[steve62388]

Note that this doesn't take effect until iOS9 is released, according to Apple support.

I got my "bill" for iCloud storage on Wed. night, and it was still $3.99. Also, the posted prices are still the old prices.
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201238

Thanks for the info.

 

[xplora]

Has anyone mastered iCloud photos... I hate that when you delete from photos/icloud photos, it deletes from the phone. I want to manage iCloud and have pictures/movies syncing back to computer but do NOT want to delete images from phone when deleted from cloud (because I don't need them there).. has anyone really managed this.. silly phone can store 64-128gigs... but get deleted if i don't buy storage... any have feed back on this.

iCloud Photo Library is about having the same pictures on all devices, so of course removing a photo from one will remove it from all. The best way to get what you want with your phone is to disable iCloud Photo Library on the phone, and instead enable Photo Stream. Your phone will then not be affected by any changes in the cloud, since it will no longer be looking at it.

 

[davidgnomo]

... maybe someone should change this post title in "Apple will reduce Prices of iCloud Storage Plans someday in the future ..."

 

[vixster1901]

iCloud Photo Library is about having the same pictures on all devices, so of course removing a photo from one will remove it from all. The best way to get what you want with your phone is to disable iCloud Photo Library on the phone, and instead enable Photo Stream. Your phone will then not be affected by any changes in the cloud, since it will no longer be looking at it.

except then you don't have video syncing!!!

 

[mark5019]

Apple marketing chief Phil Schiller today announced that iCloud storage plans have been reduced in price. 5GB of iCloud storage remains free, while paid upgrades include 50GB for 99 cents per month, 200GB for $2.99 per month and 1TB for $9.99 per month. Prices in other countries may vary based on currency exchange rates.

Apple's old iCloud storage plan pricing tiers were as follows:
5GB: Free
20GB: $0.99/month
200GB: $3.99/month
500GB: $9.99/month
1TB: $19.99/month
Apple's new iCloud storage plans are priced more competitively against other cloud storage services such as Google Drive, which also offers 1TB of storage for $9.99 per month. Microsoft OneDrive remains cheaper, however, offering 1TB of storage and an Office 365 subscription for $6.99 per month.

Article Link: Apple Reduces Prices of iCloud Storage Plans

where does one find this on phone
iPhone 6plus

 

[mark5019]

i found out couldn't delete my question

 

[Apple_Robert]

where does one find this on phone
iPhone 6plus

Settings > iCloud > Buy more storage. New prices are not in effect yet. Should be once iOS 9 goes live on 9/16.

 

[pacorob]

Settings > iCloud > Buy more storage. New prices are not in effect yet. Should be once iOS 9 goes live on 9/16.

Aha thanks. I hope this is the case. Then i will start upgrading from 5GB > 50GB for 0,99 euro per month.

 

[George855]

So why does the lead paragraph and photo advertise 200Gb for $2.99 and the actual price is $3.99 ???

 

[pacorob]

So why does the lead paragraph and photo advertise 200Gb for $2.99 and the actual price is $3.99 ???

That was an announcement made last week by Apple and it seems this is (probably) changed later this week when iOS9 becomes available. You should ask Apple customer service to get a confirmation.

 

[iPhil]

The iCloud storage price change could happen early as next friday (9/25/15) ..

Link --http://www.idownloadblog.com/2015/09/13/icloud-storage-pricing-launch-september-25th/

or


Edit:
It could launch tomorrow with public release of IOS 9 --

http://www.idownloadblog.com/2015/09/09/new-icloud-storage-plans-get-more-for-less/


I might re-purchase iCloud storage @ the lower 2015 price blocks.. Checking the storage section daily via System Preference pane

 

[Kendo]

Held off on backing up my phone since it is now at 21GB. Can't wait for the 50GB to go into effect.

 

[iPhil]

Held off on backing up my phone since it is now at 21GB. Can't wait for the 50GB to go into effect.

Its in effect I just repurchased some iCloud storage @.99 price 50GB tier..

 

[rctlr]

Mine now says 50gb.
Now if I can only find an app which will let me send files to it properly (download from safari, store in iCloud)

 

[Kendo]

Its in effect I just repurchased some iCloud storage @.99 price 50GB tier..

By repurchase, you mean you downgraded your 20GB plan to 5GB and then bought the 50GB plan?

 

[Superman730]

I'm going to hold off on this for a little bit ONLY because I currently have the 20GB plan at 10.99 a year. I was a paying member when it was 20GB for $19.99 a year, and when they went to the monthly plans, they dropped me down to this price. I'm just going to hold off a bit to see if they do the same thing and/or make it so that its 10.99 a year for 50GB for existing members.

Same here. I haven't maxed out the 20 gigs yet either. I won't start using iCloud photos until they do the respectable thing and offer unlimited storage for photos like both Amazon and Google do. I almost switched my plan and then I was like... might as well save a dollar a year until 20GB doesn't suit me.

What I've always thought stunk was that, I now currently have 4 iOS devices in my possession. I WISH they would a LEAST give you 5GB PER DEVICE, which for me would be 20GB. Then put that on top of the 20GB I pay for so I have 40GB, or something of that nature. The more devices you have, the more backups you have which means the more storage you need to buy. You are getting charged more yet again for buying into the Apple ecosystem!

 

[iPhil]

By repurchase, you mean you downgraded your 20GB plan to 5GB and then bought the 50GB plan?

I had the 200GB iCloud @ the higher price last year thinking that I needed that amount also thought the 20 was small... So I purchased the 200 option paid until early June '15 monthly charge .. I stopped paying for the 200 decided to wait for an updated n better priced iCloud plans .. I didn't know when the iCloud plan were going to be updated... Once I saw 50 @ the .99 level, I re-jumped into iCloud pool and if I do exceed the 50 then I'll go to next tier..

 

[z31fanatic]

These prices aren't bad actually, especially from Apple.

 

[jayes]

I paid $10.99 for 20 gb in August for a year's storage. For the small difference I would like to upgrade to 50 GB for 99¢ a month. Does anyone know if Apple will refund the unused portion of that prepaid amount? There is mention of a partial refund when you upgrade but said it was limited to where it was required by law. Is that state dependent? I live in CA.

 

[campingsk8er]

Meh, i decided to just bite the bullet and upgraded to 200GB a month.