The 5 GB limit is why I refuse to have a subscription. Plus the ability to share files in icloud is clunky at best. I pay $20 a year for google 100gb shared. It is much easier to use, upload folders, files, and share directories and files with people outside the Apple ecosystem.
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Report: iCloud Is the Most Popular Apple Subscription Service in the US
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Weird. I'd expect Applecare + to be higher. I get it every year because I love not having to care about breaking or losing my phone. lol.
“the Premier plan at $32.95 per month includes 2TB of iCloud storage and adds Apple News+ and Apple Fitness+”
The Premier family plan is $38 per month.
The Premier family plan is $38 per month.
There is, but it's kind of clunky: set up a PC or Mac at home to sync down all your files.
I have a Windows VM on one of my hypervisors that I leave on all the time with OneDrive and iCloud installed. It is configured to sync everything from those cloud services to a virtual disk, which I can then back up using other backup software.
Edit: I see that you're probably referring to iOS backups. Similar thing there, you need a PC or Mac to do local backups, then set up a script and cron job to move/copy those files to the NAS. You can also buy iMazing, which has some additional automation capabilities.
Came here to say exactly this. Surprised they overlooked it. But we shouldn’t give them any ideas!
Apple is a bit greedy on the base data they allow for iCloud.
I pay for the full boat family plan, its not cheap, but with it I don't have to think about backups too much on any of my devices, we use apple fitness extensively, along with Apple Music. So generally value is there... I've cut most other subscriptions but this one is ok for me.
I used to have large amounts of local redundant storage but when you factor in the costs of those systems, along with the electricity to run them (California, expensive) the subscription is just a better deal.
I pay for the full boat family plan, its not cheap, but with it I don't have to think about backups too much on any of my devices, we use apple fitness extensively, along with Apple Music. So generally value is there... I've cut most other subscriptions but this one is ok for me.
I used to have large amounts of local redundant storage but when you factor in the costs of those systems, along with the electricity to run them (California, expensive) the subscription is just a better deal.
Does anyone else get their $0.99 refunded to their Apple Card if iCloud is the only charge left on the card at statement time? The $0.03 Daily Cash remains in my Apple Savings, so essentially I'm earning 3 cents a month if I pay off my card before they charge me for the iCloud.
Replace your iPhone with a dumb phone that just makes calls and sends texts. Nothing to back up.
Could be because many credit cards (Chase Freedome Flex, Wells Fargo Active Cash, AmEx Platinum, Capital One Venture X, etc) offer free phone insurance if you pay your monthly phone bill with card. Too bad none apply to pre-paid phone plans, just post-paid.
I despise Apple’s cloud solution. Every time get a new Apple device, I have to race to turn off all the enabled icloud stuff. Even then, I usually have to manually delete all my contacts that were uploaded to the cloud. Also never logout/login to Apple on your device since they will again turn everything on.
I am still on my ”free” 5GB plan, only SynC health, contacts and passwords… Apple is not forcing me to get more iCloud storage
Geez that sucks, I'm in the US so I only pay $.99 a month which is only $12 a year.
That’s for 50GB. 200GB is $2.99
Thanks. I know about local iPhone backups and use them occasionally. The UX around them is really not the best though. You always have to first establish "trust" between both devices, and more often than not, install some additional compatibility software. It's as if they make the process extra unpleasant, and it's quite clear that they don't really want you to do that route.
I'm talking about proper automated backups in my local LAN.
for iPhone/iPad: only because Apple is making the sync/backup with computer option less obvious.
Just looking at above comments so far, it looks like they don't even know that they can backup their iDevices to their computer.
The low base storage for Macs also steers the users to purchase an iCloud subscription.
Just looking at above comments so far, it looks like they don't even know that they can backup their iDevices to their computer.
The low base storage for Macs also steers the users to purchase an iCloud subscription.
$1 / month is so cheap I wouldn't even care if I didn't use the features.
Its funny, i almost have that already on my older iphone 6, and even my newer 13pm now only has 4 apps that arent stock apps, & since it cant play audio to anything anywhere without a headphone jack, is really reduced to a basic email/text/gps machine. 5gb is still barely enough for the phone to function. Next step is to ditch icloud as my personal email acct, probably.
Starting a post this way isn't creating a helpful tone that will invite discussion
Maybe it's because it's not really worth it, when you do the math? How often does your iPhone break to make it worthwhile?
That user said "$36/yr (at minimum)" and here in the US the minimum/base is only $12.
not hard to just auto locally backup and sync that back up to your preferred cloud storage.
I have 1 tb of iPhone storage and barely use 16gb of iCloud space for backups (minus photos). you can afford a $1/mo storage if you want to backup to iCloud
Yet somehow iCloud shared albums are still terrible