Icloud Drive
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Sign in to iCloud to access your photos, videos, documents, notes, contacts, and more. Use your Apple ID or create a new account to start using Apple services. Delete unwanted files in iCloud Drive from your iPad or iPhone. On your iPhone or iPad, launch the Files app. Tap 'Browse' at the bottom of the screen. In the Locations section, select.
ICloud Drive makes it fast and easy to work with others from anywhere. Just send a private link and they’ll get instant access to the folders and files you’ve chosen to share. You control whether they can view, share or edit each file, and you can change these settings at any time. ICloud Photos. Keep your photos up to date across all your devices, including your PC. Create Shared Albums and invite others to add their own photos, videos, and comments. ICloud Drive. Safely store and access your files and folders in iCloud Drive. Share files with friends, family, and colleagues right from File Explorer.
The best place for all your photos, files and more.
iCloud is built into every Apple device. That means all your stuff — photos, files, notes and more — is safe, up to date and available wherever you are. And it works automatically, so all you have to do is keep doing what you love. Everyone gets 5GB of free iCloud storage to start, and it’s easy to add more at any time.
iCloud Photos
All your photos and videos.
Always available.
A lifetime of photos
on all your devices.
With iCloud Photos, you can browse, search and share all the photos and videos from any of your devices, whether they were taken yesterday or years ago.
Take all the photos you want. Without worrying about space on your devices.
To save space on your devices, the original, full‑resolution photos you take are automatically uploaded to iCloud. You’ll still always have a lightweight version of every photo on your device, and you can download the originals whenever you need them.
All your files available from all your devices.
The files you keep safe in iCloud Drive are easy to get to, no matter which device you’re using. You can access all your files from the Files app on iOS and iPadOS, the Finder on your Mac, File Explorer for Windows PCs, or iCloud.com.
Organise files however you want. Get to them on any device you want.
iCloud Drive lets you organise your files with folders, rename them and tag them with colours. And when you make a change, the update is made across all your devices. You can even have everything in your Mac Desktop and Documents folders automatically available in iCloud Drive.
Apps using iCloud
Icloud Drive Wiki
Your favourite apps are
even better with iCloud.
All your essentials.
Accessible from all your devices.
iCloud automatically keeps apps — including Mail, Calendar, Contacts, Reminders, Safari and some of your favourite apps from the App Store — updated across all your devices. So when you add a new phone number, bookmark a website or update a slide in a presentation, the change appears everywhere.
Collaborate with Pages, Numbers, Keynote and Notes.
Work with others on documents, presentations and spreadsheets, and see edits as they’re made. With live updates on all your devices, your collaborators will always be on the same page.
Every message. Updated across all your devices.
iCloud now automatically stores all of your messages. Search for an address, a funny exchange or anything else. And you can pick up every conversation exactly where you left off. Even when you move to a new phone or computer.
iCloud Backup and Restore
All the things that matter.
Safe and secure.
Automatic backups give you peace of mind.
iCloud automatically backs up your iOS and iPadOS devices when they’re connected to power and Wi-Fi. So if you lose your device or get a new one, you’ll have all the things that matter without missing a beat.1
Icloud Drive
Move to a new device with everything you loved about your old one.
iCloud makes moving your settings, photos, apps and documents to a new device seamless. Just sign in to iCloud when you set up your new device and you’ll be ready to go in minutes.
Two‑factor authentication helps keep your data safe.
Two‑factor authentication is an extra layer of security designed to ensure that only you can access your account. That means your account can only be accessed on devices you trust, like your iPhone, iPad or Mac.
Find the storage plan that’s right for you.
The right amount of storage depends on how you and your family members want to use your devices. Everyone gets 5GB of free iCloud storage to get started and it’s easy to upgrade at any time. Your apps and iTunes purchases don’t count towards your iCloud storage space, so you need it just for things like photos, videos, files and device backups.
iCloud storage is also included in Apple One. You can purchase additional iCloud storage separately whenever you need it.
Apple One
Bundle iCloud with three other great services.
And enjoy more for less.
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Family Sharing
Family Sharing makes it easy for you and up to five family members to share App Store purchases and an iCloud storage plan.3 And everyone can access an Apple Music family plan and subscriptions to Apple TV+ and Apple Arcade.
Designed with your
privacy in mind.
Apple takes the security of your data and the privacy of your personal information very seriously. Because of that, iCloud features are designed to keep your information safe, secure and available only to you.
iCloud Drive safely stores any kind of file so it can be accessed in iCloud-enabled apps on iPhone, iPad, Mac, or PC. With macOS, users can even access their Mac desktop and Documents folder on iOS.
Enable iCloud Drive in Your App
Create a folder for your app in iCloud Drive so your users can quickly access the documents they’ve created using your app. All their edits are automatically synced to all their devices.
Flexible Organization and Collaboration
Users can organize documents in iCloud Drive in ways that work best for them. Add support so users can open their documents using your app from anywhere in iCloud Drive.
Get Started
Download and install the latest version of Xcode and use the development resources below to learn about enabling your document-based apps to work with iCloud Drive.
Xcode and SDKs
Xcode includes the SDKs for building apps that support iCloud Drive.
Documentation
Icloud Drive Not Syncing
Get the details on how to build a document-based apps that support iCloud Drive using the UIKit framework.