I have a mobile me account which I have not used much, except for a gallery. After getting notice of mobile me ending, I can't seem to find if icloud will cost or not? Can someone direct me to that info?
The iCloud account is free:
Basic Information About Moving From MobileMe to iCloud
Creating an iCloud account- Frequently Asked Questions
Frequently asked questions about the MobileMe transition and iCloud
MobileMe services that no longer sync after moving to iCloud
Not for an ongoing iCloud account, however you have to have Pages, Keynotes and Numbers on all of your devices in order to use the full functionality of iCloud and that will cost you ($20.00 for your Desktop Mac and $10.00 for you iPhone, iPad etc. - all one time fees). Then, if you need storage space in the iCloud, there is an annual fee associated with that. I also believe that if you want to sync you iTunes songs you uploaded from your personal CDs versus those you purchased from iTunes, there is an additional annual charge.
I welcome any other comments.
Those apps are not required for using iCloud. They are not even required for full iCloud functionality. iTunes Match is not a part of iCloud but is a separate service that costs $25 per year to store all your music in the iTunes cloud. iTunes Match is not needed for iCloud nor vice-versa.
Thanks Kappy. From the courses I have taken at the Apple Store, in order to upload documents to store in iCloud one my convert your current documents from their current format to Pages, Numbers or Keynotes. They can then be downloaded at any time in the format of Pages, Numbers or Keynotes, depending on the document type or into Word, Excel, Powerpoint or PDF format. It is my understanding that you cannot simply upload at Word, Excel or PPT document unless coverted and you must have Pages, Numbers or Keynotes on your computer to do so. If you want to access these files on your iPad, iPod or iPhone, you must also have those apps downloaded. I may have been given the incorrect information, however it is now working for me.
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Yes, that may be true but it's misleading/confusing to suggest that the apps are needed for iCloud. iCloud is really something that enhances those apps as opposed to the apps being required for iCloud funtionality. I wanted to make that clear.
Any document can in theory be put on an iDevice, but using it is another story. And, there are other apps that are more useful in many ways than iWork apps such as Documents To Go. You can also transfer any iWork documents via iCloud.com
Hi Kappy. Sorry, I am a bit confused. Why would one want to upload a document to iCloud and not want to use it (ie your comment 'any document can in theory be put on an iDevice, but using it is another story). Are you saying that there are other Apps that are compatible with the Apple iCloud that do not cost money that will allow one to functionally use documents uploaded to iCloud? Have you tried uploading an Excel document into iCloud in an Excel format and being able to use it?
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There are apps that can exchange documents between a Mac and an iDevice via iTunes, and if programmers adopt changes for their apps then those apps can, too, use iCloud. Right now the iWork apps are the first ones because they are Apple's, but more will come in time.
Give it time and I have little doubt that Office applications will be able to take advantage of iCloud for document storage and other iCloud features.
Pscholey wrote:
Not for an ongoing iCloud account, however you have to have Pages, Keynotes and Numbers on all of your devices in order to use the full functionality of iCloud and that will cost you ($20.00 for your Desktop Mac and $10.00 for you iPhone, iPad etc. - all one time fees). Then, if you need storage space in the iCloud, there is an annual fee associated with that. I also believe that if you want to sync you iTunes songs you uploaded from your personal CDs versus those you purchased from iTunes, there is an additional annual charge.
I welcome any other comments.
iDevices are just one of many devices that can use iCloud services, I keep a disparate array of devices calendars and contacts synchronized, some of which are iDevices.
iTunes Match is not iCloud and iCloud is not an online hard disk and has no need of IOS to be functional as well as useful.
Sorry Kappy. Your responses have not been informative nor helpful. I simply replied to a question that was posted regarding cost of iCloud with information received during a course at an Apple Store that included information about apps required by the 'average user' to get started with iCloud. You have responded very defensively with info about apps and companies "to come" that will allow interfaces in the future, which was not part of the original question. I checked with Apple suuport this eve and my original posting is correct as posted.
Sorry to the readers for any diversion from the original question posted.
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I was not being defensive, simply informative. But if you don't care for my remarks then ignore them. But being a rude jerk doesn't encourage anyone to deal with you. I certainly won't.
Kappy, no disprect intended. Just simply trying to figure out your convoluted entries to the oringal post. Your input is still not clear. Please check out othe simolar topics and you will see that my original post is correct. Sorry for any hard feelings.
Let's try and clear this up.
The basic iCloud service is free and incudes 5GB of space for Mail, Backup (of iPhone) and Documents (so far just iWork).
Additional storage is available: total 10GB, $20 p.a., 20 GB, $40 p.a., 50GB $100 p.a. (note that this is not iDisk-type storage for any type of file).
iTunes: downloading of already purchased items on other devices is free. Storage and downloading of personally added iTunes songs is $24.99 p.a.
Mail, Calendars. Contacts. Bookmarks syncing (though not displayed on the website), and Find My iPHone will all work with the basic free account.
'Documents in the Cloud' requires you to have the iOS iWork apps; if you choose not to use this the other facilities work perfectly well.
Thank you Roger for clarifying.
Kappy, here is a thread regarding the necessity of Pages, Numbers and Keynotes apps required for storing documents in iCloud: https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3773754?answerId=17736933022#17736933022
Pscholey wrote:
here is a thread regarding the necessity of Pages, Numbers and Keynotes apps required for storing documents in iCloud:
Nobody is disputing that. However it's only one of iCloud functions which you can use or not use as suits you. iCloud also provides email, syncing of calendars, contacts and bookmarks, Photostream for syncing pictures between all your devices, 'Find My iPhone' for when the dog has hidden it, 'Back To My Mac' for remote access, and the facility to back up the entire contents of your iPhone. All of these will work perfectly well whether or not you choose to purchase the iWork apps and use them for syncing the documents they create
Will icloud cost anything? The same as mobile me? Can't find that info...
