Am new to all things Mac but gradually finding my way around things. Today I set up my icloud account to back everything up on my Macbook Pro. I asked it to back up every hour but nothing seems to have happened, it still says 4.99gb storage available. Is there something else I need to do?
MacBook Pro, OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.2)
iCloud is not a backup system how did you manage to convince yourself that it will backup every hour. Explain what you did, and what you expect to happen next.
Because in the set up process a box appeared asking me to select how often I wanted it to back up, and I chose every hour. I thought icloud was simply an online storage system, am I wrong?
I don't have an iphone or ipad or any other Mac device than my macbook but thougtht I could use icloud to back up important photos and documents, am I wrong?
The backup is for IOS devices (iPhones etc) not for your Mac. Use Time Machine to backup your important photos and documents.
"Because in the set up process a box appeared asking me to select how often I wanted it to back up, "
What setup process?
The following is from this Apple document: iCloud: Backup and restore overview.
iCloud automatically backs up the most important data on your device using iOS 5 or later. Once you have enabled Backup on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch .....
What is backed up
You get unlimited free storage for:
- Purchased music, movies, TV shows, apps, and books
- Notes: Backup of purchased music is not available in all countries. Backups of purchased movies and TV shows are U.S. only. Previous purchases may not be restored if they are no longer in the iTunes Store, App Store, or iBookstore.
- Some previously purchased movies may not be available in iTunes in the Cloud. These movies will indicate that they are not available in iTunes in the Cloud on their product details page in the iTunes Store. Previous purchases may be unavailable if they have been refunded or are no longer available in the iTunes Store, App Store, or iBookstore.
You get 5 GB of free iCloud storage for:
- Photos and videos in the Camera Roll
- Device settings (for example: Phone Favorites, Wallpaper, and Mail, Contacts, Calendar accounts)
- App data
- Home screen and app organization
- Messages (iMessage, SMS, and MMS)
- Ringtones
- Visual Voicemails
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I have just set up my icloud account for the first time and set it to back up every hour, more than an hour has passed and nothing seems to have happened?
