Q: Does iCloud use the icloud email address for email?
Why does iCloud service require an Apple "*.icloud" email address?
iPad 2, iOS 7.0.2
Posted on Jul 21, 2016 9:49 PM
Austin 365 wrote:
Why does iCloud service require an Apple "*.icloud" email address?
It doesn't.
iCloud is a service that you log into using your Apple ID, your Apple ID can be either an iCloud address or a non iCloud address, if you use a non iCloud address there is no further requirement to create an iCloud address unless you want to do so.
so I signed up for 1TB specifically to back up my MacBookPro data
You can't use iCloud to back up your Mac
Is it true that Apple iCloud.com requires either Aperture or iPhoto to manage the backup photographs?
What I believe you are referring to here is syncing photos to iCloud.com using the iCloud photo library. Firstly it requires Photos and secondly, you shouldn't consider this to be a back up.
I use Adobe CC Suite for all of my photographs, so it would be a burden if I cannot link iCloud.com directly to the photos on my Mac portable or other attached storage systems.
You should back up all the files on your Mac, not just your Photos. A good strategy is to use Time Machine (or other 3rd party software) together with an external drive and back up regularly.
Posted on Jul 22, 2016 2:58 PM