iCloud Articles on TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog

Beta iCloud site briefly appears along with developer's site (updated)

by Megan Lavey-Heaton (May 11th, 2012)

TUAW editor Dave Caolo noticed that the iCloud beta site briefly featured icons for Notes and Reminders. The good folks over at MacStories and developer Steve Troughton-Smith spotted the same thing. It was up long enough for a quick screengrab ...

iCloud to debut notifications? TUAW confirms mystery iCloud feature

by Erica Sadun (May 8th, 2012)

Sharp eyed TUAW reader Michael Roberts noticed something intriguing when he logged into iCloud today. What seems to be a notification pop-up appeared at the top of the iCloud.com webpage. Several TUAW staffers confirmed this ...

Microsoft wants Mac SkyDrive users

by Kelly Hodgkins (May 8th, 2012)

The competition between Microsoft and Apple is moving gradually from the desktop to the cloud. As noted by The Next Web, a recent marketing push by Microsoft tries to woo Mac users away from iCloud and into Microsoft's cloud-based SkyDrive ...

MobileMe customers get free 20 GB of iCloud storage until September

by Kelly Hodgkins (May 7th, 2012)

Last year, Apple announced that it's shutting down MobileMe at the end of June 2012. To ease the transition from MobileMe to iCloud, the company offered 20GB of free iCloud storage to all existing MobileMe users. This free storage expires June ...

Why Google Drive matters but APIs matter more

by Erica Sadun (Apr 24th, 2012)

Today, Google Drive finally made its debut, offering what has become the industry-standard 5GB of free space. Its purchase model is similar to Apple's, Amazon's, and other leaders in this field. We posted earlier about its introduction. Expect ...

Google launches Google Drive

by Kelly Hodgkins (Apr 24th, 2012)

Google launched Google Drive, an online service that lets you create, share and store your documents online. You can use the desktop client to upload videos, photographs, Google docs and more to Google's cloud. When you're on the go, you can ...

Motorola's patent enforcement against Apple could cost German taxpayers dearly

by Kelly Hodgkins (Apr 20th, 2012)

In a recent article, FOSS Patents points out a loophole in German law that forces taxpayers to pay for part of the court proceedings between Motorola and Apple. Motorola is currently enforcing an injunction against Apple and has deposited money ...

Apple is giving away Snow Leopard to MobileMe customers

by Megan Lavey-Heaton (Apr 18th, 2012)

In an effort to get the remaining MobileMe customers upgraded to Lion and iCloud, Apple is offering a free upgrade to OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard for those still running OS X 10.5 Leopard. Macgasm posted pictures of the missive, which directs MobileMe ...

Greenpeace's math is wrong, according to Apple

by Victor Agreda, Jr. (Apr 18th, 2012)

Rich Miller at Data Center Knowledge has a good rundown of how Greenpeace's math is a bit wonky in a report called "How Clean is Your Cloud?" For one, Greenpeace estimates Apple will use 100 megawatts of power at the Maiden, NC plant, but Apple ...

LogMeIn enters cloud storage arena with Cubby

by Erica Sadun (Apr 17th, 2012)

Remote access giant LogMeIn is taking on Apple iCloud and DropBox with its latest move into the cloud storage arena. Cubby is now a website, a Mac server, and an iOS application. (Android and Windows apps are also available.) Like LogMeIn's ...

Apple still blocked from using push email in Germany

by Steven Sande (Apr 13th, 2012)

German users of iCloud and MobileMe are going to have to wait a bit longer for push email to be reinstated on their favorite Apple devices. A regional court in Mannheim has upheld a ban on the service in Germany based on a patent lawsuit brought ...

Developers chime in on six months of using iCloud in apps

by Kelly Hodgkins (Apr 13th, 2012)

It's been six months since Apple released iOS 5 and launched iCloud. During this time, iCloud has grown to over 85 million users and developers are integrating the cloud service into a variety of apps. To find out what developers think about ...

Macs are being spied on just like Windows machines

by Kelly Hodgkins (Mar 29th, 2012)

Any tech savvy Windows user is familiar with the term backdoor trojan; either they've been infected with one themselves or know someone who has. Now, it's time for Mac users, especially those who work for entities that are targets for corporate ...

A video aerial view of Apple's NC data center

by Steven Sande (Mar 22nd, 2012)

Apple's 500,000 square foot, US$1 billion data center in Maiden, North Carolina has been in operation for a while, and there's a huge 20 Megawatt solar power generation facility that's now under construction nearby. While Steve Jobs showed off ...

Apple keeps your iCloud data safe

by Steven Sande (Mar 22nd, 2012)

Now that Apple is asking us to entrust our address books, calendars, files, photos, music and more to iCloud, many Mac and iOS users might be asking the question: "Is it safe?" Chris Foresman over at Ars Technica looked into the security of iCloud ...

Giving your former iPad to a spouse or family member: the quick guide

by TJ Luoma (Mar 17th, 2012)

My wife is thrilled with the "new" iPad 2 she inherited when my new iPad arrived. I wanted to configure it for her so she could get up and running, so I thought I would just change a few settings here or there and give it to her using my ...