Get started with icloud photos.
Storage and icloud usage.
Make more space available.
This makes it easy to transfer files to devices over the web which is especially handy when you re away from your mac or other devices.
That s not much space to share between a mac an iphone and an ipad.
You can use that storage space to.
If you don t have enough available funds in your apple id balance to complete your upgrade you ll be charged the remaining amount.
You can use that storage space to back up your device and to keep all of your photos videos documents and text messages securely stored and updated everywhere.
Apple store gift cards aren t accepted as payment for upgrading icloud storage.
Tap settings your name icloud photos.
Turn on icloud photos.
On your iphone ipad or ipod touch go to settings your name icloud.
Depending on the size of your backup and the amount of content you keep in icloud you might run out of free space.
How to view your icloud usage.
The colored graph at the top shows you which types of data are taking up space and how much.
Tap the apple id banner at the top.
You can buy more storage or downgrade your storage at any time.
Free up space by deleting emails especially emails with large file attachments.
When you set up icloud you automatically get 5 gb of free storage.
Want to check and see what percentage of your icloud storage space you ve used.
Launch the settings app on your iphone or ipad.
When you set up icloud you automatically get 5gb of free storage.
Use your apple id or create a new account to start using apple services.
Manage your icloud storage see how much icloud storage you re using.
About storage on your device and in icloud device storage.
Upgrade or downgrade your icloud storage.
Just like dropbox google drive or any other cloud storage service you can use your icloud space as an extra drive on which to store files.
On a mac click icloud drive in the finder sidebar.
If you have mail enabled in icloud then you can delete emails in the mail app to free up icloud storage space.
Sign in to icloud to access your photos videos documents notes contacts and more.
Select optimize iphone storage to save space on your device.
Apple gives every icloud user 5gb of storage which sounds like a lot until you consider that it s per account not per device.
How to delete files in icloud.
If you re using apple s icloud mail your email also counts toward your icloud storage usage.