iCloud

Apple’s new iCloud data center in Viborg is now operational, running on 100% renewable energy.

Christian Zibreg ∙ September 3, 2020

After nearly four years of construction, Apple's new iCloud data center, located near the Danish city of Viborg in Europe, is now operational. Like all of the company's data centers, this one's running on 100 percent renewable energy. Earlier this summer, the Cupertino company completed one of Scandinavia’s largest solar arrays to power the Viborg facility. It marks the first Danish solar project built without the use of public subsidies.

Bloomberg: Multiple Apple One subscription bundles due in October alongside iPhone 12

Christian Zibreg ∙ August 13, 2020

Apple is reportedly readying not one but "a series of subscription bundles" that combine Apple Music, Apple TV+, Apple News, an upcoming new fitness service from the company, and possible other services, for a lower monthly price, according to Bloomberg's Mark Gurman.

PSA: Game Center and some iCloud services experiencing issues [Updated: Fixed]

Evan Selleck ∙ August 5, 2020

If you are experiencing issues with some iCloud services and Game Center, the good news is that it's not just you. The bad news is that there does appear to be some issues.

Apple’s Services division continues to rake in the money, sees double-digit growth in Q3 2020

Evan Selleck ∙ July 30, 2020

Earlier today, Apple announced the quarterly earnings for its third fiscal quarter in 2020. The numbers are impressive despite the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, and, yet again, Apple's Services division is a beacon.

Many iCloud services are currently down for some users [Updated]

Evan Selleck ∙ July 24, 2020

If you are trying to access iCloud-based services like Calendar, Contacts, and others, but coming up short, there's a reason.

Dropbox is working on a password manager

Evan Selleck ∙ June 5, 2020

Dropbox is looking to expand into a new market, one that already has some fan favorites. But if you're in the market for a new password manager, Dropbox may have you covered in the future.

I am finally overcoming my iCloud Photos fears

Jim Gresham ∙ May 17, 2020

Since the dawn of iCloud Photo Library and the ability to store an entire set of photos in the cloud, I avoided giving up local control of my images. I think this fear spawned from a switch to Apple Music, when my local music library got mashed up with cloud music and ultimately led to essentially losing track of my actual song files in a series of computer hardware upgrades. With some encouraging, I stepped into iCloud Photos and I'm quickly loving it, but it was a little daunting.

New report says Apple has been on a ‘cloud computing hiring spree’ for the past few months

Evan Selleck ∙ May 11, 2020

Apple is definitely a services company these days (just look at that profit!), but one area the company is still trailing behind others is cloud computing. But it sounds like it's trying to change that.

Apple’s Services revenue hits a new all-time high of $13.3 billion

Evan Selleck ∙ April 30, 2020

It's time for Apple's latest quarterly earnings report, which means it's time again to hear just how much the company's Services division is bringing in.

iCloud Keychain will reportedly add 1Password-like features in iOS 14

Evan Selleck ∙ Updated April 12, 2023

Despite the fact Apple hasn't announced iOS 14 yet, today's report aims to shed light on some significant upgrades coming to the iCloud Keychain feature.

Apple updates iWork with iCloud Drive folder sharing and more

Evan Selleck ∙ March 31, 2020

Not too long ago Apple released macOS Catalina 10.15.4 to the public, along with iOS 13.4 and iPadOs 13.4, which brought the long-awaited iCloud Drive Folder Sharing feature to the public.

Apple releases iOS 13.4 and iPadOS 13.4 with mouse pointer, iPad trackpad support & more

Evan Selleck ∙ March 24, 2020

Following weeks of beta seeds, Apple has finally released the next update for iOS and iPadOS, bringing the public version to 13.4.