Mac Format - UK (2019-12)

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Master iCloud online

Take advantage of iCloud.com to manage your online data and devices

IT WILL TAKE

10 minutes

YOU WILL LEARN

How to manage your

iCloud account online

YOU’LL NEED

An Apple ID, iCloud

and a browser

iCloud.com now has a new

interface that looks sleek and

fresh. The visuals borrow heavily

from iOS 13 design, with smaller

icons and richer colours. Apple has also got rid

of the bubbly blue background (circa iOS 7),

and replaced it with a clean transparent white.

Apple has also removed the Launchpad

option to go back to the Home screen, so you

now have to click on the back arrow () to do

that. You’ll find that additional options, such

as Storage, Family Sharing, data recovery

and your My Devices list are now hidden

behind the Account Settings option.

Unfortunately, Apple has yet to introduce

Find My to iCloud.com; the app replaced Find

My Friends and Find My Phone in iOS 13.

iCloud.com can now be accessed from iOS

and iPadOS devices though, and there’s

new support for Reminders, which sync

with iCloud on devices running iOS 13, iPadOS

and macOS Catalina. Here, we’re taking a look

at Reminders and how to get to your all-

important account info. Srivats Lakshman

HOW TO Create reminders online

1

Open Reminders

Sign in to iCloud.com and click the

Reminders icon. From here you can manage

all your iCloud reminders, and any changes/

additions will show up on all your devices

running iOS 13, iPadOS or macOS Catalina.

2

Create and share

With support for iCloud syncing,

Reminders also gets the ability to create

shared lists. You can share lists with your

family or colleagues who can then add/edit

tasks and mark them as complete.

Genius tip!

In iCloud.com >

Contacts, click on the

Settings (gear) icon to

export contacts as a

vCard, or import one

from another service.

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