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Personal data
> For features like Contacts,
Calendars and Reminders,
iCloud is the magic that makes
the same information appear
on all your Apple gadgets,
available on one device as
soon as you enter it on another.
It also syncs your Safari
bookmarks, reminds you which
websites you’ve got open on
other screens, and securely
transfers Keychain secrets
to ease logins and payments.
Take a look at page 29.Files
> iCloud Drive has evolved into a
secure online storage space for
everything you want to have
available on all your devices or
to share with other users. It gets
even more flexible to browse
and organise in iOS 13, coming
this autumn – but let’s not get
ahead of ourselves, there’s
plenty you can do with it right
now, both from your Mac and
iOS devices. Find out how to
make the most of iCloud Drive
on page 26.Photos
> Turning on iCloud Photos
(known as iCloud Photo Library
in earlier versions) means every
photo you take or import also
appears on every other Mac
or iOS device on which you’ve
enabled it, and all your albums
are organised the same way
everywhere. You can view
photos straight from iCloud
on your Apple TV, too. Just
remember iCloud is a synced
copy, not a backup... Read
more on page 24.Two-factor authentication
> If you’re still ignoring the nag
messages that appear every
time you go near iCloud or your
Apple ID or just cough in Apple’s
general direction, and haven’t
yet enrolled in two-factor
authentication – we’re going to
nag you again! Well, mainly we’ll
just explain why it’s a good idea
and less hassle than you think.
There’s more security stuff to
be aware of, too. It’s simple to
sort, so turn to page 30.Family sharing
> Picture one of those shmaltzy
circle-of-life TV adverts. A
young Apple user logs in with
their Apple ID to access all their
stuff on all their devices. It’s so
simple! The sun shines! Then
they meet another Apple user
(nobody wants a green bubble
spouse, ugh) and soon there’s
a patter of tiny feet. But now
(clouds gather) how do they all
share their digital stuff? Gen up
on Family Sharing on page 26.Privacy
> The next most important thing
to having easy access to all your
data is nobody else having easy
access to all your data. Actually,
that’s the other way round.
Fortunately, Apple is more
interested in using privacy
protection as a feature to sell
you products and services than
using your entire existence as a
feature to sell to data brokers.
Discover how Apple makes data
security easy on page 30.