iCloud Essential Training

Course details

Learn how to take advantage of iCloud, an online service from Apple that helps you synchronize, store, and share important data across multiple computers, iPhones, and iPads. Join LinkedIn Learning senior staff instructor Nick Brazzi as he shows you how to set up an iCloud account, manage storage space, grasp the relationship between iCloud and your Apple account, and upgrade to iCloud+ or Apple One. Nick explains how to link an iPhone, an iPad, a Mac, or a Windows computer to iCloud, and shows how to synchronize your address books, calendars, mail, photos, and more to be linked across several machines. Along the way, Nick covers how to use iCloud for mail and messaging, manage and use security and privacy tools, hide your email, and work with Family Sharing. Plus, learn how to set up and work with iCloud Drive from anywhere on any device.

Concepts

0. Introduction

01 - Store and sync data online with iCloud

1. Set Up iCloud

02 - What is iCloud
03 - Create an iCloud account
04 - Link a Mac computer to iCloud
05 - Link a Windows computer to iCloud
06 - Link an iPhone or iPad to iCloud
07 - Secure your account with two-factor authentication
08 - Work with the iCloud website
09 - Manage storage space
10 - Upgrade to iCloud+ or Apple One
11 - Adjust account settings

2. Share and Synchronize

12 - Synchronize calendars, contacts, bookmarks, and other data
13 - Use iCloud to share content with others
14 - Share between devices using Continuity and Handoff

3. Use iCloud for Mail and Messaging

15 - Work with iCloud Mail
16 - Use Mail Drop to send very large email attachments
17 - Generate Hide My Email addresses with iCloud+
18 - Sign into Messages and FaceTime

4. Synchronize and Share Photos and Videos

19 - Synchronize photo libraries on a Mac, iPhone, or iPad
20 - Synchronize photo libraries on Windows
21 - Share photos with other people
22 - Make a shared photo library

5. Security and Privacy Tools

23 - Locate people, lost devices, and AirTags
24 - Use Activation Lock to lock a lost or stolen device
25 - Store and sync passwords
26 - Back up an iPhone or iPad
27 - Protect your web traffic using iCloud Private Relay with iCloud+

6. Work with iCloud Drive

28 - Store files on iCloud Drive from a Mac
29 - Move the Documents and Desktop folders to iCloud Drive
30 - Use iCloud Drive on an iPhone or iPad
31 - Use iCloud Drive on a Windows computer

7. Manage Family Sharing

32 - Set up Family Sharing
33 - Share media purchases in a family
34 - Set parental controls

Conclusion

35 - Next steps