How to share files using iCloud Drive

Once you understand how it works — and know the right sequence of steps to go through — then file sharing with iCloud Drive is tremendous when it's working. It's just that setting it up is surprisingly confusing, so let's walk through it.

William Gallagher 7 years ago 24

New report claims Apple spending less on Amazon Web Services, not more

Despite hints to the contrary earlier this week, Apple's spending on Amazon Web Services for cloud infrastructure is actually on a long-term decline, a report said on Thursday.

Roger Fingas 7 years ago 15

Apple spends more than $30M per month on Amazon Web Services

Apple is one of the biggest customers of Amazon Web Services, it has been revealed, with the iPhone maker allegedly spending in excess of $30 million per month in order to enable services like iCloud to function reliably and at scale via the retailer's network of servers.

Malcolm Owen 7 years ago 32

How to live with a Mac mini or MacBook Air with a small internal drive

Today's SSD drives are so fast that they speed up your entire Mac — but unless you spend a lot of money, they're also very small. You can manage on 128GB of space instead, but it takes discipline and apps to pull it off.

William Gallagher 7 years ago 59

Man pleads guilty to hacking celebrity Apple accounts for spending spree

A man has pleaded guilty to U.S. Justice Department charges of hacking into the Apple accounts of famous athletes and musicians, using them to embark on a spending spree.

Roger Fingas 7 years ago 14

Apple's iCloud services suffer outage for some users [u: resolved]

A number of Apple's cloud services are experiencing an outage, with the iPhone maker acknowledging the existence of issues affecting some users of News, Photos, Find My iPhone, and various key iCloud functions.

Malcolm Owen 7 years ago 16

Apple's services revenue will double, adding $6 to earnings per share by 2021

A multitude of factors support the idea of services, like a new streaming video platform, adding $6 to Apple's earnings per share by its 2021 fiscal year, Cowen analysts said in resuming coverage on Thursday.

Roger Fingas 7 years ago 1

Crime blotter: iCloud catches a BMW thief, NFL player's iPad pinched, and more

A theft and chase at the first Apple Store, an NFL star's iPad is taken, and massive thefts from Best Buy and Walmart in Florida, all in this week's roundup of Apple crime.

Stephen Silver 7 years ago 3

'Celebgate' iCloud hack perpetrator sentenced to 34 months in prison

A hacker who pleaded guilty for his part in the 'Celebgate' hack, involving phishing for credentials and attempting to access more than 200 iCloud, Yahoo, and Facebook accounts controlled by celebrities and other users, has been sentenced to almost three years in prison.

Malcolm Owen 7 years ago 8

Electronic Frontier Foundation 'Fix it Already' program demands fixes to security & privacy problems

The Electronic Frontier Foundation on Thursday launched "Fix It Already," a campaign directed at nine tech companies including Apple, pressuring them to solve privacy and security issues with their platforms.

Roger Fingas 7 years ago 10

Podcast

Amazon buys Eero, March 25 for 'Apple News Magazines,' and more on the AppleInsider Podcast

Victor Marks 7 years ago 0

There is no difference between how Apple is handling Roger Stone's or the San Bernardino shooter's iCloud data

Once again, social media is ablaze with accusations that Roger Stone and the San Bernardino shooters are being treated differently by Apple in regards to iCloud data — but in the real world, there is no difference between how the iCloud data turnover was handled by Apple. AppleInsider breaks it down.

Stephen Silver 7 years ago 39

Apple agrees to bend to Russian law and store user data on local servers

Apple will at last comply with a 2014 Russian law requiring data on citizens to be stored on local servers — something that could affect both Apple and the country's political dissidents.

Roger Fingas 7 years ago 36

Court rules man must be given access to husband's iCloud photos

Apple must provide a man access to the iCloud account of his late husband so he can retrieve family photos shot with an iPhone and a dedicated camera, a New York judge has ruled.

Roger Fingas 7 years ago 31

Japan could expand local privacy rules to cover multinationals like Apple

Japan should consider legal changes so it can enforce domestic privacy rules on foreign tech firms like Apple and Google, according to a government communications panel.

Roger Fingas 7 years ago 1

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