Just like dropbox google drive or any other cloud storage service you can use your icloud space as an extra drive on which to store files.
Storage and icloud usage.
Tap settings your name icloud photos.
You can buy more storage or downgrade your storage at any time.
About storage on your device and in icloud device storage.
Apple store gift cards aren t accepted as payment for upgrading icloud storage.
You can use that storage space to back up your device and to keep all of your photos videos documents and text messages securely stored and updated everywhere.
On your iphone ipad or ipod touch go to settings your name icloud.
Depending on the size of your backup and the amount of content you keep in icloud you might run out of free space.
Manage your icloud storage see how much icloud storage you re using.
You can use that storage space to.
Launch the settings app on your iphone or ipad.
Want to check and see what percentage of your icloud storage space you ve used.
When you set up icloud you automatically get 5 gb of free storage.
The colored graph at the top shows you which types of data are taking up space and how much.
Free up space by deleting emails especially emails with large file attachments.
On a mac click icloud drive in the finder sidebar.
Select optimize iphone storage to save space on your device.
Tap the apple id banner at the top.
With optimize storage smaller space saving photos and videos are kept on your device while all of your original full resolution versions are stored in icloud.
Apple gives every icloud user 5gb of storage which sounds like a lot until you consider that it s per account not per device.
When you set up icloud you automatically get 5gb of free storage.
Upgrade or downgrade your icloud storage.
Turn on icloud photos.
Make more space available.
If you don t have enough available funds in your apple id balance to complete your upgrade you ll be charged the remaining amount.
Get started with icloud photos.
Sign in to icloud to access your photos videos documents notes contacts and more.
If you have mail enabled in icloud then you can delete emails in the mail app to free up icloud storage space.
When you buy your iphone ipad or ipod touch it comes with a set storage capacity ranging from 16 to.
Accepted payment methods for icloud storage upgrades include credit cards debit cards and your apple id balance.
How to delete files in icloud.
Use your apple id or create a new account to start using apple services.
That s not much space to share between a mac an iphone and an ipad.