Windows 10 1809: iCloud incompatibility fixed, but other blockers remain

Enlarge (credit: Patty’s Photos / Flickr) While the rollout of Windows 10 version 1809 (the October 2018 Update) has been problematic, Microsoft really does try to avoid sending the update to configurations that it knows just won’t work properly. One of these situations involved PCs with Apple’s iCloud client. The system would break when trying […]

US carrier promo offers free iCloud storage to iPhone upgraders

Apple isn’t known for offering virtually any promos to iPhone buyers, let alone iCloud users, but it’s making exceptions for both ahead of the 2018 iPhones. Reddit users have discovered a promo that lets subscribers to the four major US carriers get two months of 200GB of iCloud storage for free. The campaign is clearly […]

Apple releases macOS High Sierra 10.13.5 with Messages in iCloud support

Enlarge / macOS High Sierra 10.13.5 in the Mac App Store. (credit: Samuel Axon) Today, Apple released the latest update for macOS. High Sierra 10.13.5 primarily adds Messages in iCloud support, but it also includes some enterprise and security updates. Users of supported Macs can download and install it from the Mac App Store now. […]

Your Apple iCloud data is now stored on Google servers—surprised?

Enlarge / Apple’s iCloud Drive Web interface in Safari. (credit: Samuel Axon) Apple has updated its publicly available iOS security documentation to disclose that personal data associated with the company’s iCloud service is stored in cloud servers operated by Google—specifically, the Google Cloud service. Apple didn’t specify exactly what iCloud data is stored on Google’s […]

Apple will store China’s iCloud keys on local servers

Apple has already bent over backwards in a bid to keep doing business in China, but it’ll have to bend a little further. As of the end of February, the company will host mainland Chinese users’ iCloud keys on servers located within the country — and they’ll be jointly run by a state-backed company, Guizhou […]

Some international accounts alerted to Apple’s iCloud transfer in China

Enlarge (credit: Samuel Axon) Apple began notifying Chinese iCloud customers of the forthcoming hand-off of its cloud service to the Chinese company Guizhou on the Cloud Big Data (GCBD), which will take over local operations starting February 28. However, TechCrunch reported that some non-Chinese iCloud accounts have been notified of this change. Some users with US-based […]

Apple to hand off Chinese iCloud operations to local firm in February

Enlarge (credit: Andrew Cunningham) Chinese iCloud customers have been notified that Apple will transfer operations of its cloud storage service to the local firm Guizhou on the Cloud Big Data (GCBD) starting next month. Apple announced the partnership with GCBD last year and claims the new iCloud operations will help the company comply with Chinese regulations. As […]

Apple formally asked to release Texas shooter’s iCloud data

Enlarge / A Texas flag flies at half mast during prayer services at the La Vernia High School Football stadium to grieve the victims killed at the First Baptist Church of Sutherland Springs. (credit: Scott Olson/Getty Images) Texas authorities have recently gotten formal permission from a state judge to search the deceased Sutherland Springs shooter’s seized […]