Apple opened the online version of iCloud for everyone

Apple announced that the site of the "cloud" icloud service has left the beta testing stage and is now open to everyone. Previously, the site was available only to a narrow group of developers, Vesti.ru reports.

The online version of the iCloud is used to synchronize data between several devices. For example, using the site, users can configure applications that are in the iOS device and on the Mac computer-“Notes”, “Contacts”, “Calendar”, “Reminders” and others.

The site’s functionality contains customers of such applications as notes and reminder, synchronized with programs on mobile devices and computers of the MAC, and utilities for working with gadgets - Find My Phone and IWORK.

The Find My Phone in the "desktop" iCloud has undergone noticeable changes. It allows you to remotely block the iPhone if it was lost, or send contact details to the smartphone that the founder could contact the owner.

The application set also included an improved "post" with the new VIP-list function. She will show a notification if the letter came from the contact listed in the "elected".

Recall that ICLUD, which replaced the MobileMe service, was launched in beta version mode in October 2011, at the same time with the release of the final version of the iOS 5 mobile operating system. It allows you to synchronize the data between the iPhone smartphones, iPad tablets and personal computers.

All iCloud users receive 5 GB of the data storage space for free. For the volume of excess quota, a board is charged, for example, an additional 20 GB costs $ 40 a year. According to Oppenheimer, the company plans in the future to increase the space storage space provided by iCloud users.

Together with ICLUD, in some countries, the ITUNES Match function has been earned, which scan the user’s music collection and its transfer to iCloud. At the same time, the compositions that coincide with the tracks available in ITUNES are replaced by legal and in good quality (AAC with a 256-kbit/s beat without digital protection). The possibility of streaming music from the Internet will potentially reduce the need for a large amount of built -in memory in the smartphones and tablets of the company.

After transferring to the “cloud” storage, the entire musical collection becomes available on iOS devices, as well as on computers running Windows or Mac OS X. In the USA, an annual subscription of $ 25, and, for example, in the UK it was estimated at 22 pounds. Apple asks 25 euros in Eurozones.

In addition, among the ICloud components, the status of beta versions presents mail, contacts, a calendar and a utility for searching for devices. According to rumors, the recently begun the largest reorganization of iTunes Store since its appearance in 2003 provides, among other things, the closer integration of the online store of music and video from ICLUD.

In the IOS 6 and the 11th version of iTunes, which will be released on September 19, the capabilities of the "cloud" of Apple will be expanded. For example, iCloud will synchronize Safari tabs, exchange photos and leave comments to them. And having bought a track in iTunes Store, you can get access to it from any "apple" device.

Among the direct competitors of iCloud are Dropbox, Microsoft Skydrive services, as well as Google Drive launched in April of this year.