With Yosemite and iOS 8 Apple has loosened the shackles on iCloud storage. Here's how to put it to use on your Yosemite-running Mac, iOS 8 device, and the web.

Most applications that use iCloud Drive will save their documents to their own folder within it. So if it is a Numbers sheet that you need to share, you start by finding the Numbers folder and ...

This will use your iCloud storage. If you only have the free 5GB of storage from Apple, you may not have enough room, so you might need to buy more iCloud storage. Messages in iCloud on iPhone or iPad ...

The simplest way to transfer photos from your iPhone to your MackBook is to make it automatic. You can do this by setting up ...

Using iCloud Keychain on a Mac is simpler, as it's configured when you sign in with your Apple ID. To use iCloud Keychain and Passwords in Chrome on a Mac, follow these steps: ...

To use iCloud Keychain in Safari on a Mac, choose Safari > Preferences, click AutoFill, and make sure all desired categories are selected. On an iOS device, tap Settings > Safari > Passwords ...

iOS 16.2 can increase the security of your iCloud account contents by end-to-end encrypting all data in your account. Learn about this new feature and how to enable it.

This makes iCloud Keychain much easier to use across all of your devices. Read our full how-to here on setting up two-factor authentication.

First, you need to back up your iCloud data. Yes, I know Apple's idea was you could use iCloud to back up your Apple device data, and that's fine, but it's iCloud itself we're worried about today.

Also down at the bottom, if you are using a @mac.com, @me.com, or @icloud.com email address it will show you how much space your Mail takes. Note my mail is on the bigger side of 1.6 GB.