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Cloud Fundamentals Author’s Note The cloud is one of those terms that most people don’t understand and difficult to conceptualize. I was recently approached to provide a parent technology academy. The goal of the academy is to provide a very basic introduction to technology. This is a very broad topic so I thought we should focus on the most relevant aspects that parents could use with their children. Most technology today uses a Cloud service of some kind. Their children are most likely to use these services and I’m sure they’d like to know what their children are doing on Facebook, Twitter and Snapchat. I proposed to provide an overview of the Cloud and what it means to them as they begin to use technology. The immediate feedback by the parent coordinator for the district was hesitation and uncertainty. She was concerned most parents wouldn’t understand the concept. I reassured her that I teach this concept to teachers daily and that I could convey the concept very well to parents. She remained unconvinced.
For example, we can interact with the radio station through a Disk Jockey, DJ, by requesting songs on those lazy Sunday afternoons. Theory is great but I like my students to learn in context so I’ve included instructions for creating Cloud accounts with Google, Microsoft and Apple. I’ll be using these services along with others in future issues. Teaching through a magazine is different from teaching in a classroom. I don’t get your immediate feedback or get a chance to get formative feedback. So, I hope I’ve done a good job. Alex Reyes
This started me thinking of ways in which I could convey the concept in a way that was easy for most people to understand. I thought of my audience and figured most of them would be at least my age or younger. I’m 51 so most of them could have been my students at one time. It’s much easier to teach a concept that is based on a concept they understands. I thought of one that has been around for a long enough time and something that everyone has had some experience using. Most people have had some experience with radios and music stations. A radio station seems to me to be the closest analogy to a cloud service. It’s something we interact with regularly but don’t have direct access.
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Cloud Fundamentals Cloud Services The concept of the Cloud is very important because future technologies used by yourself and students will be based on cloud services. These cloud services include email, Google Docs, Office 365, iCloud and many others. The cloud is very new to many people but in fact it’s been around for a very long time. I’ll begin my explanation of the cloud by referring to something that we all know very well. Think of a radio station. Radio stations send out signals that deliver audio in the form of music and news. A radio station has a library of music that it streams over the air to your radio. You can receive this stream of music from any radio in a variety of locations. You can listen to music in your car, in your stereo at home and on a portable radio in the park. In this example the radio station is like the Cloud, providing a service to everyone. Let’s take that same example and say that the radio station can provide you a channel of your own. This channel is your own special channel where you can listen to the music of your choice at any time and from anywhere. You can listen to this music from your car, your home and in the park. Now you have access to the same cloud service everyone else does, but you’ll have a special channel all your own. With this special channel you can choose the music you want to listen to and the order in which you would like to have it played. This is probably starting to sound familiar. Let’s replace the radio station with a computer. This is a very big and very fast computer. This computer puts out information that other computers around the world can access. To access this computer your computer tunes into the computers channel much like a radio tunes into a channel from a radio
station. On a radio station this channel might be 88.5. On a computer this station number is a little longer. It’s usually a set of numbers separated by periods like this, nn.nn.nn.nn. Instead of remembering numbers, which can be hard, a computer translates our language into the computer language of numbers. Instead of numbers we can use gmail.com for the computer channel. It’s a lot like telling your phone to call your wife by tapping on the button with your wife’s name. You don’t need to know the number because the computer, will dial it for you. The computer putting out information is a cloud device. This is where the difference between radio stations and computers begins to change, but let’s see if we can have it make sense. Let’s say that you can send music to the radio station and it will play this music over your station. You can then go onto any radio where you have access and tune in your station to listen to the music. Now you can listen to your purchased music on any radio. Going back to the computer example, we can do the same thing. The computer, which we will call a server, can receive media from us like music and provide it to us on any device. This computer can receive content from us and make it available to us on any device we want. Instead of music, let’s say you have lots of pictures. You want to be able to see your pictures from any device. This device can be a computer, tablet or smart phone. You can send pictures to a cloud service, let’s call it Flickr. Flickr receives the pictures and then makes them available on any device.
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Cloud Fundamentals Cloud Services Services like Flickr for pictures, YouTube for video and SoundCloud for audio, provide services to store content and then make it available on any device. When a Cloud service stores content and then makes it available, it’s called hosting. There are other Cloud services that do more than host content. Services like Google Drive, Office 365 and iCloud have services that allow you to create content. What makes these services different is that they provide the software to create the content. The software is often free and available for most devices and computers. A huge benefit to services like these is that you don’t need to install the software on your computer. The software is installed on the Cloud service and provided over the Internet. The software is regularly updated and you take advantage of the latest updates for free when they are released. As the technology gets better the services get better and the tools get easier to use. Cloud services like Google Drive, Office 365 and iCloud also provide free storage for content. This means that you don’t have to save the content on your computer. The content is saved on their server. It’s like creating music at a radio station and having the radio station save the music for you. You know that the radio station has the money and resources to keep your music safe. The same is true for cloud services like Google Drive. It stores content and keeps it safe. Another benefit of having these services store content is that you don’t have to worry about losing it when something goes wrong with your computer or device. Let’s look at an example. Let’s say you’re using your smart phone to write an important letter. You’re using a cloud service like Office 365. Let’s assume that you drop your phone and it shatters, Oh No!. Since your document is 4
hosted by Office 365, you can go to any device or computer and access the same document. You can buy yourself another smart phone and easily continue to edit the important letter on that phone. Can anyone see what’s in my Cloud? Most cloud services require that you create a free account to use their services. When you create this account you’re asked to provide an email and a password. This account ensures that you will be the only one to access the content. Can I choose to share stuff in my Cloud? One of the many benefits of cloud services is the ability to share content. Services like Google Drive, Office 365 and iCloud have options to share content you’ve created with others. In addition to sharing, many services allow collaboration. This is very true for Google Drive, Office 365 and iCloud. Collaboration is when you give others permission to edit your content or add to your content. When collaborating on content you and the collaborators can work on content at the same time or at different times. Collaborators can be in the same room or the same building. They can also be on the other side of the world. What does this mean for your classroom? This means that your students can work on the same document using two or more computers or devices. You can divide the work to be done by each student in a group. For example, on a biography research paper on Abraham Lincoln, one student can write a section on his life and childhood. Another student could write a section on his life before becoming President and one student can write about his Presidency during the civil war. Let’s look at three Cloud services that can be used by teachers and students.
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Cloud Fundamentals Gmail Account Google Drive is a service provided by Google. The service is completely free. All you need to do is get a gmail account. This Gmail account is your access to an array of services and applications. To create a free account, go over to Google.com. On the Google page you will see a sign in button. Click on this button.
A page will open where you can provide login information. Below the login fields for email and password is a link to create an account. Click on the link to create an account.
I encourage you to use a separate gmail account for your school instead of your personal gmail, if you already have one. This will make it much easier to keep things compartmentalized and thus make things easier to manage. You will be prompted to provide your name and to choose a username. This username will be your email address. Lots of people have email and it might be difficult to create an email account with the username you want. You can use any username but here’s a suggestion based on my experience. If you want to use your name, you might include
a prefix so it’s different from other accounts. For example, a teacher working in my district could use the district acronym before her name. Google allows the use of periods and underscores in usernames so you can use this to help create an account. For example, yisd.areyes@gmail.com can be one possible username. After you’ve created a username, create a password. Google has a minimum password requirement. The password must be at least eight characters long. The rest of the form requires that you provide a date of birth along with your gender and your current email address. You are also asked to provide a mobile phone number and current email address. Okay, why provide a mobile number and a current email address? The mobile phone number is optional but it’s a good way to retrieve your username or password just in case you forget over the summer. Google will send you a text with the information, so you will need to have a mobile phone with text service. The current email address is another way to retrieve your username and to reset your password. Google will send you a reset link to this email. Prove you’re not a robot? There are programs roaming the Internet looking to create email account so they can be used to spam people with email. These programs aren’t very smart so they can’t read. The picture provides a number that only humans can read. Type this number into the text field. Click on the ‘agree to the terms of service’ and click the next step button. You now have a Google Gmail and Drive account.
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Cloud Fundamentals Google Drive Google Drive works on any browser but to get the best experience you should use Google’s browser, Chrome. Chrome is free and provides some specific tools to help use and manage Google Apps. Each time you want to login to Google Drive, go to Google.com. After you login, your account name will appear in the upper right of the Google page. To the left of your name is a box made up of nine smaller boxes. This is the Google apps launcher. Click on the Apps Launcher and a list of nine core apps will appear. At the bottom of the list is the Drive app. Click on the Drive App icon. Google Drive is your storage in the Cloud. You can upload and save any file onto your Google Drive account. This includes documents, pictures, audio and video. Be careful of copyright laws when uploading and sharing any media. Google can cancel your account if you are sharing copyrighted material with your account. The easiest way to place documents and media into your Drive account is to drag and drop files onto the browser from your computer. Let’s take a look at how to do this with an example. The first time you login, Drive will present a welcome dialogue. Click the next button to go through a very brief overview. Google provides a How to get started with Google Drive document. This document is a PDF that provides some brief information about Google Drive.
In this example I have several files. I have three documents created with Microsoft Office. These files include a Word, Excel and Power Point document. I also have a few iWorks files, images, an audio file and a video file.
Google Drive is your storage location for all kinds of files. At the time of the writing of this article, Google provides 15 Gigabytes of Storage for free. To see the amount of storage available, go to the lower left corner and hover your mouse over the percentage used area. 6
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Cloud Fundamentals Google Drive The easiest way to upload these files is to drop them in from your computer. I can drag and drop one file at a time into the browser. The Drive is quite smart. It knows you are about to drop a file into the browser. It displays a large blue circle where you can release the media. Drop the document into this circle.
What if you want to upload an entire folder of files? That’s a good question. Currently, you can’t upload a folder using the browser. You can use the Google Drive app to synchronize your files and folders. We’ll look at the Google Drive app later. This is your home for any documents or media created with Google’s apps. These apps include Docs, sheets and slides. Docs is a word processor, Sheets is a spreadsheet application, and Slides is a presentation application. Google doesn’t include tools to create or edit audio or video. If you’ve uploaded audio or video, Google drive will play back the audio and video right within the drive. This is useful if you want to have access to your media anywhere.
At the bottom of the page you will see a progress bar for the upload. When we place any media into the Drive or any cloud service we call it uploading. When the upload is complete the progress bar will let you know its done with a message. Let’s upload some more files. We can drag several files at once. Each document or media item get’s its own progress bar. As each item is uploaded you will see a progress bar and a waiting message for items to be uploaded next.
Google Drive and the Docs, Sheets and Slides apps are available for most mobile devices. The editing tools are very basic on these apps for mobile devices but I expect they’ll get better in the future. We’ll cover these apps in a future issue.
Cloud accounts can be used to backup your important documents.
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Cloud Fundamentals One Drive When we create an Outlook account with Microsoft it includes access to Office 365. Office 365 is like Google Drive. Microsoft calls their online storage, OneDrive. OneDrive provides 15 Gigabytes of free storage with your account. You have the option to purchase more. You also have the option to subscribe to Office 365, which includes the Office products and 1 terabyte of online storage. Let’s create our free account. Go over to outlook.com and let’s create an account. Click on the sign up now link below the sign in button.
Microsoft allows you to use an existing email account for your Outlook and OneDrive account. This option is nice because you don’t have to create another email account. In this example we’ll create a new email account. To create a new account, click the get a new email address link. When creating the email for this account, keep in mind the suggestion I made earlier. Fill in all the information and click the create account button at the bottom of the page. The account will be created and you’ll be taken to your Outlook email account. You’ll be presented with a welcome page and the option to watch a short information presentation. Watch the presentation and click the continue to inbox button when done.
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OneDrive works on any browser but to get the best experience you should use Internet Explorer on Windows computers and Firefox on Apple computers. Let’s go over to OneDrive. Click on the Microsoft Apps launcher in the upper left corner of the page. This looks very similar to Google’s App launcher. A panel will open with several app buttons. Click on the OneDrive button.
OneDrive will open and a welcome section will display on the page. There is a short video presentation you can watch. There is also an interactive three step introduction. In the three step introduction Microsoft offers you an additional 15 Gigabytes if you download their app and sync your photos. In the introduction you learn about the OneDrive app available for your computer and devices to sync files. Finally you are given the opportunity to invite friends to join Outlook and Office 365. In return you will get an additional 500 MB per friend that joins. Click the close button when you are done with the welcome information. OneDrive automatically includes three folders in your cloud storage. These include folders for documents, music and pictures. Let’s upload some files to this account. Click the documents folder, this will open the folder. Microsoft calls each of these boxes a Tile. I’ll call them folders just because it makes more sense to me.
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We can upload files by dragging and dropping them from your computer. This is the easiest way to upload any file.
This is a cloud service from Apple. Like the cloud services from Google and Microsoft, it doesn’t matter what computer you are using. Like Google and OneDrive it does have a preferred browser. To get the most from iCloud you should use Safari on Apple computers. Safari is no longer available for Windows computers but you can use Explorer or Firefox. To use iCloud you don’t need to own an Apple Computer. All you need is an Apple ID, which is free. You also need an iOS device to setup iCloud Drive. Without an iOS device all you will setup is iCloud service to use Pages, Keynote and Numbers. Let’s get our free Apple ID by going to iCloud.com. Below the login fields is a link to create a free Apple ID.
As we drop a file onto the documents folder, an upload progress bar will appear at the top of the page. We can upload several files at once. The only thing you can’t do is upload a folder of files. This is the same limitation we encountered with Google.
You will need an existing email address to create your ID. An Apple ID is not an email address like the other cloud services. Fill in the form by providing an email address, use one of the addresses we created earlier. You will be asked to provide three security questions. These questions are used to help recover your login information in case you forget. When you’re done click the ‘continue’ button.
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Cloud Fundamentals iCloud Apple ID A set of four icons will appear on the page. Three of these icons represent Pages, Keynote and Numbers. Pages is a word processor. Keynote is a presentation application. Numbers is a spreadsheet application. The fourth icon is the settings icon for your account.
Apple will send a verification number to the email used to create the account. Don’t leave this page, you’ll need to come back to it in a moment. Open a new tab or browser window. Go over to your email and get this number. Type the number into the provided fields and click the ‘verify’ button.
Click on the ‘agree’ button to the license agreement.
At this point we’ve created an Apple ID and have access to the iCloud services for Pages, Keynote and Numbers. We need to setup iCloud Drive, which is a separate service. The service is available for both Apple and Windows computers. You get 5 gigabytes of storage for free with the option to purchase more storage. To setup the iCloud Drive, you need to have an iOS device like an iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch. If you try to setup iCloud Drive on an Apple or Windows computer you will receive an error message.
After clicking the ‘agree’ button you will be prompted to select your language. Select your language and click the ‘Start Using iCloud’ link.
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Cloud Fundamentals iCloud Drive Setup On your iOS device, tap on the settings button.
In a few seconds your iCloud account will be created. You’ll be prompted if you would like the data from Safari to be merged with your iCloud account. Tap the ‘Merge’ button. ICloud can be used to locate your computers and mobile devices. You’ll be prompted to allow iCloud to use the location services on the device. Tap on one of the options. The choice is yours.
Tap on the iCloud settings option on the left.
Enter your Apple ID and password, then click the sign in button.
You will return to the settings section when the process is complete. Go back to your computer and start your browser. Go to icloud.com and login. With iCloud Drive setup we now have several other services available. You can see those on the next page. These services include Mail, Contacts, Calendar, Photos and iCloud Drive. To upload files into iCloud Drive, click on the iCloud Drive icon. A window will open with several folders already created for you. These folders include Pages, Keynote and Numbers. You might also have other folders. These folders are automatically created based on the apps you have installed on the iOS device when you activated the iCloud account. Drag and drop files into this folder or any folder from your computer. Each file has its own progress bar. Like Google Drive and OneDrive, you can upload any type of file except folders.
Click on the button to agree to the license agreement.
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Google Drive App
Each of these cloud services has a component for syncing files from your computer. These sync applications are very good when using applications that don’t have a cloud service, and you want to use the cloud to keep backups of your work and at the same time have access to your media on any computer. A major benefit to using these syncing services is that it keeps all your work backed up at all times and it syncs folders too. If you recall, this is the limitation we encountered when uploading files to our drive account through a web browser.
The Google Drive app is a free download. The purpose of the app is to create a synchronized folder on your computer. An immediate benefit of using Google Drive to synchronize documents is that it also synchronizes folders. When we reviewed the process for uploading files to Google Drive using the browser, we found that it wasn’t possible to upload folders.
For example, Google, Microsoft and iCloud use applications in the cloud to create and edit documents. Applications like Adobe don’t have applicaitons that run in the cloud but you can use cloud services to save and backup your work created with any Adobe application. We’ll install and setup cloud sync services for Google Drive, One Drive and iCloud Drive. You can use one or more of these services to sync your documents. This means that you can have Google Drive, One Drive and iCloud Drive all syning separate sets of files or the same set of files on your computer.
The app is available for a variety of computers and devices. It’s also available for mobile devices that run Android or iOS 7.0 and above(at the time of this article). Let’s install the Google Drive app onto your computer. I’ll be using the Chrome browser for this lesson. I recommend using the Chrome browser because it is the most compatible with Google apps and services. Log into your account and go to your Drive using the Google Apps launcher. When you are in Google Drive, on the right side of the page you’ll find a settings button that looks like a gear or a cog. Click on this and you will see the option to download Drive. Click on the download drive option.
You’ll be taken to a page where you will see a button to download Drive. Move your mouse over this button.
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Cloud Fundamentals Google Drive App A list of computers and devices will be listed below the button. Click on the Mac and PC option.
Find the Google Drive icon and double click it start to Google Drive. You will be prompted to confirm that you want to start Google Drive. Click the Open button. A Google log-in window will open. Provide your account information and click the Sign in button.
A dialogue with the license agreement will open. Click on the agree and download button. The download will begin almost immediately if you are using Google Chrome. Other browsers will probably prompt you to save the file. The download progress bar in Chrome can be found in the lower left of the browser. When the download is complete, click the file and this will open the disk image on Apple computers. On Windows computers this will start the installer. On Mac computers drag the Google Drive icon onto the Applications folder to install the Drive App.
Google drive will take you through a brief presentation of Google Drive. Click the done button at the end of the presentation. A Google Drive icon will be placed in the Finder menu.
Once the application has finished copying, double click the Applications folder.
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Cloud Fundamentals Google Drive App A Google Drive folder will be created in your account’s home directory automatically. A shortcut to the folder will also be placed in your sidebar.
On Windows computers, follow the installation instructions. During the installation you will be prompted to provide your Google Account username and password. Enter your information and click the Sign in button. Google drive will take you through a brief presentation of Google Drive. Click the Done button at the end of the presentation. A shortcut to the Google Drive folder will be created on your desktop.
Place your files in this folder and they will automatically be synced to your Google Drive cloud account. Create or place folders with files inside this folder and they will also be synced to your account. The Google Drive folder will be created in your account’s home directory automatically and a shortcut to the Google Drive folder will also be placed in your windows sidebar.
Get into the habit of saving your work into a sync folder so you always have a backup.
With Google drive installed we can place documents or any media in this folder. We can also place folders with documents or media within the folder. These documents, media and folders will automatically be synced with your online Drive account.
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Cloud Fundamentals Google Drive App In this example I have a Google Drive folder on my computer with documents and folders with documents.
When I look at my online Google Drive, the same files and folders are there too. Google Drive is a great way to make sure there is a backup of all your important files. It’s also a great way of having this backup available anywhere.
Let’s take a look at what is synced in the cloud. Right click the Google Drive folder in the File Explorer or the windows sidebar. Move your mouse over to the Google Drive option and select ‘Visit Google Drive on the web’ from the submenu.
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Cloud Fundamentals OneDrive App OneDrive is the equivalent to Google Drive. This service is provided by Microsoft and is part of your account when you sign up for Outlook. There are several ways to get your account through Microsoft. If you have a Windows computer with version 8 or above you probably already have an account. The account used to login to your computer is your OneDrive account login. The same is true if you have a Windows tablet or a Windows phone. If you have an Xbox Live, you also might have an account.
In a few moments, your files and folders will appear in this window.
If you don’t have an account, Microsoft provides a way to create your account. In the previous lesson we created an account with Outlook, which gives you access to OneDrive. Microsoft provides an application like Google Drive, which provides a way to sync files from your computer to the cloud service.
If you open the File Explorer, you’ll find a link to OneDrive. Place files and folders here and they will be synced to your account.
If you have Windows version 8 or above, the application is already installed and ready to use. Click on the OneDrive Tile. If you don’e see the OneDrive tile, type OneDrive to search for the application.
If you’ve never opened OneDrive before, you might be prompted to enter your account password.
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Cloud Fundamentals OneDrive App If you don’t have Windows 8, you will need to download the OneDrive Application. To get the application, log into your Microsoft Account we created earlier. Go over to the Microsoft Apps launcher and select OneDrive.
the application and start installing it as soon as the download is complete. Go through the installation process. When the installation is complete, you will see a window with a button that reads Get Started. A sign in window will appear. Enter your account information and click the Sign In button. The One Drive installation automatically creates a OneDrive folder. You can use this folder to sync all your files or choose another. We’ll leave the option as it is.
When OneDrive opens, you will find a link in the lower left corner of the browser to download the application . Click on the link titled Get One Drive Apps.
In the next step you are prompted to select what will be synced in the new folder. Leave the option as it is and click the next button.
A page will open with the option to download OneDrive for Windows 7 or 8. There are two button download options. The other option is for business and works the same way as the personal version, but the business version requires an account linked to a business solution. Click on the regular personal OneDrive download option. At the bottom of the browser window you will be presented with the option to run or save the application. Click the run option. This will download 18
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In the final step you are prompted to allows One Drive to be accessed from other computers. Leave the option enabled and click the Done button.
To setup iCloud using your Apple computer, go to the system preferences. You can only perform this step once iCloud has been setup using an iOS device. Click on the iCloud settings icon.
Click the ’Sign In’ button. Open a window or File Explorer and you will see a shortcut to your OneDrive folder in the sidebar. In the folder you will find three folders, a doucments, music and pictures folder. Place documents or media you want to sync into any of these folders and it will automatically be synced.
You’ll need to provide your Apple ID information. Enter this information and click the Sign In button.
You’ll be asked if you want to use iCloud for mail, contacts, calendars, reminders, notes and Safari. You’ll also be able to use ‘Find My Mac’. Leave these options checked and click the ‘Next’ button.
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Cloud Fundamentals iCloud Drive Apple Setup Enter your Apple ID password to setup iCloud Keychain. Keychain is a secure authentication for your Mac computer to assure the content of your computer and other Apple devices is secure. Click the ‘OK’ button.
An iCloud drive folder will be created on your computer and a shortcut to this folder will be placed on your sidebar. Use this folder to sync files and folders on your computer and between iOS devies like your iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch.
You’ll be prompted to create a security code. The security code is a four digit number used to ensure the security of your computer and devices that use iCloud. Enter a four digit number and click the ‘Next’ button.
Enter the same security code again and click the next button.
Apps that use iCloud will automatically create these folders. You’ll probably be prompted when the app runs for the first time.
You’ll need to have a phone that can receive text messages. This phone is used to verify your identity and to protect you in case someone tries to access or change any of your account settings. Provide phone information in the field and click the ‘Done’ button. You will receive a six digit number to enter on the next screen. Enter this number to finish the iCloud setup process on your computer. 20
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Cloud Fundamentals iCloud Drive Windows App On Windows computers, iCloud is not part of the system. We need to download and install iCloud Drive like we did with Google and OneDrive. To download iCloud we will go to www.apple.com/ icloud/setup. This page shows the three platforms for using iCloud. Click on the Windows icon and scroll down a little bit and click on the ‘Download now’ link.
Respond to any prompts from iCloud. Click on the ‘Apply’ button and when prompted to merge your email, click the ‘merge’ button. When the process is done, a setup complete window will display. Click the ‘Done’ button and then click the ‘Close’ button for iCloud. On Windows 8 computers, you will find the iCloud Drive folder in the File Explorer sidebar. On Windows 7 computers, it will be located in the window sidebar.
On the next page, click the download button. If you are using Internet Explorer, you will see a message at the bottom of the page. You have the option to run or save the application. Click the ‘Run’ button. If you’re using Firefox, you’ll be prompted to save the file. If you’re using Chrome, the file will download automatically. Start the iCloud installation. Click on I Accept the terms in the license agreement option and click the ‘Install’ button. Windows 8 will prompt for authorization to install iCloud. Click on the ‘Yes’ button. The installation will take a few moments. When the installation is done, click the ‘Finish’ button. You will be prompted to restart the computer.
With iCloud Drive you will be able to drag files and folders into the iCloud Drive folder and they will be synced to your iCloud drive just like Google and OneDrive. These are three cloud services for storing, creating, sharing and collaborating. There are other services out there in I will cover those in future issues.
When the computer restarts, iCloud will display a login window for your Apple ID and password. Enter this information and click the sign in button.
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