Apple just updated and simplified its various iCloud storage pricing options, giving high-end customers more for their money and adding a sweetener for families who might want to share a plan.
Significantly, the company eliminated the 1 terabyte iCloud storage option, previously charged at $9.99 a month. Instead, people paying 10 bucks a month for iCloud storage will get 2 terabytes to play with.
Unfortunately, the current free storage option remains at 5GB. The 50GB plan (priced at 99 cents per month) and the 200GB plan ($2.99 per month) also remain unchanged.
Maybe the biggest change for regular users, however, is the fact that Apple is now letting multiple people share an iCloud storage plan on iOS 11 and macOS High Sierra. Before now, it wasn’t possible for different family members to use a shared iCloud account.
Yesterday’s WWDC 2017 keynote was one of Apple’s biggest in years. Offering a range of new hardware and software, it introduced some very significant updates.
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Luke Dormehl is a U.K.-based journalist and author, with a background working in documentary film for Channel 4 and the BBC. He is the author of The Apple Revolution and The Formula: How Algorithms Solve All Our Problems … and Create More, both published by Penguin/Random House. His tech writing has also appeared in Wired, Fast Company, Techmeme and other publications.
4 responses to “iCloud now gives you more bang for your buck”
this is awesome! now we can all share the 2 TB plan
The 2TB family share plan is damn sweet! Still wish would be able to pay this annually.
I can’t wait until I can share iCloud data. I wish I could move my apps and music to it.
Getting better but for $99 a year, OneDrive can get you up to 5TB (1 for each of 5 family members) with an Office365 subscription. Still, $120 a year for 2TB is better than before.