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Well, the free storage is for your account, not your device, right? I suppose it would be nice if you get extra free monthly storage per device you use your ac

Well, the free storage is for your account, not your device, right? I suppose it would be nice if you get extra free monthly storage per device you use your account with. Maybe a model where the amount of devices you have simply multiplies the free storage baseline.

ghaff 8y ago
Yes, it’s for your account. But as you add devices you want to back up it pretty much pushes you into a paid tier. Hence the fuming. That will be $1000 plus another $5 per month.
- votepaunchy 8y ago
  The iCloud pricing tiers are $0.99, $2.99, and $9.99 for 50 GB, 200 GB, and 2 TB. The latter tiers can be shared across multiple accounts. Google only recently matched this pricing. iCloud is by far the best and simplest backup system and it just works.
- walterbell 8y ago
  Could you use a NAS or external drive on laptop for backup? An 8TB external drive costs $200. https://github.com/libimobiledevice/libimobiledevice https://github.com/libimobiledevice/libimobiledevice
  - lostlogin 8y ago
    Photos. If you have a lot of photos they won’t fit in your Mac easily. Photos.app doesn’t work when on a NAS (cloud sync won’t go unless it’s open, and multiple users can’t access a NAS DB without issues). Apple doesn’t seem to handle family albums at all without either sharing an iCloud account or manually sending each photo to a shared album. Eww. I’d love a way of having all users photos uploaded to a cloud then synced to my NAS, but I’ve yet to find a good solution.
    - walterbell 8y ago
      Take a look at Photosync, solves all those problems. https://www.photosync-app.com https://www.photosync-app.com
      - lostlogin 8y ago
        Thanks - I’ve got that open in a tab already and was reading up on it. It’s nice to have a recommendation for it.
coldtea 8y ago
>Well, the free storage is for your account, not your device, right? Well, it _should_ be taking account your devices, which are also tied to your account, right?

ghaff 8y ago

Yes, it’s for your account. But as you add devices you want to back up it pretty much pushes you into a paid tier. Hence the fuming. That will be $1000 plus another $5 per month.

votepaunchy 8y ago
The iCloud pricing tiers are $0.99, $2.99, and $9.99 for 50 GB, 200 GB, and 2 TB. The latter tiers can be shared across multiple accounts. Google only recently matched this pricing. iCloud is by far the best and simplest backup system and it just works.
walterbell 8y ago
Could you use a NAS or external drive on laptop for backup? An 8TB external drive costs $200. https://github.com/libimobiledevice/libimobiledevice https://github.com/libimobiledevice/libimobiledevice
- lostlogin 8y ago
  Photos. If you have a lot of photos they won’t fit in your Mac easily. Photos.app doesn’t work when on a NAS (cloud sync won’t go unless it’s open, and multiple users can’t access a NAS DB without issues). Apple doesn’t seem to handle family albums at all without either sharing an iCloud account or manually sending each photo to a shared album. Eww. I’d love a way of having all users photos uploaded to a cloud then synced to my NAS, but I’ve yet to find a good solution.
  - walterbell 8y ago
    Take a look at Photosync, solves all those problems. https://www.photosync-app.com https://www.photosync-app.com
    - lostlogin 8y ago
      Thanks - I’ve got that open in a tab already and was reading up on it. It’s nice to have a recommendation for it.

coldtea 8y ago

>Well, the free storage is for your account, not your device, right? Well, it _should_ be taking account your devices, which are also tied to your account, right?