{"id":329,"date":"2011-06-07T11:51:26","date_gmt":"2011-06-07T18:51:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.backblaze.com\/blog\/?p=329"},"modified":"2025-12-12T14:49:21","modified_gmt":"2025-12-12T22:49:21","slug":"backblaze-works-seamlessly-with-icloud","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.backblaze.com\/blog\/backblaze-works-seamlessly-with-icloud\/","title":{"rendered":"Backblaze Works Seamlessly with iCloud"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.backblaze.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/blog-icloud-good.jpg\" alt=\"Backblaze and iCloud\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"bzdropcap\">Yesterday, Apple announced <a href=\"http:\/\/www.apple.com\/icloud\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">iCloud<\/a>, launching in the fall, which lets you sync music, photos, apps, calendars, etc. between your iPhone, iPad, and Mac. As Mac-fans, all of us here at Backblaze are pretty excited about using these features for ourselves!<\/p>\n<p>A couple people asked, &#8220;How will Backblaze work with iCloud?&#8221;<br \/>\nThe answer? Seamlessly!<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>iCloud will sync your recent 30 days of photos across devices and recommends you store all the pictures you want to keep permanently on your Mac; Backblaze will ensure ALL your photos stored on your Mac are safe forever.<\/li>\n<li>iCloud will sync files from compatible apps; Backblaze will backup all data.<\/li>\n<li>iCloud will have 5GB of storage; Backblaze is committed to unlimited online backup.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>We are very excited by Apple&#8217;s new features and looking forward to using them!<br \/>\nAnd you can continue to look forward to having all of your data completely protected by Backblaze!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday, Apple announced iCloud, launching in the fall, which lets you sync music, photos, apps, calendars, etc. between your iPhone, iPad, and Mac. As Mac-fans, all of us here at Backblaze are pretty excited about using these features for ourselves! A couple people asked, &#8220;How will Backblaze work with iCloud?&#8221; The answer? 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