Once you've upgraded your iPhone to iOS 5, you'll want to set up iCloud, but the default settings will leave you without much storage room to spare. Find out how to maximize your back-up space.

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Buy more storage in iCloud > ‘Manage Storage’ > ‘Change Storage Plan’. Alternatively, head into Backups, choose your device, and figure out if there’s any data you can do without if everything goes ...

If you’re a member of the iCloud+ club, you can also use a custom email domain—something like [email protected]—with ...

To see where you stand, head to Settings → General → iPhone Storage. If Photos is high up on the list, turning on optimized storage for iCloud Photos can help out.

The third section in iCloud Settings displays what devices are associated with your iCloud account. For any device beside an iPhone 6 or 6 Pus, clicking on it only displays the Serial Number.

How to set up iCloud Drive . You'll need to turn on iCloud Drive on all your devices for your information to sync across them. On iPhone or iPad. 1. Open the Settings app. 2.

Tap your name at the top of the main settings menu. Tap iCloud. Tap Private Relay. Tap IP Address Location. Select Maintain General Location (the default) or Use Country and Time Zone.

But I still recommend Photos and iCloud Photo Library, new features that topped my “favorite new Apple things from 2015 that will last for years” list, just not with the default setup.