Apple's iCloud.com becomes more customizable with updates to Photos, Mail, and more

Apple's iCloud.com is becoming something you'll actually want to use.
By Stan Schroeder  on 
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Need yet another email address? Apple's got you covered. Credit: Stan Schroeder/Mashale

Apple seems really intent on turning iCloud.com into something people actually use daily.

Last year, the company redesigned the iCloud.com page, which is essentially a repository of all the stuff you keep in your iCloud, to be more customizable and easier to use.

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You can now set up a quick photo slideshow directly on iCloud.com. Credit: Stan Schroeder/Mashable

Now, the company has taken it a step further. All of the key apps on iCloud.com have been upgraded with new functionality. For example, the Photos app can now show you Memories, which are curated collections of your photos, as well as full screen slideshows of the photos you choose. Notes now let you link to other notes, and share folders; search within the app has also been improved.

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And Mail now lets you create an @icloud.com email address from the web, with the ability to undo a sent message.

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Want an @icloud.com email address? Now you can set one up directly on icloud.com. Credit: Stan Schroeder/Mashable

More broadly, all of the app widgets on iCloud.com are more functional, allowing you to delete an email, download a document, or preview a photo in Drive right there from the homepage.

Those willing to try using iCloud.com on their desktop computer more frequently might find another feature useful: Browser notifications. If you allow it, iCloud will now notify you of new emails and calendar events in your browser.

Apple also recently introduced new, more generous iCloud+ plans: 6TB for $29.99 per month and 12TB for $59.99 per month.

I still don't see myself relying primarily on iCloud.com, mostly because it's just easier to use certain apps (Find My comes to mind) and perform certain actions (like changing your iCloud plan) directly on Apple devices. But with all these changes, iCloud.com has become a usable tool for handling the data you keep in iCloud.

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Stan Schroeder
Stan Schroeder
Senior Editor

Stan is a Senior Editor at Mashable, where he has worked since 2007. He's got more battery-powered gadgets and band t-shirts than you. He writes about the next groundbreaking thing. Typically, this is a phone, a coin, or a car. His ultimate goal is to know something about everything.


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