With this in mind, it could be possible to backup the Mac and keep within the 55GB limit. The company is also fond of reinventing the wheel. But Apple has a knack for charging a premium for a simpler solution. It also wouldn’t compete well with other solutions like CrashPlan and Carbonite which back up your entire computer regardless of the capacity at a low cost. For starters, it would require a lot more space than the maximum amount of storage currently offers to do a complete backup image. There are justified arguments for why Apple is not doing this. So why can’t Apple use some of that space to backup essential system data as well? The only things that this storage will be used for is saved Photos, Documents, and iOS backups. Photo Stream, Songs in iTunes Match, Apps and iBooks won’t take up any of the storage Apple offers. Since a lot of the data you purchase from Apple doesn’t count toward your allotted storage. So this leaves me wondering what customers will do with all the space they’ve purchased.Įven with your iOS devices, it might be difficult to actually utilize the full 55 gigs. Apple’s iCloud storage offers up to 55GB’s of storage. There’s been no indication that backing up your full Mac system is anywhere on Apple’s road map.
It also offers a backup solution for iDevices - but not the system.
Mountain Lion will have standalone apps including Messages, Reminders, Notes, Game Center and Notification Center. Apple’s Mountain Lion - due out this summer - takes a number of steps to make it more iCloud compatible.
But it hasn’t been completely integrated into OS X. So far iCloud has been tailored for use with the iPhone, iPod touch and iPad. Not in OS X Lion, and from the looks of it, not in Mountain Lion either.
I just bought as much space as I could on iCloud, can I back my Mac up to it?Īfter searching long and hard for what I thought you can do, I came to the realization that you can’t.
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