After having recently upgraded the family iPad2 to the Apple iOS6 operating system, the many new features that make integration to the iCloud needed to be configured across all family iPhones and the MacBook Air our family shares. Our family went to the local Apple Store and the Genius Bar there to have a member of the staff assist us in solving account conflicts as well. The picture to the left was taken in our local store. Visiting the Apple Genius Bar in a Local Apple Store As our family is entirely running Apple iPhones, iPads and MacBook Air PCs, we chose to visit the Genius Bar and determine how best to make the devices work together better. There had been conflicts across each specific account, with logins often being required for various application updates on certain family members' iPhones and not on others. Each device had been updated with iOS 6. The iCloud feature had kept all the data in the right accounts and even backed up everyone's iPhone, the family iPad2 and MacBook Air, all without any of the family specifically forcing it to. The staff at the Genius Bar explained that this is how the new operating system is configured, and that irrespective of authentication to get into the Apps Store the specific accounts for each device were still recognized by iCloud and used to back up each device. As our family routinely uses these devices for homework and outside projects, that was a welcome relief. The account authentication issue had been caused by the primary account owner's ID being the default login on all devices. The expert at the Genius Bar was able to solve the problem within five minutes and had it replicate across all the devices immediately on the store's Wi-Fi system. The Genius Bar expert also showed how each iPad in the family is backed up and how the iCloud can be configured to store all e-mail archives as well. This was extremely useful for my parents, who run a business and need to have constant back-ups of all their correspondence.
iCloud and iOS 6 Integration- Field Trip to Apple Genius Bar
Apple iCloud and iOS 6 Integration- Field Trip to Apple Genius Bar
Description of the Event
After having recently upgraded the family iPad2 to the Apple iOS6 operating system, the many new features that make integration to the iCloud needed to be configured across all family iPhones and the MacBook Air our family shares. Our family went to the local Apple Store and the Genius Bar there to have a member of the staff assist us in solving account conflicts as well. The picture to the left was taken in our local store.
Visiting the Apple Genius Bar in a Local Apple Store
As our family is entirely running Apple iPhones, iPads and MacBook Air PCs, we chose to visit the Genius Bar and determine how best to make the devices work together better. There had been conflicts across each specific account, with logins often being required for various application updates on certain family members' iPhones and not on others. Each device had been updated with iOS 6. The iCloud feature had kept all the data in the right accounts and even backed up everyone's iPhone, the family iPad2 and MacBook Air, all without any of the family specifically forcing it to. The staff at the Genius Bar explained that this is how the new operating system is configured, and that irrespective of authentication to get into the Apps Store the specific accounts for each device were still recognized by iCloud and used to back up each device. As our family routinely uses these devices for homework and outside projects, that was a welcome relief. The account authentication issue had been caused by the primary account owner's ID being the default login on all devices. The expert at the Genius Bar was able to solve the problem within five minutes and had it replicate across all the devices immediately on the store's Wi-Fi system.
The Genius Bar expert also showed how each iPad in the family is backed up and how the iCloud can be configured to store all e-mail archives as well. This was extremely useful for my parents, who run a business and need to have constant back-ups of all their correspondence.
iCloud is also easily used for checking the relative level of storage used to a specific point in time, in addition to purchasing additional memory as well. From watching the Genius Bar expert work through these options, it is apparent that our family consumes a large amount of storage across all devices, but especially the MacBook Air. As each device in the family has 5GB and is about to run out, we upgraded each iCloud memory configuration at the store, although it is also possible to do this online as well.
We purchased a 100GB upgrade for the MacBook Air, and also added a 50GB upgrade for the iPad2. The ease of doing this was impressive and we were able to also get the iCloud options configured to be consistent across all devices. The options for what to store and how to archive it was impressive. Apple has made usability and streamline configuration of the iCloud a high priority and it shows.
Lessons Learned
The value of the Genius Bar was evident in how quickly the problem was solved. The expert also explained each of the new features of the iOS operating system and showed how the iCloud tabs in Safari were replicated in real-time to the iCloud storage locations for each device. The expert also showed how to configure the Do Not Disturb feature so notifications would not come on in the middle of the night, and that only certain calls or texts would be delivered. This feature is one of the most requested by Apple customers today, as Android supports this feature of privacy today (Frakes, 54). We also learned about how the iOS operating system supports an offline reading list, and can be configured to support references to iBooks and the Bookshelf as well (Frakes, 54).
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