Apple quietly announces great news about iCloud storage
Apple just changed how much you'll have to shell out for extra cloud storage -- and in a good way.
One of the many announcements at Apple's annual developers conference, WWDC, was new iCloud pricing and a family plan.
The first big change is the elimination of 1TB storage. Instead you can buy 2TB for $9.99 per month -- that's what the 1TB cost before the changes. Other storage options are 50GB for 99 cents per month or 200GB for $2.99 per month.
You still only get 5GB of free storage when you sign up though -- sorry.
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But now you can get double the space for the same 10 bucks. If you already were on the 1TB plan you'll get automatically upgraded to the biggest plan.
Mashable chief tech correspondent Lance Ulanoff had anticipated a pricing change in his WWDC preview, "I also hope Apple further lowers the price of iCloud storage to make it more attractive for businesses and individuals."
So here we are.
People seem most pumped about the iCloud Family Sharing plan. Everyone can split just one storage plan in iOS11 and macOS High Sierra.
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The new pricing is is already available on all iOS devices. So if you need more space, go get it.
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Sasha is a news writer at Mashable's San Francisco office. She's an SF native who went to UC Davis and later received her master's from the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism. She's been reporting out of her hometown over the years at Bay City News (news wire), SFGate (the San Francisco Chronicle website), and even made it out of California to write for the Chicago Tribune. She's been described as a bookworm and a gym rat.
