Apple has opened the doors to its iTunes Match service. For $24.99 per year, users can synchronize their digital music collection with Apple’s iCloud service. What that means is that you don’t need to upload your entire digital music collection to the cloud. Just download iTunes 10.5.1 on your Windows or Mac computer and it will scan your music and figure out if there’s already… Read more »

Apple’s new iCloud service lets iOS users sync their data using Apple’s servers. This lets you access your email, contacts, calendars, browser bookmarks, and photos from any device with a supported web browser. It also lets you synchronize your data between devices so that photos you snap on your iPhone will automatically show up on your iPad, or web pages you bookmark on your Mac… Read more »

Apple has announced that MobileMe users who are migrating to the new iCloud service will retain the extra storage space they’ve already paid for. For the most part iCloud will replace MobileMe and offer additional features such as the ability to sync music and apps between your iPhone, iPod touch, or iPad and the cloud. The free iCloud service offers user 5GB of storage, while… Read more »

Apple’s new iCloud service will allow iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad users running iOS 5 and up to store their music, contacts, documents, and other data online. The service will also store a history of apps you download from the App Store and media you purchase from iTunes, allowing you to re-download items at any time. Today Apple opened up iCloud to developers. If you… Read more »

Apple rolled out a software update for the second generation Apple TV. No, it doesn’t add support for third party apps from the App Store yet, but Apple TV OS 4.3 does have a couple of nifty new features, including: You can now purchase TV shows from the Apple TV (previously you could only rent them). Once you purchase a show on an Apple TV… Read more »

Apple will kill off the MobileMe service when iCloud fully launches later this year. That won’t be a problem for many users, since most of MobileMe’s features will be available for free as part of the iCloud service. But Apple published a new FAQ today looking at the transition from one cloud service to the next. The good news is that like MobileMe, iCloud will… Read more »

Apple has released the minimum specs for using the upcoming iCloud service. We already knew that you would need iOS 5 to get all of the features, although iTunes in the Cloud and automatic downloads are already live. But Apple is also making it clear that if you’re using a Mac you’ll need to have OS X 10.7 Lion installed. That’s not too bad, since… Read more »

Apple introduced its new iCloud service to much fanfare yesterday, offering a way to synchronize your music, documents, photos, contacts, and apps across multiple devices. The full iCloud service goes live this fall, but some portions are already working. But Apple is hardly the first company to bring cloud-based services to mobile devices. Google Android users have long been able to sync contacts, appointments, and… Read more »

Apple won’t fully roll out its new iCloud service until this fall, but the company is already allowing users to upload their music collections to iCloud. And this afternoon the company rolled out another piece of the puzzle. If you’re using multiple iOS devices you can now go into the “Store” section in the Settings menu to enable Automatic Downloads. This allows you to automatically… Read more »

Apple has added a new feature to the App Store which lets you see a list of all the apps you’ve already “purchased,” whether or not they’re currently on your device. Previously you had to go to iTunes on your PC or Mac to see this list. Now you just need to fire up the App Store on your mobile device and click the new… Read more »