There has been a lot of talk about storing things in the cloud. There was even a movie made about a couple's hilarious attempt and retrieving a movie that had uploaded to 'the cloud'. All through the movie, they talk about the cloud as if it is some all-seeing, all powerful being that no one understands. And while that is an exaggeration, the fact remains that people still don't know a whole lot about cloud storage.

Although the word cloud may seem like it is in reference to the weather, it's not. It has nothing to do with the weather or actual clouds in the sky. The cloud is simply a place where you store data. You can store data on your computer. You can store data on flash drive. And you can store data in other places as well. Added references about iCloud are available in this site. The cloud is an offsite place to store data that is run by a third party. So essentially, it is like renting a brick and mortar storage unit where you might keep a classic car or something else you treasure but don't have space for in your home.

So why would someone want to use cloud storage you ask? Well, there are several reasons. As mentioned above, they might not have the space for their data. Another reason is that when you store your data in the cloud, you can retrieve that data from anywhere. Storing things on your computer or flash drive means needing to have those things in your possession in order to get your data. Imagine working on a project for work and realizing you left your laptop at home on the day you were supposed to present your ideas. If you only had you project details stored to the hard drive on your laptop you could be in trouble. Also, if you store in the cloud, you and a co-worker could work on that project together because cloud storing allows more than one person to have access to data.

Many people register an icloud login account to use cloud storage as a backup plan. In addition to storing things on their hard drive they also store them with a cloud storage company. This is a great idea since nowadays people have so much important information on their computers. If you are like most people, your life would be turned upside down if you lost your computer. People live on their computers these days and much of the information stored on their computer needs to be doubly protected.