- [Narrator] Linking an iCloud to an iPhone or iPad
is pretty similar to linking to a Mac computer.
If you are setting up a brand new iPad or iPhone
out of the box, then this is one of the screens
that you'll see during that initial set up.
If you've got your account on hand
you can just sign in here
or, if you happen to have separate Apple ID accounts
for iCloud and the iTunes store,
you can tap the option at the bottom
to sign into them separately.
Either way, if you are setting up and iPhone or iPad
for the first time, this is a good opportunity to sign in
or, if you are using a device that is already set up
but you are not signed into your account
or if you don't know whether you're signed in,
you can go to the settings.
So I'll tap the Settings button here on the home screen.
I'm doing this on an iPhone,
but it works exactly the same on an iPad,
and the options for Apple ID or iCloud
are up at the top of this screen.
So if you don't see that,
make sure you scroll all the way up at the top
so you see that line.
If you are already signed in,
you will see your name there.
Since I am not already signed,
I can just tap on that,
and then I'll be prompted to sign into my account.
So first I'll put in the email address
for my iCloud account, then I'll tap Next
on the top right corner, and put in my password,
and then I'll tap Next again.
If it asks for a verification code
that's because you have two-factor authentication enabled.
There's another movie in this course all about that,
but, in my case, since I do already have my account
set up on my computer, I'm going to receive
the verification code there.
So I'm going to jump over to my computer.
So here on my computer I have this notification.
I'll click Allow, and it gives me that verification code.
So now I'm going to go back to my iPhone,
and I'll put in that code,
and we'll give this a moment to sign in.
Also, if you have your iCloud account
linked to other computer or devices,
it may ask for the password you used
to sign into one or more of those.
Just an extra security step.
But now I'm all signed in.
My iCloud account is linked to my iPhone,
but let's back up and see something.
I'm going to tap the Back button in the top left corner,
and then I'm going to close the Settings app.
So we're starting here from the main screen.
Whenever you need to check your iCloud settings,
just go into Settings.
I can see my name up at the top,
which tells me I am signed in.
So I can tap on that,
and here's some information about my Apple ID.
If you go to the Password & Security section,
you can change your password.
I'll tap the back button in the top left.
If you go over to Payment & Shipping
you can link a credit card,
which you will need if you are buying extra add-on services
or if you're using the same account for
the Music Store or the App Store.
I'll tap the back button again in the top left,
and if you scroll all the way down to the bottom
there's an option to sign out
if you ever need to unlink your account
from this device later.
But the main thing we want to see here
is the button labeled iCloud.
So I'll tap on that,
and here we can see all of the iCloud services
that are available to be used with your iPhone or iPad.
We will work with most of the features
as we go through this course,
but, for example, when we talk about calendar syncing,
you need to make sure that calendar syncing
is turned on here or that feature just will not work.
But you can feel free to enable to disable
any of these services at any time.
You can link your iCloud account to
as many devices as you want.
If you want to synchronize data between a computer,
an iPhone, and two iPads, feel free to set up
your iCloud account on all of those.