Download Videos to iCloud: A Step-by-Step Guide
iCloud is a cloud storage service provided by Apple that allows users to access their content from various devices, including iPhones, iPads, MacBooks, and Windows computers. With the ability to store music files, documents, and photos directly on your device or in the cloud using iDrive (formerly known as iCloud Drive), you can easily share your media library with friends or colleagues.
In this guide will focus on how to download videos from various sources onto your iCloud storage account. This is particularly useful if you want to keep a local copy of your favorite YouTube videos, Vimeo clips, or movie trailers and access them whenever needed.
Step 1: Get Familiar With Your iCloud Storage
Before we proceed with the downlaoding process, take some time to understand how iCloud works:
- Sign in to your Apple ID account on any device where you have the iOS (iPad/iPhone) or macOS installed.
- In Settings app, tap [your name] > “iCloud,” then toggle each service ON/OFF. Make sure that both ‘Files’ and ‘iDrive’ are set to “ON” as we’ll spend these features for storing videos.
- Your iCloud storage is limited by Apple; the current default amount of free space is 5GB (1000MB), but you can upgrade to more at a relatively low cost.
Step 2: Choose A Video Downloader
There are multiple third-party apps available, each offering distinct features and compatibility with various operating systems. Some popular ones include:
- Folx: Allows downloading of video content from YouTube (YouTube) videos only.
- Viddy: Supports all major platforms; however, their pricing is limited to 2000 MB worth for free users.
In our demonstration here, we will use Folx due to its exclusive compatibility with iPhone/iPad operating system as well. However the steps are more general and could be used for any other compatible video downloader software:
- Download “Folx” from your device’s respective App Store (iPhone), PlayStore (Android) or MacBooks’ App store.
2 Ensure you have at least 100MB space available on both local storage area and in the iCloud, to account potential future usage of this feature.
Step 3: Get Started with The Downloading Process
- Open Folx by tapping its icon within your device’s home screen or launching from the app store.
2 To access all compatible apps for YouTube videos you need enable “Allow Access” after giving permission in your local permissions menu under ‘Settings’ -> [your name] and click on Settings.
Step 4: Locate Video You Want to Download
- In Folx, tap Videos and select Search button at bottom center.
2 Type the video’s title (e.g., The Walking Dead) or its keywords from YouTube search results in your device. A list of related videos will be generated below based upon that query.
Step 5: Select And Confirm Video For Downloading
1 Choose one desired clip and select “Download” icon for this particular video on screen.
2 Then choose ‘Save’ as, which you should have to iCloud Drive (remember steps here if your cloud storage service doesn’t exist already). A progress bar may be seen once the process is started; in some cases an additional pop-up message will appear after completion asking whether or not allow “Share This Content” via mail.
3. Now, all videos on this site can now download them with ease.
Additional Tips for Best Results
When it comes to using video downloading services like these there are several things you could do:
1 Be careful while installing and setting up software from unfamiliar websites that may provide malware threats.
2 Make sure your iCloud account has sufficient available space before trying the steps, as they would otherwise be unavailable without freeing enough storage area within the cloud.
3 Use compatible apps designed for either iPhone (iPhone) or Android-based operating systems.
In Conclusion
iCloud Drive gives you a chance to download video content from various sources. By following these step-by-step instructions with an app such like Folx, anyone can store and easily access videos stored on your device as well in the cloud without relying upon specific applications provided by each individual social network platform (e.g., YouTube). For people interested in using their personal iCloud for storing local media files from different sources this will provide them with a straightforward guide to help make that possible.