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Best Android Apps, iCloud,

and Apple Keychain

By Bob DeLaurentis
Q. I got first Android smart-phone holi- ance is too small except for a single device backup,
days. Which apps consider so figure on about a dollar a month per device.
A. in class apps for Android are not hard to find. any devices connected to iCloud, your per-
Depending on your phone many of them sonal data will exist in at least three different places,
may already be installed. is· quick roundup of which creates an unprecedented of safe data
apps on play.google.com I you consider: storage and ease of use.
*Google Maps. The first and best of its iCloud has the potential to complete- change your
kind, Google Maps will help your find your place in computing life for the better, even you only have
the Pair Waze for driving directions. one device. The sooner you begin explor- all it
to offer, sooner you will no longer have worry
* Podcast Addict. There is no short-age of how to safeguard your data.
apps. This app a place experience
what have to offer. Q. What is the Apple Keychain, how well does it
and what are strengths and weaknesses?
* Internet's video net-
work is best of and the app is one of A. Apple's Keychain is of technologies that
Google's better efforts. YouTube does music. does not get enough attention, considering how well
There is a separate app for YouTube Music. it works and how easy it can be to organ-ize and use
passwords.
*Heynote is a little utility app that
Home Screen into a personal note. for Each Mac and iOS device
keeping important thought top-of-mind. has its own Keychain that
stores usernames and pass-
has been for a very long
an op-
time. It presents just about every meteorological da- words. There is information
tion
share
ta point you could wish for.
between devices
*Zedge is a source of cus-tom wall- iCloud Keychain.
papers and
Keychain works with
Q. What is- Apple iCloud? . apps, most notably Safari. It
will prompt to save a
A. iCloud protects different cate-gories of personal user1ame and password website accounts, and it
data and copies your data to every Apple device you will use those same credentials each time return,
own. making subsequent logins simple.
Take for example. iPhone is a great All of the passwords in a Keychain are
camera, in reach. But small screen is a master password, which is usually the same as the
not ideal for photo editing. iCloud Photo Li- word used to unlock the device. On a Mac,
brary, the images taken on the phone are Keychain is primarily managed in Safari Prefer-
transferred your other iCloud devices.
can device to edit photos, and all ences. On iPhone and iPad, the passwords have
their own section in Settings.
changes are automatically shared with each device.
Keychain's behavior differs with dif-ferent devices
This process be repeated your iCloud and software versions, which might be confusing at
data. Make a grocery list · on the iPad, the list auto- first. But patience pays off. Once set up,
matically · appears on your phone. Add a book- will care of remember- site logins, and it
Safari, page Safari's Reading List, and
the changes are mirrored on your other iCloud de- will you a password for a specific site is
vices.
Keychain relies on cryptography remain-
There are a few things to watch out for. iCloud ing simple to use. It appears you need it and
works best on newer hard-ware and software, gets out the way you finished.
tread lightly with older devices. Good network con-
nections are also The free storage allow-

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