iCloud preferences

Account Details

View or change your account information, including your name and picture, email and street addresses, email preferences, security settings, iCloud devices, and payment method.

Set Up Family

You see this button if you haven’t joined a family. Click it to set up Family Sharing.

Manage Family

You see this button if:

• You received an invitation and want to join a family.

• You’re a family member and want to stop sharing your purchases, stop sharing your devices’ locations with other family members, or leave the family.

• You’re the family organizer and want to manage the family, for example to add members or resend an invitation to join, or to control young family members’ spending.

Sign Out

Stop using iCloud on this Mac. See If you sign out of iCloud.

List of iCloud features

Select the iCloud features you want to use. The following features have an Options button or a Details button:

iCloud Drive: If iCloud Drive is turned on, click Options to select:

• Whether to store your Desktop and Documents folders in iCloud Drive. See Store your desktop and documents in iCloud Drive.

• Which apps use your iCloud storage.

• Which apps let other people look you up by your email address (the one you use as your Apple ID for iCloud).

Photos: If iCloud Photos is turned on, click Options to turn the following features on or off:

• iCloud Photo Library: See Use iCloud Photo Library to store, share, and manage your photos in iCloud.

• My Photo Stream: See Use My Photo Stream to access recent photos from all your devices.

• iCloud Photo Sharing: See What is iCloud Photo Sharing?.

On a Mac with Aperture installed, see Aperture Help for information about these last two features.

Keychain: If Keychain is turned on and an Options button appears, click it to change:

• Whether your iCloud Security Code can be used to approve iCloud Keychain on new devices

• The iCloud Security Code and the phone number used to verify your identity after you use the iCloud Security Code

If “Waiting for approval” appears below Keychain, click Options to enter your iCloud Security Code instead of approving this Mac from another device. If you forgot your code, you can reset iCloud Keychain.

If there isn’t an Options button next to Keychain, your Apple ID is set up for two-factor authentication. In this case, when you set up iCloud on a new device, you allow the device to use your iCloud data simply by entering the login password or passcode of your Mac or iOS device that already has iCloud set up.

Find My Mac: If “Location Services is off” appears below Find My Mac, click Details, then follow the onscreen instructions so you can locate this Mac.

Manage

Manage your iCloud storage. You can:

• Change your iCloud storage plan

• Remove an iOS device backup

• Delete all photos and videos from iCloud Photo Library on your Mac

• Permanently remove all documents and data for an app