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Apple Upgrading Existing iCloud Subscribers to More Affordable Plans

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zipper77

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I switched to the more affordable plan on my own. Does that mean I'll be penalized and not receive a prorated refund?
 
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legacyb4

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I was on 15GB (adding 10GB @ $20/year to free 5GB) and got bumped to 20GB (15GB + 5GB) at a grandfathered annual rate of $10.99 as well.

Wondering how far up the scale people get grandfathered in at the annual rate?

richard4339 said:
The 25gb version makes perfect sense. I wonder what they'll change my wife to: she has the 15gb plan right now.
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Populism

Populism

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Jun 11, 2014
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Since 2005, when I first got on board the Apple train, I get an email like this every two or three years.

"Your .Mac account subscription is about to expire."

"Your .Mac account is turning into MobileMe."

"Your MobileMe account is about to expire."

"Your MobileMe account is turning into iCloud."

"Your iCloud account is about to expire."

"We are refunding you $1.69." [the email I received last night]

I wonder what it will be next year.

"You iCloud account is turning into Lana Del Rey. She's seated next to you. Now."

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Icaras said:
I'm still waiting to see how Apple will handle the iPhoto/Aperature to iCloud Photos migration on OS X Yosemite before I upgrade my iCloud storage plan.
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Good point. That's going to be a big riddle for Apple articulate and solve at some Apple event in the near future: (1) cloud storage space, (2) device storage space, (3) security of photo stream, and (4) friendlier/more practical control over photo stream, wherever you are, on whatever device.
 
JungleNYC

JungleNYC

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Apr 11, 2014
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Anyone know if the new iCloud will have Dropbox-like features? Like link sharing, etc?
 
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scott523

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Sep 8, 2006
870
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Saint Charles, MO
So I'm on hold with Apple about getting some prorated credit from the 15GB $20 iCloud purchased in June and this specialist say I can't because the storage was already used.

Does this make any sense? I told her to go talk to her boss.

Edit: Phew! After two holds including a visit to a senior advisor, she said I was automatically given a prorated credit even after jumping the gun on the new plans. She apologized about before, saying she didn't have the ability to see the refund I was given. I have yet to see the credit so I hope it's just late. $14.68 worth saving if I get it.
 
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chillywilly

chillywilly

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rdlink said:
I think you have your answer. Looks like your iCloud photo library is going to count against your total now. But it also looks like that will take your iDevice backups way down. So, if I am looking at this correctly, both of my iDevices, which were multiple GBs each before are now down below 1GB each. I attribute this to the fact that they have removed the photos from each of my iDevice backups.
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From your screenshot, I am looking at the same screen on my iPad and am not seeing iCloud Photo Library (my iPad is on iOS 7.1.2). I wonder what determines when it will start counting against my iCloud storage?
 
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ajahn5

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Jun 23, 2011
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One concern I have with the cloud and storing and syncing everything. My kid has limited bandwidth. Now he takes a picture at school and it gets pushed up to the cloud. That's eating into his data plan. I know you can turn it off, but as cloud computing keeps growing, providers need to realize that limiting data is ridiculous. Reminds me of the days when you had to pay to make a long distance phone call. I'm still grandfathered in with unlimited data, but the kids aren't and the default amount is a total joke.
 
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jayes

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Oct 11, 2011
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I had the 15 gb of storage too. My renewal was 8/1 and I just paid $20.

I did not get an email yesterday telling me they would refund the diffference in the old and new plans. However, sometime overnight, it went to 20 gb for $10.99. Nice. But that is only visible if I look under CHANGE STORAGE PLAN. If I look at the Storage and Backup Page, it still says I have a total of 15 GB, not 20 gb? Anyone else have this inconsistency?

UPDATE: Storage on my phone (and imac) has updated to show 20 GB. But still no email saying if there is a refund.

UPDATE TO THE UPDATE:
From Apple...
Your plan has been upgraded from 15 GB of total storage at $20.00 a year to 20 GB at just $10.99 a year. You will receive a prorated refund of $8.05, which is based on the price reduction and the remaining months on your subscription.
 
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burgman

burgman

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Sep 24, 2013
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ajahn5 said:
One concern I have with the cloud and storing and syncing everything. My kid has limited bandwidth. Now he takes a picture at school and it gets pushed up to the cloud. That's eating into his data plan. I know you can turn it off, but as cloud computing keeps growing, providers need to realize that limiting data is ridiculous. Reminds me of the days when you had to pay to make a long distance phone call. I'm still grandfathered in with unlimited data, but the kids aren't and the default amount is a total joke.
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Well you could stop being cheap and pay for more data for your kids. Or turn off cell data use and sync over WiFi only. :cool:
 
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miraimatt

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Sep 11, 2014
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jayes said:
I had the 15 gb of storage too. My renewal was 8/1 and I just paid $20.

I did not get an email yesterday telling me they would refund the diffference in the old and new plans. However, sometime overnight, it went to 20 gb for $10.99. Nice. But that is only visible if I look under CHANGE STORAGE PLAN. If I look at the Storage and Backup Page, it still says I have a total of 15 GB, not 20 gb? Anyone else have this inconsistency?
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This is exactly my situation too, except that I purchased my plan in March. I haven't received any emails about it yet, so I'm hoping it'll sort itself out sometime soon.
 
Swampbaby985

Swampbaby985

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Nov 25, 2013
197
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East Texas
I just got the email saying I'd get a refund of $25.09. However what the email didn't mention is how or when I'd get this refund. Does anyone know how or when we get our refunds?


We recently announced new, more affordable iCloud storage plans. As a thank you for being a current iCloud storage plan subscriber, we’ve upgraded your storage plan and you will be receiving a refund based on the reduced plan price.
Your plan has been upgraded from 25 GB of total storage at $40.00 a year to 25 GB at just $11.99 a year. You will receive a prorated refund of $25.09, which is based on the price reduction and the remaining months on your subscription. On August 2, 2015 this 25 GB plan will automatically renew and you will be charged $11.99.
We upgraded our storage plans so you can get the most out of our new features like iCloud Drive, which lets you store and access any type of file from all your devices. All edits you make are automatically updated, which means you’ll always have access to the latest version of all your documents.
If you need more storage, you can choose a different plan from iCloud Settings at any time, right from your iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, Mac, or PC. Learn more about iCloud storage pricing >
The iCloud Team
 
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jayes

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Oct 11, 2011
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The new storage plans seem odd to me. The jump from 20GB to 200 GB leaves a whole lot of people either under or over buying storage. Why not a few steps in between? Like 50 GB and 100 GB? I definitely don't need 200 GB but if I buy the 64 gb phone, 20 might not be enough.
 
garylapointe

garylapointe

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garylapointe said:
That's why I didn't switch yet. Although, I don't know if they'll grandfather us in for this, I think it's going to be an all or nothing with the way photo storage works.
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Looks like it doesn't matter, they forced me to upgrade (but at a 89 cents a year savings).

Gary
 

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Szmekken

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rdlink said:
I think you have your answer. Looks like your iCloud photo library is going to count against your total now. But it also looks like that will take your iDevice backups way down. So, if I am looking at this correctly, both of my iDevices, which were multiple GBs each before are now down below 1GB each. I attribute this to the fact that they have removed the photos from each of my iDevice backups.
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How do you make the "iCloud Photo Library" appear? I have iOS 8 on both my iPhone and my iPad.
 
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Stingfist

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Aug 7, 2014
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APlotdevice said:
You mean for your Mac? Eh, that would be problematic. A 200GB plan would only be enough for the 128GB Macbook Air. And even the 1TB plan wouldn't suffice for an iMac.
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And also the ridiculous 1tb+ uploads per month to iCloud backups...
 
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