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Apple Drops iCloud Support for iOS 10 and macOS Sierra

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Apple devices that are running iOS 10 or macOS Sierra no longer meet the minimum system requirements for iCloud, according to Apple's updated iCloud support document.

iCloud General Feature Redux
All ‌iCloud‌ features now require iOS 11 or macOS High Sierra at minimum. ‌iCloud‌ services like Keychain, iCloud Photos, ‌iCloud‌ backups, Find My, and iCloud Drive will no longer work on devices that are running iOS 10 or macOS Sierra.

iOS 10 and macOS Sierra launched in September 2016, which means the updates are now nine years old. iOS 10 was the final version of iOS available for the iPhone 5 (2012) and the iPhone 5c (2013), along with the fourth-generation iPad (2012). These devices will no longer be able to access ‌iCloud‌ services.

macOS High Sierra was compatible with all Macs running macOS Sierra, so there are no Macs that are losing ‌iCloud‌ support with the compatibility change unless those Macs have not been updated to the last version of macOS they support.

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woolypants
7 months ago
I'm a little surprised at this. Yes, it's tricky to support a nine-year-old OS. But I thought this was something Apple prioritised. You can still access iMessage using some very old iPhones, for example.

It's also yet another reminder that "the cloud" is not really a permanent storage medium that's comparable to, say, a archival DVD-R. It's inherently transitory.
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JohannesO
7 months ago
High Sierra already lost App Store support.
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montuori
7 months ago

It's also yet another reminder that "the cloud" is not really a permanent storage medium that's comparable to, say, a archival DVD-R. It's inherently transitory.
I'd like to see a DVD-R with Google Cloud Storage's 11 9s durability.
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SnowPenguin
7 months ago
Whoa, they supported them for so long.
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DHagan4755
7 months ago
Was there any warning or did they just yank support?
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spyguy10709
7 months ago

I'd like to see a DVD-R with Google Cloud Storage's 11 9s durability.
Google Cloud actually lost some of my videos from around a decade ago (load to a fragmented MP4 when I KNOW they played fine a few years back), so I wouldn't be too sure of anything google publishes regarding data reliability anymore
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