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iCloud.com: How to restore deleted files, contacts, calendars and reminders

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Have you ever deleted a file only to remember you needed it for something important? It has happened to the best of us and we normally find ourselves digging through the desktop trash can. Now, thanks to iCloud.com, you can restore files, contacts and calendars with a few clicks. This is one feature you’ll love from iCloud.com, which is the desktop browser based platform for files that come from your iPad, iPhone and Mac devices.

Follow these steps to recover your deleted files from iCloud.com:

1. Visit iCloud.com, Login and click Settings. (iCloud Login)

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iCloud.com Login Screen

2. In the lower right hand corner of the Settings page, under Advanced, click Restore Files.

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Advanced Section of iCloud Settings

3. On the Restore Files page select the file which you wish to recover and click Restore Files.

Note: You’ll notice next to your deleted documents it will show the days remaining before deletion, after that date all documents will be permanently deleted. It might be a good idea to check this page from time to time to ensure you are not losing important files accidentally.

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Restore Files Page on i Cloud.com

Additionally you’ll notice you can recover deleted Contacts. Simply follow the same procedure above and navigate to the Restore Contacts tab. When you click Restore Contacts you will restore deleted contacts you may have trashed accidentally. Once a week iCloud archives all your contacts.

Warning: Restoring an archive will replace all your current contacts, which means contacts you deleted will be recovered, but you will lose any you have added since the date shown.

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iCloud Deleted Contacts

Calendars and reminders are also archived, however iCloud backs up this data on a daily basis instead of weekly like the contacts. This is probably due to the fact that calendars and reminders are accessed more frequently. Warning: When you restore a calendar archive all sharing information is removed. Additionally all scheduled events are cancelled and recreated.

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iCloud.com Restore Calendars

We are happy to see Apple create this iCloud.com restore files function as I’m sure it will be a life saver for some of us. If you need additional help Apple has set up an iCloud support page and knowledge base.

 

Mac

Incase ICON 15.6″ Laptop Backpack designed for MacBook users

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Incase’s 15.6’’ ICON Laptop Backpack is a great tech bag for an office or back-to-school. It’s sleek, svelte, and unassuming. The bag has simple but sophisticated design, like its dedicated pocket for both a laptop and tablet. Let’s get to a features breakdown.

Features:

  • The ICON easily accommodates all 15’’ laptops in its dedicated padded laptop compartment, lined with faux fur.
  • Full dimensions: 19’’ x 13’’ x 9’’
  • Made with heavy 840d nylon.
  • Main feature: dedicated pockets. Gear pockets, cable/pen sleeves, books pocket, battery pocket, phone pocket, laptop pocket, tablet pocket.

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This bag stands out because of the immense amount of thought and care taken in designing the compartments. This is truly the best MacBook Backpack on the market today. The material is durable, but the design is what’s key. The bag prevents disorganization by having pockets for everything you’d need, and no extraneous features that take up space. The dedicated tablet pocket is on the side of the backpack, allowing it to be accessed without taking off the bag.

The laptop pocket has a tough zipper, big square edges, faux fur, and padding on the back, for real protection. The book bag compartment is big enough to carry probably three 1’’ binders or two large textbooks. In the front pockets, the accessory pockets, there are places for everything one needs to carry, like pens, cords, external drives, notepads, etc., and in the hip pockets there’s a compartment designed specifically for an external battery. A hole in the pocket allows a cord to run from the hip pocket into the main bag, for on-the-go charging.

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The bag is also very well designed with actual human use in mind, creating the ultimate MacBook Pro Backpack. The square edges of the laptop pocket prevent damage that regular bags can’t, and retrieving a laptop from the big square pocket is far easier than fishing one out of a crowded backpack with a traditional rounded, bag-like, top. The shoulder straps are thick and soft, and most importantly contain no pokey edges. The padding on the back of the backpack is tough (to protect the laptop) but is comfortable to wear and has an easy airflow design for those sweaty days.

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Overall this bag is perfect for students and professionals who need a solid backpack for MacBooks. People in tech that don’t want a briefcase and fans of well-designed accessories everywhere need to look no further. A well-designed bag can turn a hectic commute to a workaday job into a livable peaceable world. Don’t believe me? Count the number of times you’ve seen (or lived) some insignificant frustration, like digging though a bag for headphones, a folder, a hard drive, almost push someone over that 8AM edge.

A well-designed bag just makes organization easier, and that makes mornings and work easier. No more digging in the bottom of a case or bag amidst crumbs and loose pens, and receipts, this bag can regulate. In an age where colorful backpacks with one deep sack for everything to mingle in, the Incase ICON stands out in the crowd as a sleek alternative.

 

 

 

News

Apple’s not so hidden car project, code name Titan

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Last week a few exciting Apple rumors circulated the internet. Chief among them was the Apple car (code-named Project Titan) discussion, sparked from a Guardian exposé documenting Apple’s securing of facilities to test self-driving cars.

Unfortunately, it’s unlikely that a self-driving/electric Apple car would be in production soon, and very possible that Apple is indeed working on a car-related project like a car software platform, or other technologies to sell to carmakers.

However, there are a few indications that Apple might be going full on into the car manufacturing business with Project Titan. The partnership between Apple and German auto manufacturer BMW seem completely legitimate and very serious. According to The Verge Apple CEO Tim Cook met recently with BMW and toured the i3 facility. Further, The Guardian reported that Cook met with the head of Fiat, and that Apple vice-president Jeff Williams said the car is “the ultimate mobile device” and also noted that Apple is “exploring a lot of different markets”. The Guardian and Bloomberg also reported on Apple’s acquisitions of Silicon Valley auto experts, engineers from Tesla and Mercedes, and power experts from battery maker A123 Systems. Bloomberg reported on Project Titan, suggesting that Apple car is unlikely to see production until 2020.

If Apple really intends to make a car, partnering with an experienced car manufacturer is a necessity. Car making is very much a “brick-and-mortar proposition” for the electronics giant, as Kelly Blue Book analyst Mark DeLorenzo told Bloomberg. Apple has poached the talent (reportedly offering 250k signing bonuses and 60 percent raises to Tesla employees), but making a car is a different proposition.

Despite the tech giant having the cash resources for paying talent and R&D, it isn’t a foregone conclusion that Apple will be a success at car making, if that is indeed what they’re up to. Just look at the Tesla crossover, the Model X. It first debuted in 2012 and is only going to be available to consumers this fall. With all massive projects things take time, and if the incredible rumors and reports about Apple’s Project Titan are true, we’ll wait a bit longer for our Apple branded electric and fully autonomous car.

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Is Apple considering becoming a mobile carrier?

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On August 3, in a now unavailable page, Business Insider reported that Apple might becoming a mobile carrier by launching a mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) service in the US and Europe. This rumor got a lot of attention, because it would be amazing if it were true. Using an Apple SIM card to hop around mobile carrier networks depending on signal strength seems like a good business decision for Apple, and a good service for consumers. Apple, however, denied the rumors.

Apple already has Apple-SIM for iPads, which let Apple act as an MVNO, but has yet to expand this service to its iPhone. Although Apple has thus far denied the rumors, it is still very possible they may in the future launch a MNVO.

Currently there are many MNVOs regionally available, like Boost Mobile, TracFone, FamilyTalk Wireless, and many others. Apple becoming an international MNVO would be a serious move in this industry. Unfortunately, this rumor is still in “rumor” stage, where companies will publicly deny everything. Hopefully the Apple mobile carrier rumors will develop like the Apple car/Project Titan have, into real projects substantiated by more than unnamed sources.

Apple’s strong denial of the MNVO report suggests to some at The Verge that Apple might not be involved in becoming an MNVO at all. The usual response to a “true” rumor from the Cupertino company is silence.