Share your location with family members. Family members can share their location by tapping Settings > iCloud > Share My Location (under Advanced). To find a family member’s location, use the Find My Friends app (download it for free from the App Store). Or, use the Messages app (iOS 8 required). For more information about using Messages to share or view locations, see Share photos, videos, your location, and more on page 51.
Keep track of your family’s devices. If family members have enabled Share My Location in iCloud, you can help them locate missing devices. Open Find My iPhone on your device or at iCloud.com. For more information, see Find My iPad on page 44.
Leave Family Sharing. Go to Settings > iCloud > Family, then tap Leave Family Sharing. If you are the organizer, go to Settings > iCloud > Family, tap your name, then tap Stop Family Sharing. For more information, see support.apple.com/kb/HT201081.
iCloud Drive
About iCloud Drive
iCloud Drive stores your presentations, spreadsheets, PDFs, images, and any other kind of document in iCloud so you can access these documents from any of your devices set up with iCloud. It allows your apps to share documents so you can work on the same file across multiple apps.
iCloud Drive works with devices with iOS 8, Mac computers with OS X Yosemite, PCs with iCloud for Windows 4.0, or on iCloud.com. To access iCloud Drive, you must be signed in to iCloud using your Apple ID. iCloud Drive is integrated with Pages, Numbers, Keynote, GarageBand, and some
Note: iCloud Drive is automatically turned on for new accounts and users (iOS 8 or later).
Set up iCloud Drive
If iCloud Drive is not turned on, you can set it up using Setup Assistant when you install iOS 8, or you can set it up later in Settings. iCloud Drive is an upgrade to Documents & Data. When you upgrade to iCloud Drive, your documents are copied to iCloud Drive and become available on your devices using iCloud Drive. You won’t be able to access the documents stored in iCloud Drive on your other devices until they are also upgraded to iOS 8 or OS X Yosemite. For more information about upgrading to iCloud Drive, see support.apple.com/kb/HT6345.
Set up iCloud Drive. Go to Settings > iCloud > iCloud Drive, turn on iCloud Drive, then follow the onscreen instructions.
Transfer files
There are several ways to transfer files between iPad and your computer or other iOS device.
Transfer files using iTunes. Connect iPad to your computer using the included cable. In iTunes on your computer, select iPad, then click Apps. Use the File Sharing section to transfer documents between iPad and your computer. Apps that support file sharing appear in the Apps list. To delete a file, select it in the Documents list, then press the Delete key.
You can also view files received as email attachments on iPad.
With some apps, you can transfer files using AirDrop. See AirDrop on page 36.
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