On an iPhone or iPad, find and select the messages to move, tap Edit and Move, and pick the destination folder in your iCloud mailbox. This process deletes the emails from your Gmail account and moves them to your Mail account—the messages effectively transfer from Google's servers to Apple's servers.
If you already use Apple products, then iCloud email may be the best choice. However, Google's long-standing reputation for security and its integration with productivity apps give Gmail the edge. Plus, most services now allow for Gmail to be used for login credentials, so it has become more universal.
When you turn on iCloud Drive in iCloud settings, you can also store your Mail settings in the cloud. This way, you can keep your mail signatures, VIP contacts, Smart Mailboxes, and more, up to date on your devices. The settings that stay up-to-date depend on the device you're using.
If you have an iPhone, iPad, or Mac and don't use a Gmail email address, the choice is simple: use Apple Mail. The Gmail app just isn't great at handling other email services. Apple Mail is also the clear winner if you have multiple accounts from different email providers and want to use one app to manage them all.
iCloud is the more secure platform, although Google Drive has made several necessary steps forward recently. Both platforms enable you to use multi-factor authentication, which we highly recommend. Almost all data stored on iCloud's servers is encrypted both in transit and at rest to 128-bit AES standard.
In short, Google Drive works equally well on Apple and Windows devices. Apple iCloud, on the other hand, and perhaps unsurprisingly, is best suited to iOS, macOS, and iPadOS devices. This is because the platform is completely integrated with these operating systems and operates almost entirely in the background.
Difference Between Apple Mail and iCloud Mail
Apple Mail can be only used on Apple devices like Mac, iPhone, or iPad. But you can use iCloud Mail on any device since it's a web service. You cannot use Apple Mail on Windows. Windows systems come with a built-in Mail app offered by Microsoft.
iCloud is the service from Apple that securely stores your photos, files, notes, passwords, and other data in the cloud and keeps it up to date across all your devices, automatically. iCloud also makes it easy to share photos, files, notes, and more with friends and family.
Is there a free version of iCloud? Yes. The first time you sign in to an iPhone, iPad, or Mac with your Apple ID, you'll get 5GB of free iCloud storage.
To migrate email from Gmail to iCloud, you have to add a forwarding email address into your Gmail account. Therein, adding a forwarding email address will make it possible to transfer the received emails of your Gmail account into the iCloud mail.
Messages and attachments, like items in your Spam and Trash folders, take up space. Photos and videos backed up in Original quality take up space. Photos and videos backed up in High quality (now named Storage saver) or Express quality after June 1, 2021.
Launch the Photos app and drag your pictures from the Google Photos download folder to iCloud. While the Photos app is open, go to Preferences > iCloud and ensure that the iCloud Photos box is checked.
NOTE: Your password for Gmail is not necessarily the same as your Apple ID unless you set them that way, the accounts are not linked beyond using the same email address.
Advanced Data Protection: Messages in iCloud is always end-to-end encrypted. When iCloud Backup is enabled, everything inside it is end-to-end encrypted, including the Messages in iCloud encryption key.
iCloud Mail is a free professional email address for Apple users. iCloud gives you up to 5GB of storage for emails, documents, and other data stored in the cloud.
You can export and download your data from Gmail. You can download data that hasn't been deleted. You can create an archive to keep for your records or use the data in another service. Learn how to download your data.
Turn off iCloud Photos in iCloud and all of your devices
Photos and videos stored in iCloud will be deleted 30 days after you stop using the service.
Backups of your devices are often the culprits behind a full iCloud storage space. It's entirely possible you had your old iPhone set to upload backups to the cloud automatically, and then never removed those files.
You can upgrade to iCloud+ from your iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, Mac, or PC. After you upgrade, you'll be billed monthly.