Word Processing on the Mac and iPad

Apple Pages

Textedit
found in Applications folder
Format > Make Rich Text
Symbols (ABC top right)

Advantage: simple small files that the lack bells and whistles of Word or Pages for Mac / iPad. Text files can be opened by Word or Pages Textedit can create simple tables. lorem ipsum is a dummy text file used in space filling or demos.

Using iPhoto and Photo apps

iPhoto appeared in Mac OSX versions including Mountain Lion (10.8), Mavericks (10.9), and was replaced by the Photo app in an update of Yosemite (10.10) and continues in El Capitan (10.11).  (Click the Apple icon top left of screen and About this Mac to see what version you have).

Cloud Storage

The ‘Cloud’ is the name used for computer storage and programs that are accessible via the internet. Of course there are no facilities for this in a any clouds (yet). They really mean land based computer server facilities. We can look at a popular Mac option, iCloud