Moving Previous Photos, etc. to iCloud?

So, I recently bought a MacBook Pro and set up the iCloud feature. I've also had a iPhone for a few years and I have tons of photos and documents, etc on it that I would like to put in the cloud. Is it possible to move these files into my cloud, or will it only put new things into the cloud?

Greetings,
This offers a nice overiew of what iCloud does (and doesn't) do: http://www.macworld.com/article/1160380/icloud_what_you_need_to_know.html
Cheers.

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atoo2 wrote:
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iCloud: iCloud storage and backup overview

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http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5125
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