Has anyone here migrated from M365 to Apples version of it? How did it go? did the file migration take a long time? I am wanting to transfer everything from Microsoft to Apple for storage, apps etc.
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Anyone move from M365 to Apples version?
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maflynn
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Are you talking about replacing the office apps from MS to Apple's iwork suite of tools?
I found Pages, and Numbers to be less functional, harder to use, and not as efficient.
Take a look at LibreOffice, OnlyOffice, and Softmaker's FreeOffice and their non-subscription Office 2024
Luftkopf
macrumors 65816
I guess it comes down to what you're used to. I've seldom used MS Office apps, even in my DOS/Windows days, and whenever I try to use them I find them unintuitive and clunky. iWork is much better for me. They do what I want, with no fuss. It probably helps that I've been using them since you had to pay for them. I might even still have the DVD somewhere.
No, I am talking about migrating all data from M365/onedrive to Apple equivalents. I don't use word etc that much. Just basic functions.
maflynn
macrumors Broadwell
I hate onedrive, and every other cloud provider is better.
apple's icloud is particularly useful if you're already entrenched into their ecosystem and only their ecosystem. For instance, with my PC running Linux, its more of a hindrance for me, but if I was to just use my M4 studio, then icloud is the solution I'd lean into.
Yes. agreed. We are moving to the ecosystem. We want the interoperability of all our devices with each other. I also want the AirPods pro 3 for the "hearing aid" function. Since we both need new laptops we are going to buy macbooks. Don't need the newest. I found a 14 inch pro M1 Pro with 16/1tb for 1100 bucks canadian, and the wifey is getting a M3 15 inch air in starlight with 8/256gb. That's going to work for her as she is not into photo/video work.
We are also going with 2 15 pro max with hers 512 and mine 1tb. We are going to get our son a 15 plus to replace his moto G 2022, and he is staying with his windows gaming system. If mac would be able to play all steam games we would get him a macbook too. He loves his iPad and uses it regularly to the point he wears them out. He's on his third one now.
It is one of Apple's best features if you are entirely in it's ecosystem things work very smooth across the platforms it has me spoiled.
The different area where both feel very disjointed and downright primitive is the poor intergration of email, calendar and reminders/tasks compared to the moldy old IBM Notes/Domino groupware. Seems like many of the Apple AI predicted features were already built in that old package.
SnowCrocodile
macrumors 6502a
I did.
Other than one machine at home, all of my other devices (and family's) are Apple and it didn't make sense to pay for O365 when I also had to pay for 1TB iCloud.
Honestly, O365 Onedrive is superior.
The biggest thing is version history. iCloud Drive doesn't have a proper file version history. Time Machine / other forms of backup are just snapshots in time. They say "well it's just a sync service" but that's not true, it's an online storage service as well, just missing that very important feature.
Also, if you ever have to access your files on the web - e.g. using a Linux device - and use a web interface, it takes a lot less time to get to your files in Onedrive than iCloud. iCloud seems to have been deliberately designed to make the process as slow and inconvenient as possible. Once you finally open the file, it's fast.
That said, it's dependable and usable. I've been using it as my only online vault for about a year now.
SnowCrocodile
macrumors 6502a
I actually like Onedrive, the version history saved my rear a few times. But using mostly Apple devices, iCloud makes more sense.