Apple Confirms iCloud Web Apps for Mail, Contacts, Calendar, and Find My iPhone

[rorschach]

I wonder if the iCloud document storage APIs would let a developer write an application to sync things like Keychain and preference files. I don't see why not. It's not like an app has to be on the Mac App Store to use the APIs (allowing it to be rejected).

 

[DotCom2]

I use 1Password, but just closed down my Dropbox account...with their security issues there. Yes, the 1password data file is encrypted client side, I still don't trust Dropbox anymore. Especially after just making everyone's account open with no password needed for 4 hours this past weekend.

http://www.informationweek.com/news/security/vulnerabilities/231000111

Not only that but read their terms of service!
That outta scare ya enough!

 

[longofest]

So I'm going to really miss Gallery. My mom used it for one-click publishing from iPhoto and we finally got her to stop sending massive amounts of emails with images attached. Guess we'll need to transition her to flickr?

 

[DotCom2]

I just can't see them getting rid of Gallery.
That is the best feature of MobileMe IMHO!

 

[paulsalter]

very disappointed that gallery is going, apart from contacts etc syncing, this is the most important thing for me

easy enough to move to Flickr (I use this anyway for non family pictures)

 

[swissmann]

Anyone know of a reliable and reputable web host?

I have the same question. Thanks for the help in advance.

 

[jandep]

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Has anyone seen mention of the fate of back to my Mac? I use it almost every day.

 

[logandzwon]

I'm surprised at keychain sync going away...

Dropbox has some issues. I used to recommend them, but I do not anymore. There are now many alternatives and few have the issues dropbox has.

 

[wellnowwhat]

As someone who has had to support iWeb users for the past couple of years, I, for one, am very happy that the web publishing component is being phased out. The web publishing aspect of .mac/MobileMe has never worked properly and has been a total nightmare to support and troubleshoot, especially since nowadays you can get a decent web hosting package for less than a dollar a month through some hosts.

 

[saving107]

Ouch Joshua Topolsky...

I just found his tweets and its odd the Apple PR would tell him one thing, and then today announce something different. They could have said their usual "No Comment" remark instead of lying to Josh.

 

[logandzwon]

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Has anyone seen mention of the fate of back to my Mac? I use it almost every day.

yes, if you read the OP you will it's moving to iCloud.

 

[atropos]

Screw that man... I m a long time dot mac user, first the dot mac album, and than the gallery, and now you wipe the gallery function off... totally WTF... and the thing is, is Apple think 5GB is enough for current dotmac and mobile me user? I have more than 8GB of files and mail in my iDisk already....

 

[wellnowwhat]

Anyone know of a reliable and reputable web host?

I have the same question. Thanks for the help in advance.

Dreamhost and 1and1 are two that I recommend. Dreamhost recently had a sale where you got unlimited hosting for a year and a free domain name for 9 bucks. I've been using them for a few months now and haven't had any issues.

 

[richxps]

so what is the best way to get my gallery pics off moblieme ? Now i have to find another place to save them

 

[Dr McKay]

Whats gonna happen to my stuff on iDisk then?

 

[swarmster]

I wish they'd reveal some of iCloud's web interface. I'm particularly curious whether Photo Stream will have some kind of web access. An 'auto-Flickr' type of service would be pretty useful.

 

[fabian9]

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That's a shame about iDisk, it's really useful and really well integrated. I guess it's all part of the transition away from having a visible file system, which I don't think I'll get used to too quickly anyways!

I'm afraid it'll make sharing documents and files from the iPhone to windows computers quite difficult!

 

[dethmaShine]

The two features that hurt me the most:

1. Gallery
2. Keychain Sync

C'mon Apple. Keychain Sync? It's probably the last thing I want you take away from iCloud. Sad.

 

[jaw04005]

"Syncing of Mac Dashboard widgets, keychains, Dock items, and System Preferences will not be part of iCloud."

What the hell? Seriously? I use those features constantly.

 

[HelveticaNeue]

I'm really gonna miss iDisk. It was a really nice solution for moving documents between devices and Macs. I guess it's DropBox for me but I don't find it nearly as perfect a fit for what I need.

 

[atropos]

Whats gonna happen to my stuff on iDisk then?

I tried last weeks with switch one of my computer to iCloud account, if your have idisk auto sync with your computer, it will create a new image and save the files for you; but I m not sure if it also work that way if the computer isn't sync with your idisk

 

[Michael Scrip]

I have the same question. Thanks for the help in advance.

What's your budget?

You can get hosting for about $5 a month. I personally wouldn't go any cheaper than that.

I've been using Site5 for about 3 years now. Their plans start at $5 a month. I've never had a problem with them.

 

[hitekalex]

So no iDisk?

Fine. No problem.

So what will they be calling my 20 GB of storage space, accessible across all my devices? Will this be "Documents in the Cloud" as we see above? What type of documents? Does this include movies, audio files, etc?

They won't be calling it anything - the file storage service will simply be discontinued. You'd have to move your iDisk files to your local storage or another service.. How about Microsoft SkyDrive?

 

[danckwerts]

Keychain

Huge shame that keychain syncing is being discontinued. Are there any third-party solutions to bridge the gap?

That may be what they mean, but it's not what they say. They say that you will lose synching if you transfer before 30 June 2012. Perhaps they mean that it will be available from that date. I certainly hope so.

 

[roland.g]

I can live without the iWeb publishing though I do use it sometimes for blogs about my kids.

And iDisk is another I can live without but bummer.

The real tragedy is Galleries. Their interface is much better than Flickr, Picassa, etc. and I want something totally integrated. Really a shame there. Photo Stream is NOT the same thing by any stretch.

I was happy paying $99 a year. And for me I could care less about 90%+ of the iCloud features. Downloading/Streaming music I didn't think to sync. So what. Photo stream. Really, so what. Docs in the cloud. Whatever. Of course iCloud is free, it is almost worthless compared to MobileMe.

WHY NOT offer iCloud tiered. iCloud as it is for free. iCloud with iWeb hosting and Galleries and an extra 5GB of storage for the original $99 price point or even $49. Why remove what we use. It could even be an in-app upgrade. Apple gets $70 and Apple gets $29.