Apple Debuts New iCloud.com Beta Site With Fresh Look, Reminders App

[MacRumors]

Ahead of the launch of iOS 13, iPadOS, and macOS Catalina, Apple has updated its iCloud.com beta site with a fresh look and a new Reminders app (via Federico Vittici).

The beta version of iCloud.com has a plain white interface with smaller icons, and rather than a Settings app, there's now an "Account Settings" section.

Most of the beta iCloud apps are identical to the iCloud apps available through the standard iCloud.com website, with Mail, Contacts, Photos, Notes, iCloud Drive, Pages, Numbers, Keynote, Find Friends, and Find iPhone unchanged.

There is a new Reminders app on beta.iCloud.com though, which mirrors the iOS Reminders app and allows iCloud users to create, view, and manage their tasks.

The new version of iCloud.com will likely go live following the launch of iOS 13 and Apple's other new software this fall.

Article Link: Apple Debuts New iCloud.com Beta Site With Fresh Look, Reminders App

 

[newyorksole]

That’s funny. I went on iCloud.com today from my iPhone for the first time in several months to see if it changed and it was much different. Only showing me “Find My iPhone”.

Looks better.

 

[jmh600cbr]

please tell me they finally updated notes
[doublepost=1566524985][/doublepost]no notes update and no auto dark mode

 

[PCMA]

I want third party iCloud apps.

Everything (pretty much) that you can do on an iPhone or a Mac you should be able to do in iCloud. Just login... and access your entire digital life.

 

[Icaras]

When is Apple going to change the name to Apple Cloud?

 

[mdriftmeyer]

It works for Safari 90 beta but not Mojave 10.4.6 Safari.
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I want third party iCloud apps.

Everything (pretty much) that you can do on an iPhone or a Mac you should be able to do in iCloud. Just login... and access your entire digital life.

iOS apps aren't WebKit apps. They're ObjC/C/C++/Swift/AppKit/UIKit applications.

 

[Mr. Heckles]

I wish they would put iMessage in this so I can have iMessage on any computer I use.

 

[zorinlynx]

please tell me they finally updated notes
[doublepost=1566524985][/doublepost]no notes update and no auto dark mode

Yeah, and it still has the bug where you can't view any media inside a locked note. I've already reported this one about three times.

 

[AppleMythos]

interesting that they still have Find Friends & Find iPhone still segregated on the site. anyone know why it appears the two wont be merged on icloud.com?

 

[Swaderz]

So, an all white background AND smaller icons!

Thanks Apple, from those of us with bad vision we applaud this idiotic move.

 

[jeblis]

Glad they got rid of the bubbles. Poor performance.

 

[MauiPa]

I want third party iCloud apps.

Everything (pretty much) that you can do on an iPhone or a Mac you should be able to do in iCloud. Just login... and access your entire digital life.

Write to your app developers! shame on them for not providing this functionality. Or are you saying you want an iCloudOS? Maybe Android Licorice Sticks will beat Apple to this innovation

 

[szw-mapple fan]

About time the home page had a refresh. I'm loving the attention they've given to icloud.com lately. The updates to iWork on the web has made it way more powerful than google docs now, especially Keynote.

 

[MauiPa]

So, an all white background AND smaller icons!

Thanks Apple, from those of us with bad vision we applaud this idiotic move.

Have you tried glasses? I did, really help me to see better

 

[szw-mapple fan]

I want third party iCloud apps.

Everything (pretty much) that you can do on an iPhone or a Mac you should be able to do in iCloud. Just login... and access your entire digital life.

Most third-party apps already have a web version... Not sure putting them on iCloud makes much sense.

 

[MauiPa]

interesting that they still have Find Friends & Find iPhone still segregated on the site. anyone know why it appears the two wont be merged on icloud.com?

Thats only on the iCloud.com beta site for now
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When is Apple going to change the name to Apple Cloud?

I like that: "google cloud", "buy stuff cloud", "Windows Cloud", "Bixby Cloud"

 

[dogslobber]

Still no iMessages support. This isn't the 2000s anymore.

 

[TVreporter]

Always leery when they go messing around with iCloud updates - they never seem to go smoothly.

 

[retta283]

Hopefully this fixed the epic lag problems I've had with the site. Everything is super slow and sometimes it fails to open my mail/photos. The animations are also laggy. Does this on all my computers.

 

[einsteinbqat]

On High Sierra, can't get the beta site to work with Safari 12.1.2, but it works if I use Firefox 69 and Edge 78. How idiotic

 

[Glockworkorange]

When is Apple going to change the name to Apple Cloud?

I’m sure Tim Apple would love to do that. I get the feeling he detests the "i" prefix.
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Still no iMessages support. This isn't the 2000s anymore.

I don’t think that’s going to happen. If they made iMessage web enabled, then the Android people could use it, as you don’t need an Apple device to create an iCloud account. At least I DON’T think you need an Apple device.

edit: you can create an Apple ID without an Apple device, say for iCloud integration on Windows and maybe Apple Music, but can’t create an iCloud account.

 

[Swaderz]

Have you tried glasses? I did, really help me to see better

I have glasses. Tri-focals.

 

[5097842]

I wish they would update the Mac app icons to match the rest of the ecosystem. Mail looks particularly archaic. First world problems I know ...

 

[Lahmy88]

I wish they would put iMessage in this so I can have iMessage on any computer I use.

YESSS! Why haven't they done this yet? Seems so obvious now that they have syncing of message history in iCloud already. When they added that I thought surely iCloud.com would then gain the ability shortly after. Still waiting...

 

[Eorlas]

So, an all white background AND smaller icons!

Thanks Apple, from those of us with bad vision we applaud this idiotic move.

i have good vision and despise the empty white space thing that design is becoming.