I prefer my option
I bought soo many devices over the time; I think it it would be great to have such a little cookie but remain the storage even if I replace iDevices
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Apple Ends Complimentary 20 GB Storage Plan for Former MobileMe Members
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I prefer my option
I bought soo many devices over the time; I think it it would be great to have such a little cookie but remain the storage even if I replace iDevices
Except it's not only 5GB. It's 5GB plus 250GB or so of photo storage and unlimited iTunes media storage and transfer.
Dropbox and iCloud are two very different things. I wouldn't say one is better than the other, they serve different purposes.
I moved everything off of iDisk as soon as I heard it was being phased out. This was delayed by Apple giving everyone time to make plans.
Dropbox all the way for me.
Dropbox all the way for me.
1000 photos are stored in your photo stream, how does that make it 250gb? Not even close man. I don't know what you are referring to with iTunes, maybe iTunes match? Thats not free.
This was a long time coming, and I'll be just under 5GB. We've been warned many times, and honestly after they killed iDisk I didn't have much use for the extra storage they granted me. Still, I'd like it if the limit for free storage was raised to 10GB. I have several devices, and am teetering on the brink thanks to backups alone. If I creep over the limit, I'll delete my backups rather than paying for (what I see as) overpriced storage.
Is there an app that will auto-upload all my pics to Flikr? Their 1TB of free storage sure sounds nice for that...
Hi Skika, maybe so, I suppose dropbox is more similar to what MobileMe use to be, except more reliable. All these things are personal choice, iCloud does look after calendars and contacts etc very well, but regarding looking after physical files, i prefer to keep my stuff elsewhere. As i keep saying personal choice
Yes, dropbox is much better and iCloud is a bag of hurt. (Read that some place)
I don't think that was his point at all. I think he was complaining about only being given 5gb of free stuff, while not realizing Dropbox did the same.
Everything on the Internet should be free: storage, news, downloads, uploads, bandwidth...all free. It's a not privilege, it's a right.
/snark
Hmmm... My Mac and my iDevices still all show that I have 20.4 of 25GB available, even though when I view the Manage Storage menu it shows the 5GB option...
True. It's clearly a decent value for free
I think where they go south isn't in their free offering. It's in their tiered plan.
IE - you can get 100gb at Google for $60 a year. And not included in that are photos smaller than 2048x2048; any music; docs created with google.
The 50(+5 free) GB plan @ Apple is $100 a year. But that doesn't give any music space for free unless it's iTunes content.
Obviously if you're invested in the Apple ecosystem and want "seamless" backups/etc - iCloud is the way to go.
Me too. I'm at 23.2 GB available, even though it has 5GB checked on the Manage Storage menu. Must be phasing it out slowly...
I've grown increasingly dubious of a lot of these services provided by Apple. We've had, eWorld, iTools, .mac, iDisk and MobileMe. I suspect that iCloud will be added to the list of "former" services some day too.
I too hesitated to use my full complimentary 20GB, fearing I would acquire a reliance. The expiration notice says I am using 4GB. I also have Dropbox.
The advantage of iCloud is that multiple devices (desktop computer, iPad, iPhone) are instantly synchronized. Without iCloud, devices are updated only when plugged into the computer. In Jobs parlance: The computer used to be the digital hub; now it's the cloud.
not sure it's supposed to. think of it this way -- iCloud backup is a service, one that holds value. they give you the first one free, but in the hopes that you'll see the value in it and purchase it for your other devices.
if you don't find value in it, offline backups continue to work flawlessly for free.
You mean like Google has done over the years?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Google_products#Discontinued_products_and_services
And I am not trashing Google. Many other companies have discontinued or migrated services as well. Google was just the easiest one to use as an example.
I still use my @mac.com from back before me.com so I'm pretty sure they'll keep it going.