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Apple Forces Transmit to Remove Send to iCloud Drive Feature, Blocks All Share Sheet File Transfers in the Process
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I can't for the life of me imagine why content would have to be created in the app that's uploading it, it's just so bizarre. iCloud Drive is supposed to be where you throw whatever files you want, and organize them however you want. Unless they have the almost-useless 5 GB starter plan, people are paying for this feature, they should be able to store whatever they want there. What the hell is Apple thinking here? iCloud "Drive" indeed...as in driving people away from using it.
Meh, I'm using Dropbox as my "iCloud Drive". So many apps work with both iCloud amd Dropbox and I can set up folders for apps too. I can send other data to Dropbox without restriction and guess what, no app folders for apps I don't even have on my device! I hated how I had like 10 unused app folders showing up on iOS and iCloud.com.
Plus, my Mac is running Mavericks. Since Apple decided to give Windows 7 a client, but not a 1 year old OS X system...meh...poo on them.
Plus, my Mac is running Mavericks. Since Apple decided to give Windows 7 a client, but not a 1 year old OS X system...meh...poo on them.
Yep, that's why cancelled mine.
I hope once Apple gets slapped over using similar tactics in iTunes, iCloud is next in the sights of the hungry lawyers.
I love my 6+, but virtually everything Apple does with iOS8, from the third-party keyboard crippling, to this, rubs me the wrong way.
These things will reach a critical mass at some point and Apple will get hurt.
That is how I am starting to feel. You STILL can't add any type of file to an email with iCloud drive! I was sure that was coming.
Next June
When they unveil the no-doubt amazing advances in iOS 9, we should remember all these reversals lest we get too excited and expect to be able to take advantage of those features in any truly useful ways. Or think to ourselves that this year, this year, we will finally be treated like grownups able to manage our own devices.
When they unveil the no-doubt amazing advances in iOS 9, we should remember all these reversals lest we get too excited and expect to be able to take advantage of those features in any truly useful ways. Or think to ourselves that this year, this year, we will finally be treated like grownups able to manage our own devices.
It looks like whomever reviewed this app and thought they had a "gotcha" for Panic doesn't really understand the purpose of the Transmit app or the rule they are invoking. The data storage guidelines look like they are intended to guide developers on how to ensure app data is properly backed up automatically or kept out of backups.
My guess is that this will get sorted out and the functionality will be restored. It's just baffling that the people in charge of enforcing these rules are like the Keystone Cops. Seriously, maybe they already have this, but there should be a review board that convenes before they decide to drop the hammer on a high profile app that determines "is this really a problem" and if so "how do we suggest they fix it without ruining functionality for the users." It's getting ridiculous and embarrassing at this point.
My guess is that this will get sorted out and the functionality will be restored. It's just baffling that the people in charge of enforcing these rules are like the Keystone Cops. Seriously, maybe they already have this, but there should be a review board that convenes before they decide to drop the hammer on a high profile app that determines "is this really a problem" and if so "how do we suggest they fix it without ruining functionality for the users." It's getting ridiculous and embarrassing at this point.
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The platform is terrific. It has great developer tools, great developers, an incredible powerful framework to build apps with, and an exciting user base.
what IS annoying is the developer relationship they have.
Holy schnikes, these features are becoming increasingly useless.
I can't express what I imagined when they talked about them, sweet baby Jesus, they didn't deliver as much as I hoped with iOS 8, but now they even take away a lot of great things developers created thanks to what iOS 8 actually DOES allow technically (meaning from an API perspective), but the App Store police sure knows how to destroy features and sometimes whole apps when what iOS needs the most is more productivity, and I don't mean a simple amount of apps in the productivity section of their store.
Possibilities, great APIs, interconnectivity, apps that work together, real multitasking, well integrated automation, etc...
But no, keep it a dumbed down toy, great choice Apple.
Apps will always be apps with this approach, never desktop-class programs, you know, the catch-phrase used by Steve Jobs in 2007 when he introduced the iPhone.
A little linguistic play on words:
The term app fits the iDevice ecosystem so well:
App as a short and quickly said word for application, much like apps are typically shortened and quickly discovered experiences compared to applications on OS X (that are not sold on the MAS)
Glassed Silver:mac
I can't express what I imagined when they talked about them, sweet baby Jesus, they didn't deliver as much as I hoped with iOS 8, but now they even take away a lot of great things developers created thanks to what iOS 8 actually DOES allow technically (meaning from an API perspective), but the App Store police sure knows how to destroy features and sometimes whole apps when what iOS needs the most is more productivity, and I don't mean a simple amount of apps in the productivity section of their store.
Possibilities, great APIs, interconnectivity, apps that work together, real multitasking, well integrated automation, etc...
But no, keep it a dumbed down toy, great choice Apple.
Apps will always be apps with this approach, never desktop-class programs, you know, the catch-phrase used by Steve Jobs in 2007 when he introduced the iPhone.
A little linguistic play on words:
The term app fits the iDevice ecosystem so well:
App as a short and quickly said word for application, much like apps are typically shortened and quickly discovered experiences compared to applications on OS X (that are not sold on the MAS)
Glassed Silver:mac
I agree for the most part, but iOS 8 really changes a lot of user experience.
The bugs plague all over the place from API to Frameworks, especially iCloud Photo Library beta broke many of the developer API.
I honestly think there is a huge problem with their quality of engineering. It's utterly crap to begin with. It's wasn't like that from iOS 6, which is sad...
Maybe getting rid of Scott Forstall wasn't a great idea afterall...
Apple continues to treat their iOS customers like children who need their hands held while crossing the street. We're grown adults who don't need your arbitrary restrictions.
I've been thinking about this as well. I jailbroke my iPhone 6 (after not jailbreaking the 5), and I can't tell you how much more I enjoy this phone over my old iPhone 5. It feels like MY phone, instead of "Robert's phone as dictated by Apple's design team". I've reached the point where looking at and using stock iOS just bores the hell out of me. Everybody's phone looks the same except for their wallpaper.
Day after day, signs show it's time to switch to Android, unfortunately
I've been thinking about this as well. I jailbroke my iPhone 6 (after not jailbreaking the 5), and I can't tell you how much more I enjoy this phone over my old iPhone 5. It feels like MY phone, instead of "Robert's phone as dictated by Apple's design team". I've reached the point where looking at and using stock iOS just bores the hell out of me. Everybody's phone looks the same except for their wallpaper.
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Yes, with iOS 8 apple brought some customization useful features to iOS, now they are taking it back, still, iOS is TOO limited, in iOS 9 apple needs some serious changes in the core of the OS and needs to add more features to make use of the bigger screen (6+) and add more APIs and liberty to developers, i haven't even mentioned correcting all this bugs that appeared in iOS 7 and keep going on.... iOS has a great potential, but apple keep playing their game to hold features to next updates so they have something "new" to show
Apple has been pissing me off lately. Either you make up your mind on rules and present a set of rules that make sense - or you admit that you ****ed up and let apps like Transmit slide.
This constant allowing apps / widgets and then pulling them weeks later is pissing everyone off. How does this help anyone?!
Really if you are a control freak about everything, but you don't have a person like Steve Jobs to actually hold all the ties together, all you do is become a nuisance to all your customers.
This constant allowing apps / widgets and then pulling them weeks later is pissing everyone off. How does this help anyone?!
Really if you are a control freak about everything, but you don't have a person like Steve Jobs to actually hold all the ties together, all you do is become a nuisance to all your customers.
Apparently, Apple cannot figure out how to make a cloud service that doesn't suck, so it's instead decided to make every other service suck just as much.
The ramming of iCloud down iOS users' throats seems counterproductive to me. iPhones were awesome before they were tied to this crappy software-as-a-service. Even as a fanboy, if I'm doomed to use a cloud service I don't want, I'm seriously starting to lean toward Google Drive -- I hate the thought of going with an Android devices, but at least the platform's unnecessary cloud service works.
The ramming of iCloud down iOS users' throats seems counterproductive to me. iPhones were awesome before they were tied to this crappy software-as-a-service. Even as a fanboy, if I'm doomed to use a cloud service I don't want, I'm seriously starting to lean toward Google Drive -- I hate the thought of going with an Android devices, but at least the platform's unnecessary cloud service works.
Slowly moving away from Apple
Sometimes there are decisions that make sense and others that don't and actually can be scary the amount of control that Apple has over one's choices and tastes.
Lately I decided to not to buy an Apple tablet but a Nexus 7 and I do not regret my decision it is my first android device and I really love the way I can do of stuff on it especially customizations etc...
I still keep my iPhone for now for security reasons and my mac too but other than that I'd choose other platforms that give me more freedom to customize and do things.
Sometimes there are decisions that make sense and others that don't and actually can be scary the amount of control that Apple has over one's choices and tastes.
Lately I decided to not to buy an Apple tablet but a Nexus 7 and I do not regret my decision it is my first android device and I really love the way I can do of stuff on it especially customizations etc...
I still keep my iPhone for now for security reasons and my mac too but other than that I'd choose other platforms that give me more freedom to customize and do things.