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Apple Launches New iCloud for Windows App in Microsoft Store

seek3r said:
I use OneDrive (we're all in on MS on the corp side even though my dev office is a mac shop) and a DropBox tied to my work account for work stuff, iCloud for my personal data, seperation works pretty well, maybe try something like that?

Personally my one problem is 1Password, where I have passwords that need to be shared between work and personal in the 1Password vault, personal stuff on icloud, work accounts on dropbox (only device that has access to everything is my phone) - and I can't use the iCloud vault on my windows gaming machine at home
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I use OneDrive too - it's my primary cloud - specifically for selective sync. 🙂 I pay for 2 TB of iCloud storage for my family tho (my 136GB photo library + all of our data/backups). OneDrive rocks. Office 365 FTW.
 
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adepew said:
Make sure you have the latest updates installed. It requires version 18362.145 or higher.
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Yeah I bet that's it. Updating now, lol.

I have auto-updating on. *#!$

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Weird people who buy PC and use iPhone and iPad and iCloud.

The magic of an ecosystem is that everything works seamlessly. That PC just ruins it.
 
Tapatio said:
iCloud for windows never synced my documents that I already had in icloud to my PC. I hope this one works
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Yeah same issue here..I go to icloud.com on my PC and I add videos to my cloud account..takes days to finally show up on my icloud account on my iPad/Mac..do you think downloading this might fix the issue?
 
alexandr said:
aww that's like having a mercedes keychain on toyota keys)
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Fitting analogy. Like Apple products, Mercedes are overpriced, put style over substance, are expensive to repair, and try to have as few user serviceable parts as possible, where as Toyota, like a PC, is affordable, reliable, easy to repair, and if you take good care of it it will still be working long enough for you to pass down to your kids.
 
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BigMcGuire said:
It requires Windows Insider?!

I have latest and:

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Windows update says I'm up to date.

This is going to confuse more than just a few people. Update button takes me to the Windows Insider page.

Something Macrumors might want to mention ... Windows Insider preview builds required to get this?!
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Version 18362 is the May update. It's not yet getting offered to everyone through Windows Update.
 
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BigMcGuire said:
It requires Windows Insider?!

I have latest and:

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Windows update says I'm up to date.

This is going to confuse more than just a few people. Update button takes me to the Windows Insider page.

Something Macrumors might want to mention ... Windows Insider preview builds required to get this?!
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No, Windows Insider is not required. Looks like you are running Windows 10 V1809 by your product version. You will need to update to V1903
 
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https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows10

Looks like you can get the May 2019 update manually here if Windows update doesn't give it to you.

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4028685/windows-10-get-the-update
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chrfr said:
Version 18362 is the May update. It's not yet getting offered to everyone through Windows Update.
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What's confusing is Windows update says I'm up to date. So manually getting the May Update.

What's weird is my Windows 10 on VMWare Fusion on my Mac got the May update. But my XPS 15 (2018) hasn't yet. lol.
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adepew said:
No, Windows Insider is not required. Looks like you are running Windows 10 V1809 by your product version. You will need to update to V1903
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Thank you - correcting original post now.
 
I have had this on my PC for some time but it never managed to sync. It would always say the password was wrong. Once I logged out, it would nag every hour or so about logging in. Microsoft's OneDrive doesn't nag; not as often anway.

Hope this has changed but I'm not holding my breath.
 
MacRumors said:



Apple today introduced a new iCloud for Windows app designed for PCs, according to a blog post shared by Microsoft. The new app is designed to allow Apple users to access their iCloud content on their Windows 10 PCs.

The iCloud app for Windows includes iCloud Drive, iCloud Photos, Mail, Contacts, Calendar, Reminders, Safari Bookmarks, and more.

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According to Microsoft, the iCloud Drive feature on Windows is powered by the same Windows technology behind the OneDrive Files On-Demand Feature, which lets users be more productive offline on mobile devices and quickly share files on iOS.

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Apple has a support document for getting started with iCloud for Windows, which basically requires having an existing iCloud setup on an Apple device.

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Windows users can download iCloud for Windows from the Microsoft Store starting today.

Article Link: Apple Launches New iCloud for Windows App in Microsoft Store
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BlargKing said:
Fitting analogy. Like Apple products, Mercedes are overpriced, put style over substance, are expensive to repair, and try to have as few user serviceable parts as possible, where as Toyota, like a PC, is affordable, reliable, easy to repair, and if you take good care of it it will still be working long enough for you to pass down to your kids.
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yes, except mercedes/apple are considered prestigious, which cannot be said about pc's/toyotas)

most toyota owners secretly wish they were driving mercedeses, perhaps same goes for pc users? 😉
 
I wish apple would add a basic version of iMessage to the iCloud portal. It would be so nice to have iMessage when working on a windows machine or even just a shared computer that isn’t signed in to iCloud.
 
The iCloud app in the Windows store shows a release date of 2/1/2019. Am I looking at the right thing?
 
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