Not so small when apparently last week they flipped the switched that turned it on for all accounts. Which is why the server issues. Might have been an accident to do that. But once done they weren't going to undo it.
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Apple Limits Access to iWork for iCloud Following 'Overwhelming Response' to Public Beta
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Not so small when apparently last week they flipped the switched that turned it on for all accounts. Which is why the server issues. Might have been an accident to do that. But once done they weren't going to undo it.
Not everything has to be a conspiracy.
Just wait until the new iPhones come out and are sold out...well get post after post about how Apple is purposely limiting supply to increase hype and demand.
This is a strange thing. I wouldn't have thought that this service would be so popular as to cause problems with it. Unless Apple grossly underestimated its potential use.
I don't have any interest in it, haven't tried it, but, perhaps, there are a lot of people who do (or did) use it.
I don't have any interest in it, haven't tried it, but, perhaps, there are a lot of people who do (or did) use it.
I'm hoping that means the desktop versions will be coming standard install on new macs - I bought the package on my 2008 Mac Mini (which I still have). Use them every day for work/personal use. Buying a new iMac this fall probably, would love to save the $60 on installing them since they'll be free on the web...
I've never had access to it, despite being a registered (free) dev. I think you have to have used iWork before and I have not.
Maybe those of us who got it "first" were able to keep it?
Sounds free to me (and to you). Not free to everyone.
Yes, I understand you have to buy something first, but it's not extra. And if you already own one of the above, you still get it free.
Gary
And this is the reason why Apple only allows three account creations per computer/device.
What happens with this if there are service interruptions like they have monthly on numerous fronts? You just have to wait to forward the doc you were working on, or is it local on your machine by default as well.
I.E. is this 100% cloud reliant?
I.E. is this 100% cloud reliant?
I don't have use for Keynote. My company uses PP and that will never change. I don't make those decisions. I've used iWork, it was fine. I'll leave it on my HTPC that I am using a backup computer, but otherwise, I just don't have much need for it. At home I only use excel and word and since Excel is my #1, word may as well be too.
It seems to me that Google stands to benefit now that people can go and buy a Chromebook and have a much more viable office suite than before (if you've ever tried to do serious work in Google Docs, I'm sure you've discovered that their word processor has feature parity with something like Notepad or Text Edit, not Pages or Word.)
Google doesn't make money on Chromebooks. They count on you using their software with them (aka, looking at their ads). So if you buy a Chromebook and use iWork for iCloud, Google gets no benefit.
Yeah, it's been said in the past years in the enterprise world that Windows will always be the only platform used or accepted. Now the enterprise world incorporates iOS, Android and Macs.
Also, if you don't make your company's decisions then how would you know if PPT will always be the presentation software used?
I didn't say the universe of public beta testers was small. Please don't mangle my thoughts for me. I said the universe of public beta testers is smaller than that of Mac users who don't even realize iWork in the cloud even exists. ( Public beta testers < All Mac Users ).
My exact quote:
I thank you in advance for reading for context before responding.
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I got an invite in late July, haven't tried the iWork in iCloud. I'm not comfortable with the cloud computing for work/important documents. I'm still using MS Word and will continue to do so until MS Word 2011 is no longer updated.
I'm sure it works great when it works. One day when iCloud is secure and stable, perhaps I will test it before I have to make that shift over. Right now this just isn't for me.
I got an invite in late July, haven't tried the iWork in iCloud. I'm not comfortable with the cloud computing for work/important documents. I'm still using MS Word and will continue to do so until MS Word 2011 is no longer updated.
I'm sure it works great when it works. One day when iCloud is secure and stable, perhaps I will test it before I have to make that shift over. Right now this just isn't for me.
I'm assuming so. I went in and created a few documents and spreadsheets. Probably just affecting those trying to get in for the first time right now.Maybe those of us who got it "first" were able to keep it?
I like it so far, although I'm not sure I'll use it much. The little non-work word processing and spreadsheeting I do these days is very little. I've actually come to appreciate Google docs for these activities, but iWork does look nicer.
Ah, I see now.
Since you seem to understand Google motives better than I, would you mind answering this hardly related question: Why has Google branched away from WebKit? It sounds like a move I would expect from Microsoft, as part of their typical "Embrace, Extend, Extinguish" tactic for dealing with open source software and standards. It seems Google would rather you stopped using anything besides Chrome, but what does it gain them? Will they suddenly start integrating banner ads directly in Chrome?
Never keep all your eggs in one basked. The only reason my files on in the Cloud is for convenience and backup. I always keep a local copy.
Everyone should.