Literally any attention paid their cloud services is appreciated. As intuitive as Apple has historically been, they managed to cluster the $#!@ out of their cloud storage offerings. And yet, I still find it better than DropBox.
Saving files “inside” the apps was a horrible idea by Steve Jobs.
I find it no slower or faster than OneDrive.Thanks for reminding me that I have an iCloud and storage account. The service is so pathetically slow and convoluted that I seldom think about it.
This sounds like it would finally allow any app to cryptolocker at least all your iCloud stored files (🎉/😒)It pre-dates iCloud Drive and is essentially cloud storage limited to individual apps.
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It was intended to make things simple and fit the new apps paradigm of iOS. I want to play Music, I go to the Music app. I want to edit a document, I go to the Pages app.
[..] Finally Apple gave in with this approach and allowed a file system on iOS along with iCloud Drive which lets create your own file system that can be accessed across all devices.
Probably the same year they are going to allow credit cards that is not tied to your account's country.In 2043 Apple will consider merging Apple ID accounts.
To 'unstick' iCloud on macOS / OS X you sometimes have to sign out of iCloud, wait until Activity Monitor shows the mac is calm again, reboot, login to iCloud (wait until..).Ok I am confused. The support document says iCloud Drive (including desktop and documents) would be supported on any system running OSX Yosemite or later - we have an iMac running El Capitan, and iCloud Drive isn’t showing a single file and doesn’t sync anything. Now it states that it should still be supported.
Man, I hope not. That would make a huge mess, but at least it would be theoretically easier to delete stuff.I’m not entirely sure if what they mean by documents and data is actually these iCloud per app folders. I believe what they are implying is to move the documents and data, I.e., the space occupied by each ios app’s documents for example as in the screenshot below, to iCloud documents folders.
It really was a horrible idea.I wouldn’t say it was a horrible idea, just one that was short-sighted and handicapped more experienced users to provide simplicity for newbies.
Back then, Apple realized that the concept of file management, using a hierarchical system of nested files and folders, was the single most daunting topic for those uncomfortable with computers. Lots of people either saved everything to their desktop, with comic results, or saved files to some default location which they could never find later on. This remains the status quo for Windows users, for the most part.
The Mac first addressed this with the universal, indexed search feature which allowed the user to instantly find a file without knowing its location. But that only went so far. Anyone who opened the Finder would still have to navigate a dizzying array of deeply nested folders, the vast majority of which contained application and system files which they should never be looking at or touching.
So with the iPhone Apple made a clean break with the past and simplified things to the point where both your grandmother and your six-year-old kid could now accomplish many things without any previous training or experience. This was an enormous breakthrough that empowered millions across the globe. But as we all know, it severely limited file management capabilities for the more tech savvy, making iOS devices seem like simplistic toys unsuitable for serious work.
Ironically, as iOS and now iPadOS have matured, the platform has grown almost as complex as its desktop predecessor, both in software functionality and in UI gestures, to the point where the less tech savvy are once again very confused about the whole thing while more experienced users still feel like they’re working with one arm tied behind their back.
Sadly not. This is just the crappy old folder sync it had before iCloud Drive came around.I’m confused. Is this about the weird mess where apps have their own folders in iCloud, separate from the Documents folders?
This was invented before file structures were accessible on iOS and I would be very happy if they went away. Saving files “inside” the apps was a horrible idea by Steve Jobs.
I am laughing.In 2043 Apple will consider merging Apple ID accounts.
Back then, Apple realized that the concept of file management, using a hierarchical system of nested files and folders, was the single most daunting topic for those uncomfortable with computers. Lots of people either saved everything to their desktop, with comic results, or saved files to some default location which they could never find later on. This remains the status quo for Windows users, for the most part.
By the way, one way to deal with this issue is to use the ID that has made the most purchases that can't be shared with Family Sharing (like music and in-app purchases), and invite the other Apple ID to Family Sharing. It doesn't solve the problem completely but at least you'll have access to most of your purchases on your main account.I am laughing.
But actually this flaw is making me really angry. It is so annoying to be forced to handle multiple IDs just because ages ago you created one for the store and one for anything else. Also changing my ID is not possible (from abc@icloud.com to def@icloud.com).