iCloud isn't even a year old.
If we use gmail as Google 'cloud' push they have been doing it since 2004.
8 years vs. 8 months......hrm.
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Apple Shutting Down iWork.com on July 31 Amid Transition to iCloud
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iCloud isn't even a year old.
If we use gmail as Google 'cloud' push they have been doing it since 2004.
8 years vs. 8 months......hrm.
I hope they come back to the idea. I think that remote active storage is still a viable service, and will become more so as devices become smaller and more numerous.
I used iWork.com all the time since my Pages documents NEVER sync to iCloud properly... sort it out Apple!
My take is that iCloud will offer some sharing features with the release of Mountain Lion. With the addition of Photo Journals, the sharing features on iCloud already started...
Where did Apple say late summer? Lion was released in July and I suspect Mountain Lion to be the same. Could be wrong though
I'll definitely miss iWork. I'm fine with iCloud for data backup and cross-device stuff, but that's not what I used iWork for. I used it for Sharing files so that I could have an email link for which they can view the document and also download it in a format they can read or use. A very nice way for getting the document out, which can be quickly updated on site, and others have the option to download it as a Word file, PDF, or whatever.
I'm just hoping as more of these previous things get axed, that they supply an equivalent for easy document sharing where there's a *one place* location for everybody to access the latest document. It's like that for the iDisk as well. I haven't seen an equivalent yet. Same thing for PhotoStream. It doesn't really give the gallery features which allowed you to internet share photo event groups and such.
Now true, you are going from paid to free, but now I'm starting to have to really wonder what various 3rd party plans I need to get in order to gain some of that functionality back.
Dropbox is fine, though it doesn't seem to have that cool aspect of allowing you to share files with a masked html address with auto-managed availability time limits you could set. While I don't mind manually moving files in and out of a public viewable location, I did like the masked address stuff. That added a level of security of what's in your file system from automated grabbers out there.
I'm going to try out Photo Journals. That might be at least some kind of limited event sharing thing that would be lost once the gallery goes.
I'm just hoping as more of these previous things get axed, that they supply an equivalent for easy document sharing where there's a *one place* location for everybody to access the latest document. It's like that for the iDisk as well. I haven't seen an equivalent yet. Same thing for PhotoStream. It doesn't really give the gallery features which allowed you to internet share photo event groups and such.
Now true, you are going from paid to free, but now I'm starting to have to really wonder what various 3rd party plans I need to get in order to gain some of that functionality back.
Dropbox is fine, though it doesn't seem to have that cool aspect of allowing you to share files with a masked html address with auto-managed availability time limits you could set. While I don't mind manually moving files in and out of a public viewable location, I did like the masked address stuff. That added a level of security of what's in your file system from automated grabbers out there.
I'm going to try out Photo Journals. That might be at least some kind of limited event sharing thing that would be lost once the gallery goes.
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Which does not surprise me. A Cloud service which runs only with one operating system
And iCloud seems not to bee any better. I won't subscribe to it and I probably won't use the gratis offers either. The Mobile Me E-Mail is currently the main SPAM gateway.
Which does not surprise me. A Cloud service which runs only with one operating system
And iCloud seems not to bee any better. I won't subscribe to it and I probably won't use the gratis offers either. The Mobile Me E-Mail is currently the main SPAM gateway.
I'm not asking them to hold back the OS, just asking them to include iCloud in Snow Leopard. I'm all for them bringing out Lion and Mountain Lion and whatever the next big cat is. Like I said, if they can do it for Vista, they can do it for SL.
Mountain Lion has that feature built in I believe.
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I think the next one is MILF since Cougar was already used.
No one wants this "Cloud" stuff. Please stop trying. Wait till the US has faster pipes that don't cost 200.00 a month. Working through a web browser is a pathetic experience. Google, Apple , MS, all terrible.
maybe there are countries that do have fast internet speeds? i got 120Mb/s i have no problems using the cloud here.
I am jealous. I can get 150Mb via cable but it is VERY expensive. I know other counties have way better national speeds than the US. We are very primitive with all our in fighting at the voting booths and the nationalized view that monopolized free markets are "good" for us. lol. We have political marketing on par with Apple. The people are confused
I was thinking the same thing, except the release of Mountain Lion is supposed to be in "late summer."
Backward step.
This email is the closest thing I've read from Apple that admits that iCloud offers less that MobileMe and iWork.com..
iCloud docs is very poor. I cannot understand the desire to have app specific folders, and no nested filesystem... I need filesystems to keep track of my projects and documents. if I want to class they by app type I can, if I want to class them by project (mixed file types I can)..
The current iDocs is a real dumbing down quite franky...
Given I am an apple fan, I find my attitude critical in this regard...
Come on Apple sort yourselves out on this please....
This email is the closest thing I've read from Apple that admits that iCloud offers less that MobileMe and iWork.com..
iCloud docs is very poor. I cannot understand the desire to have app specific folders, and no nested filesystem... I need filesystems to keep track of my projects and documents. if I want to class they by app type I can, if I want to class them by project (mixed file types I can)..
The current iDocs is a real dumbing down quite franky...
Given I am an apple fan, I find my attitude critical in this regard...
Come on Apple sort yourselves out on this please....
Where did Apple say late summer? Lion was released in July and I suspect Mountain Lion to be the same. Could be wrong though
In the press release:
Wirelessly posted (Mozilla/5.0 (iPhone; CPU iPhone OS 5_1 like Mac OS X) AppleWebKit/534.46 (KHTML, like Gecko) Mobile/9B176)
Really hope that this means there is an iWork update coming!
Really hope that this means there is an iWork update coming!
DropBox still rules, and combined with otixo, it works great with Pages, Numbers and Keynote for iOS.
I would like to see seamless integration of iCloud and OS X, iDisk style.
And a shared storage area in iOS.
And to be able to save files to an SD Card.
I would like to see seamless integration of iCloud and OS X, iDisk style.
And a shared storage area in iOS.
And to be able to save files to an SD Card.
funny even apple uses it...
I am collaborating with someone at Apple on a keynote presentation I am giving there, and I originally was going to work via dropbox with him, but he suggested iWork.com so that the comments, etc would be embedded. It was very nice, and worked well. Funny that they even recognize how useful it is for this purpose...
I am collaborating with someone at Apple on a keynote presentation I am giving there, and I originally was going to work via dropbox with him, but he suggested iWork.com so that the comments, etc would be embedded. It was very nice, and worked well. Funny that they even recognize how useful it is for this purpose...