Apple Updates iWork for iOS Apps with iCloud Support

[The Phazer]

Ever hear of Spotlight? With modern search engines foldering of files is pretty much just a keep busy task.

Great, so now instead of filing the two hundred and fifty document drafts into date order I can search through the search results of 250 similiarily named files. Woo simplicity!

 

[Karllake]

Purchasing iWork

A slightly tight question but, if I bought a copy of iworks 09 would i be able to upgrade to the latest version without losing any functionality now or in the future? Thanks

 

[Satnam1989]

Guys please help me out with getting iWorks to sync with iCloud so I can also enjoy this feature.

I have latest version if iWorks on my MBA and on iPhone I only own Pages which is all I need. But I'm not able to get it to work, On my thread I have included pictures of what happens.


https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/1411605/

 

[wolfshades]

Seriously, where did Apple get the feedback that storing stuff in a folder is too difficult? User surveys at the Midvale School for the Gifted? I like a lot of things about Apple, but this is insulting to anyone with an IQ above a slow chimpanzee.

A search index does not replace a good folder structure, it only supplements it. Keeping stuff organised based on related information such as one project is a natural thing that humans do.

I don't know how far Apple plans to go with this but my suspicion is: no further than what they've done with iOS: instead of a directory-file structure, we now have "groups". One thing about "groups" is that they only go one level deep - which isn't that great when the need is to subcategorize stuff.

Microsoft too is trying to change the way we think about file management with its Sharepoint vehicle. They're pushing for the use of meta-tags, ostensibly to keep it easy for users to find things by accessing the index. In other words, like a slightly ramped up Google search.

There's a problem with "Google Search" functionality though, and having lived with it with Sharepoint here it is: the user is never assured that what they've found is actually the correct document. It might sort of look like the right one, but if the meta data is the same for an older version as it is for a newer one (and if you've renamed one of them), there is just no assurance you've got the right one. It's a crap shoot - but if you want *true* assurance you have to actually open up all of them, and go through them with a virtual magnifying glass. At least Microsoft wasn't dumb enough to leave out folders completely from Sharepoint: they're still there and from what I've seen, are still being used.

The traditional directory structure is less cumbersome. Therefore if Apple wants to break into the corporate world, they'll need to rethink this. No way will any business want to limit the hierarchy to one level deep.