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Apple's iCloud Website Updated With iOS 17 and macOS Sonoma Features

Dj64Mk7 said:
Wasn’t this the big difference between iCloud Documents and Data (pre-2014) and iCloud Drive (post-2013)?

As far as I’m aware, iCloud Drive is its own section in the Finder, separate from the rest of the system. Does this not work the same way as Selective Sync? Is selective sync closer to how Windows handles OneDrive files in File Explorer? Couldn’t Optimize Storage act the same way on a system-level in macOS?
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The difference is that in Dropbox you can have files that only are in the cloud, but have basically aliases in finder on your desktop that you can click to automatically download them. This way you can have a cloud storage LARGER than your local storage on some machines, but in full on others. With iCloud, unless I'm mistaken, all the files in the iCloud drive are mirrored onto your local drive. I like to keep some files off of my laptops (but on my different desktops), but still easily accessible when needed when needing to update them or give them to somebody. It is all about managing different space needs on different computers that are all sharing the cloud drive files. If it was only for backup, that would be no problem as backups are not accessed that often.
 
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Dancin-Ted-Danson said:
Does iCloud Mail finally sync without me having to open the app on my phone (badge count is always out of sync until you open it and it realizes you deleted a bunch of unread emails on the desktop)
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Exactly!

Things Mail in iCloud MUST fix:
Rules! Maintain rules we set!
Rules! Allow more complex options.
Rules! Maintain rules we set and not randomly break!!

Ps anyone ever successfully get iCloud Mail to work in Outlook for iOS?!
 
ersan191 said:
iCloud Drive needs big features so I can ditch OneDrive. Do not download (keep in the cloud) as a default option, version history, public sharing options, folder sharing, and (for me) a Linux client. People still say it isn't cloud storage but instead a syncing mechanism for these reasons.
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It’s a useless excuse they pedal to us.

The work DRIVE is in the name, slows us to create folders and move and save content within along with Files app on iOS to sync data with 3rd party drive systems. So it’s cloud storage plain and simple. You and I both know it don’t let others think it’s different ;)
 
ersatzplanet said:
The difference is that in Dropbox you can have files that only are in the cloud, but have basically aliases in finder on your desktop that you can click to automatically download them. This way you can have a cloud storage LARGER than your local storage on some machines, but in full on others. With iCloud, unless I'm mistaken, all the files in the iCloud drive are mirrored onto your local drive. I like to keep some files off of my laptops (but on my different desktops), but still easily accessible when needed when needing to update them or give them to somebody. It is all about managing different space needs on different computers that are all sharing the cloud drive files. If it was only for backup, that would be no problem as backups are not accessed that often.
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Also not to mention. It’s a good security practice.
 
WOW, WOW, WOW!!!

it looks to me like a major upgrade of IOS!!!

being a heavy user of notes and reminders, who do not carry with a macbook everywhere hence require web access to apple services, this huge upgrade uplifts the functionaries of the web interfaces of notes, reminders (now possible to change the details, even with location info, yet not supporting tag sorting).

merely noticed minor changes to UI of Page.

do you guys aware of any changes to the web interfaces of the iWorks apps, incl. Page, Number, Keynote?
 
Japan Ricardo said:
No.

I used to have an Outlook account on my iPhone, and it always synched perfectly - within seconds of deleting or reading an email on outlook.com or another email app, the iPhone badge would change. It doesn't with iCloud accounts... Very strange...
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outlook.com is based on Active Sync technology which pushes changes whereas iCloud mail is IMAP and is pull based I believe.
 
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timeislove said:
WOW, WOW, WOW!!!

it looks to me like a major upgrade of IOS!!!

being a heavy user of notes and reminders, who do not carry with a macbook everywhere hence require web access to apple services, this huge upgrade uplifts the functionaries of the web interfaces of notes, reminders (now possible to change the details, even with location info, yet not supporting tag sorting).

merely noticed minor changes to UI of Page.

do you guys aware of any changes to the web interfaces of the iWorks apps, incl. Page, Number, Keynote?
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Didn't see anything different when I used a Numbers file earlier.
 
WildSelkie said:
outlook.com is based on Active Sync technology which pushes changes whereas iCloud mail is IMAP and is pull based I believe.
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Interesting. Thanks. So Outlook is better than iCloud Mail in this respect.... Odd that Apple can't make an app synch with their own systems, but one of their competitors can...
 
timeislove said:
WOW, WOW, WOW!!!

it looks to me like a major upgrade of IOS!!!

being a heavy user of notes and reminders, who do not carry with a macbook everywhere hence require web access to apple services, this huge upgrade uplifts the functionaries of the web interfaces of notes, reminders (now possible to change the details, even with location info, yet not supporting tag sorting).

merely noticed minor changes to UI of Page.

do you guys aware of any changes to the web interfaces of the iWorks apps, incl. Page, Number, Keynote?
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The option to check off Reminders via the main interface is really good - very useful. If only it didn't take so long to load them up when you actually go into the Reminders 'app'.
 
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crazymac said:
Rules are still a hot mess! Why can rules sync from the Apple Mail to iCloud? Would make life a whole lot easier.
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I presume because the Mac Mail app is ancient and its rules system long predates iCloud being bolted on. See also the Mac Music app which is basically iTunes with code going back to the 90s and is a dog to use.

And for some reason Apple is happy to carry on like this year after year when these apps should have had a proper overhaul years ago.
 
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why isn’t there a Week number for calendar? And also, did they remove pages from iCloud web? I recall I could edit a page in the past. Now I can only view it. If they want to compete with google drive / docs, then pages should exist on the web
 
Did anyone notice, that iCloud Mail now has Drag and Drop Support? I feel like living in... well... the late 2000s. And Mail now also has context menus. How did they come up with these ingenious solutions no one ever thought of before?

Sarcasm off: FINALLY. On my windows work computer I use iCloud Mail when I have to write a private mail (I just don't like typing on my phone if the text is longer). And these features were missing so badly - at least for me.
 
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iCloud is still missing Find My and Health Integration.

Lacking this makes it very difficult to give IT support to elderly family members in this area.
 
I would still like to change the top level iCloud Mail email address on my account.

Eons ago I made the mistake during set up of using a predictable first.last name combo and, well, spam.
 
Robert.Walter said:
iCloud is still missing Find My and Health Integration.

Lacking this makes it very difficult to give IT support to elderly family members in this area.
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owing to privacy concerns, i wonder if integrating health info to icloud.com is a good idea.
 
tyrone841 said:
Did anyone notice, that iCloud Mail now has Drag and Drop Support? I feel like living in... well... the late 2000s. And Mail now also has context menus. How did they come up with these ingenious solutions no one ever thought of before?

Sarcasm off: FINALLY. On my windows work computer I use iCloud Mail when I have to write a private mail (I just don't like typing on my phone if the text is longer). And these features were missing so badly - at least for me.
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while i doubt drag & drop is in anyway a good feature, i believe most of the apple users would expect icloud.com web interface could work on par with that for google services.

even after this huge upgrade icloud.com is still far behind its counterpart!
 
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