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Did ANYONE bother to beta test this? This is worst then Microsoft. This is getting to be far bigger then be state is at present, but then I have had the odd feeling Apples focus isn't on its software anymore. Wasn't their the story that they kept shuffling people around to work on both OSX and iOS? Like they didn't have enough staff.
 
If this stuff was happening to Microsoft, everyone would be laughing their ass off and talking about how bad their company is.
 
iCloud is just this great big mystery, nobody has any idea what goes on behind the scenes. While apple is supposed to just work, microsoft lets you see how it works and lets you mess around with the settings.

I love both, but feel penalized with a lot of this icloud stuff just because I don't own a mac and can't get into a lot of the settings.
 
Apple - this is unacceptable by any standard.
I wanted to transition from Google drive, but it can wait.
 
These are real, factual, repeatable, and documented issues that Apple actually needs to fix.

Kill the bendgate nonsense and start pushing Apple to release updates that are ready for primetime.

On another note I see why Apple wanted to buy Dropbox back in the day, and I see why Dropbox CEOs gave them the finger. Now that I get one solid Terabyte and then some for my money I won't be leaving Dropbox any time soon.

I had thought about at least upgrading my basic iCloud account but I don't know.
 
I wrote them a bug report about poking the button in the iCloud settings that says "Sign Out" and having the next dialog box being titled "Delete Account". They got back to me and said that was the way they've always done it, so they weren't going to change it. Nice.

Actually, I have great news for you, they changed it! But yeah, that was a really horrible label for the button that never should have gotten past QC, bugged the hell out of me and I'm sure confused millions of people. So if your complaint did it, thank you :)

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Right you are. If Steve was sitting behind the desk, I am sure people would be jumping off the building, not wanting to be the one to go in and tell him!
Do you know of anyone who jumped off a building rather than deliver bad news to Steve Jobs?
 
All your docs are still in TimeMachine. Take a deep breath. You did make backups right?

I just checked my iCloud Drive and I have backups of all the iCloud documents for multiple dates and yes I'm running Yosemite PB3. Here are all your iCloud document backups...

/Volumes/{Your Time Machine Volume Name}/Backups.backupd/{Your Computer Name}/{Backup-Date-Time}/Machintosh\ HD/Users/{your username}/Library/Mobile\ Documents

just copy them to your desktop.

Then copy them again back to iCloud Drive through Finder.

And the 80% of Apple's iOS user base who don't use Macs? Who were told their documents were safely backed up to the cloud, so they didn't need to worry about Apple's ****** excuses for a lack of an iOS file system?
 
iOS releases under Jobs were much more iterational -- a few new APIs, some skeuomorphic doodads, that's about it. But under Cook, technical advancement has vastly increased in pace not only with iOS, but also ancillary systems it touches (iCloud, Apple Pay, Touch ID).

Doing while keeping to a yearly release schedule is IMO causing these software quality issues. The software engineers simply don't have enough time to work all the bugs out. I think Apple should move to a two-year iOS schedule, because I don't know what else can solve it but time. Throwing more engineers at a problem only helps to a certain point.

Well, they could also do without things like moving backgrounds when you tilt your device (I wonder how much time they spent on that?), and, like Craig said, "You can't believe how much time we spent designing a trashcan." It's not hard to see what's going wrong.
 
I'll be honest...this is why I don't store anything in iCloud. The only thing I use it for is the actual data backup of the device. But my pictures (regular ones only :D ) and any documents all get synced to onedrive.
 
And the 80% of Apple's iOS user base who don't use Macs? Who were told their documents were safely backed up to the cloud, so they didn't need to worry about Apple's ****** excuses for a lack of an iOS file system?

This doesn't appear to be affecting many users, let alone 80%.
 
Do you know of anyone who jumped off a building rather than deliver bad news to Steve Jobs?

No because even if he fires you on the spot you have a great story for the rest of your life about how Steve Jobs once ripped you a new one and then fired you, for not using the proper rounding radius on a rectangle in some flowchart.
 
Apple - this is unacceptable by any standard.
I wanted to transition from Google drive, but it can wait.

Why would you switch? Apple doesn't have the best track-record of supporting their cloud products. In a few years they will have something new and shiny that you had better hope works with your existing set of computers/tablets/phone otherwise your whole data ecosystem is going to get dropped.

As attractive as Apple's iCloud Drive pricing is, I just don't trust it to be around in 5 years.
 
...and these are the guys that want you to trust them with your credit card info so you can pay anywhere without cash or card?

Good luck.
 
What's going on with Apple lately?

Yeah great hardware (bendgate is all BS) but they just can't get iOS 8 right!!!! I haven't experienced any bugs with it but the ones reported would really get to me if I experienced then. Still on 8.0 (scared to update until there's a REALLY stable version).
 
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