Dropbox for iOS Gains File Renaming Capabilities

[JosephAW]

Now I no longer need to use a browser to rename a file.

 

[KALLT]

Apples cloud is the worst thing they have ever done.

iCloud pre-iOS7 that doesn't work well together with ios 8 devices, Photostream that's not part of the iCloud space, iCloud Photos that's part of iCloud, iCloud Drive for iOS 8. iCloud Photo Library that's part of iOS8 with an mac app that's not due til 2015, iPhoto that doesn't work properly with iCloud Photo. Then there's Photostream Sharing but also iCloud Photo Sharing. We also have the stuff like contacts that get synced but what is it actually called? "iCloud too?" Oh and then we also got iTunes Match that's for music like wtf apple. Apps need to be updated to gain access to your iCloud Drive files and you have to know what app may be able to open certain types instead of giving me an app like Dropbox with the files where I can PICK the app to open it with instead of guessing which one has been updated and can actually support the type. So confusing and I am a computer science / online marketing student. How are regular people like my family supposed to understand that lol

Oh and like you said it takes up local space which makes the whole purpose of a cloud redundant and if you just want to get rid of a picture to save some local space it gets deleted eeeeverywheeeere

Sounds almost like the Mac lineup before Jobs returned as CEO.

 

[Michael Goff]

Apple really needs to either buy Dropbox and implement it into iCloud or create their own - I literally don't even know what iCloud does other than store back ups

I really like Apple, but they'd probably find a way to mess it up. They just can't do internet things.

 

[anthonymoody]

I'm using iCloud Drive and trying my best to live with it, but if Apple doesn't release an iCloud Drive app for iOS soon I'm going to switch back to Dropbox. I currently use the Documents app as an iCloud Drive browser, but it's a far from perfect solution.

 

[GerritV]

Hurrah for Dropbox, down with iCloud

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I'm using iCloud Drive and trying my best to live with it, but if Apple doesn't release an iCloud Drive app for iOS soon I'm going to switch back to Dropbox. I currently use the Documents app as an iCloud Drive browser, but it's a far from perfect solution.

To me, having Documents at hand means I can do without Dropbox, GoogleDrive and OneDrive. One app instead of three is a good deal IMHO.

 

[brianvictor7]

So very glad to see this feature! Had to use it today already!

 

[Jazper]

You do know Steve Jobs asked to buy dropbox but they wouldn't sell it to him.

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Dropbox is smooth. They really have some ace programmers and decision makers over there.

Yeah but how much was Steve offering?

 

[Peepo]

Is there a way to rename a file without opening it? What if I want to rename a larger file without downloading it first. I don't see a way. Would make more sense to rename files using swipe like they do folders rather that the dots up in right corner - why two different ways to do something?

 

[anthonymoody]

Hurrah for Dropbox, down with iCloud

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To me, having Documents at hand means I can do without Dropbox, GoogleDrive and OneDrive. One app instead of three is a good deal IMHO.

Something about navigating in Documents doesn't feel great to me. It works in the end but feels somewhat clunky.