iCloud Beta Site Gains Apps for iCloud Drive, Settings

[MacRumors]

Apple today updated its iCloud Beta site for developers, adding two new web apps for iCloud Drive and Settings ahead of the public launch of both iOS 8 and OS X Yosemite.

The iCloud Drive web app lets users view all of the documents that they've stored in the cloud, and provides options to upload files, create folders, and delete content. The site also includes a new "Settings" web app which gives information on a user, including Family Sharing settings and devices that are running iOS 8 or OS X Yosemite.

First announced in June, iCloud Drive is Apple's new cloud storage initiative, designed to compete with cloud storage services from Dropbox and Google. With iCloud Drive, users can store any type of document, including presentations, spreadsheets, PDFS, images, and more, accessing them from any iOS device, Mac, or PC.

The two new apps will likely be added to the official iCloud site with the launch of OS X Yosemite, which is expected to be released in October. Yesterday, Apple officially updated its iCloud Storage Plan pricing, offering 20GB of storage per month for $0.99 and 1TB for $29.99.

Article Link: iCloud Beta Site Gains Apps for iCloud Drive, Settings

 

[madsci954]

Two-factor enabled?

 

[JimmyTW87]

I'm intrigued, will you be able to store videos files eg. tv shows in iCloud, for Video Apps to play back? PDF's & images are a given, but I guess apple aren't going to advertise this capability.

 

[afsnyder]

Two-factor enabled?

Yes. I believe the whole iCloud site requires your to login before using it... and I think it was reported that it had two-factor. I don't use it though.

 

[profets]

Well, that's a start. Nice seeing all the devices you're logged into. Would be nicer to be able to disconnect or de-authorize them.

 

[Menel]

Two-factor enabled?

No

 

[scarecrowmac]

Only for some accounts at the moment? My Australian dev account doesn't have this yet..

 

[springsup]

That's nice, but an iMessage webapp would be nicer

 

[Willis]

Heres a question… probably been asked in another thread but anyway.

I have the 50GB of extra storage on my account, do we think Apple will let users use their allocated storage until their renewal date or, will they just upgrade the accounts to the next equivalent?

EDIT:

So turns out, any paid for plan will continue until renew date. At which point you will need to select a new plan.

 

[gmanist1000]

Two-factor enabled?

I've never been asked to verify my identify via two-factor authentication when logging into iCloud.com, even though I have it enabled.

 

[gorbok]

That's nice, but an iMessage webapp would be nicer

And maybe a Photo Stream viewer.

 

[Sweetfeld28]

That's nice, but an iMessage webapp would be nicer

iMessage would be a great addition... I don't like having to use my Gmail for Hangouts, as I prefer iMessage; but thats all i have access to at the office...

 

[ChasInVictoria]

error in story

The story currently says that 1TB of iCloud Drive storage will cost $29.99 a month, this is incorrect. Apple's site says it will cost $20 a month.

 

[CrazyForApple]

The PC users should be happy

 

[silvetti]

Heres a question… probably been asked in another thread but anyway.

I have the 50GB of extra storage on my account, do we think Apple will let users use their allocated storage until their renewal date or, will they just upgrade the accounts to the next equivalent?

EDIT:

So turns out, any paid for plan will continue until renew date. At which point you will need to select a new plan.

Pretty sure I read something about they upgrading the plans to equivalent and giving you the money difference.

 

[randian]

I'm intrigued, will you be able to store videos files eg. tv shows in iCloud, for Video Apps to play back? PDF's & images are a given, but I guess apple aren't going to advertise this capability.

It's not even clear that iCloud drive can be used as a general storage solution. All the marketing only talks about storing "documents", which is a tiny fraction of what I would want to store.

 

[Ritsuka]

In iCloud drive you can store the same things you can store on your hard disk, and these things are called "documents". If you can store sandwiches on your disk please let me know

 

[zorinlynx]

In iCloud drive you can store the same things you can store on your hard disk, and these things are called "documents". If you can store sandwiches on your disk please let me know

That would be convenient. We could even set them read-only so there's no need to refrigerate them. (bacteria can't infect read-only sandwiches, because consuming a sandwich requires modifying it.)

Even better would be being able to copy sandwiches; that would save a lot of money on lunch. Mmmm..

Apple, get on it. Oh, and burritos too. Definitely burritos.

 

[rorschach]

iMessage would be a great addition... I don't like having to use my Gmail for Hangouts, as I prefer iMessage; but thats all i have access to at the office...

It will never happen because of the end-to-end encryption. That wouldn't be possible with a web interface.

 

[randian]

In iCloud drive you can store the same things you can store on your hard disk, and these things are called "documents". If you can store sandwiches on your disk please let me know

Then why not use the term "files" rather than "documents"? They are not synonyms. Using "documents" implied only a subset of files would be uploaded. In any case, if you can store all your files in iCloud Drive I'm good to go.

 

[Padmini]

This is great. I've cancelled my paid Dropbox subscriptions and upped my iCloud.

Now they just need to add (or rather, bring back) the ability to share and iCloud Drive file via URL and Dropbox will no longer have any meaning for me.

They also need to add iCloud Photo Library access to iCloud.com. I can't understand how they are launching iCloud Photo Library on iOS in a few days, and there is absolutely no Mac, Windows, or Web client for it....at all.

 

[ryansimmons323]

It's also important to note that Yosemite public beta testers also have access to the iCloud Beta site too.

 

[Planey28]

Then why not use the term "files" rather than "documents"? They are not synonyms. Using "documents" implied only a subset of files would be uploaded. In any case, if you can store all your files in iCloud Drive I'm good to go.

Apple pretty much refer to all filetypes as documents, you can store whatever kind of document/file you wish in iCloud drive.

 

[randian]

Apple pretty much refer to all filetypes as documents, you can store whatever kind of document/file you wish in iCloud drive.

Good to know. Does iCloud Drive keep a local copy on your hard disk like Dropbox does? I'd hate to be unable to access my files if my network is down.

 

[Fuchal]

Good to know. Does iCloud Drive keep a local copy on your hard disk like Dropbox does? I'd hate to be unable to access my files if my network is down.

Yes, it works just like Dropbox