Nobody is getting fired. Can you explain how you are going to handle your sinking trust? Next phone is android?
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iCloud for Windows Users Complain of Corrupted Videos, Photos From Strangers
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That is a lot to chew on with pretty much no facts as of yet. I suggest slow deep breathing.
Main issue with iCloud.com has always been smoothness imo. Already was like that with iTools/MobileMe (me.com)
This is quite concerning. Imagine if that would happen to iCloud passwords...
So either iCloud doesn’t sync or it syncs with the neighbour’s library.
Well done Apple. I’m waiting for the day you understand how run down, useless and hopeless your software department came to be.
Well done Apple. I’m waiting for the day you understand how run down, useless and hopeless your software department came to be.
Yep and if that happens I’ll be concerned. But today I’m not.
Exactly. A boss would have to be an idiot or a micromanager (same difference in my book) to fire an experienced programmer over a mistake in a complex piece of software. The guy they bring in to replace him will need to learn the algorithm, look over the code (and comment about the crappy quality, because it's what guys do😁), try to fix the problem. That would take months. It's better to keep the guy who made the mistake, since he'll be more vigilant the next time.
I blame C-level suits for pushing software out before it's ready. Give the programmers time to debug and optimize the code before releasing it into the wild.
If this kind of library cross-pollution does really happen, it more or less has to be server-side unless the architecture is totally boneheaded and takes the client's word for authentication and access scope without verification. Even though I'm far from convinced with Apple's current software quality, the latter option still seems too far-fetched and it looks like it has to be a server-side issue, we just don't know how widespread it is/was yet. There's also this to indicate that it's not a Windows-specific problem: #35
Apple has never really been good at server stuff. iCould APIs were garbage for what 5 years until they were completely replaced? It be nice to know who they outsourced the server code to. But I am guessing they got all of those grade schoolers that they targeting with Swift to create the code for Apple servers. But who knows.
Apple has many ways to encourage its users to switch to a Mac. I don’t believe that Apple is doing this intentionally, however they can’t test the millions of configurations of PC out in the world to verify that everything works 100% on every one ( that’s Microsoft’s job ). Is Microsoft doing everything it can to make sure Apples’s software works on all its systems? Most definitely not. ☠️
can't people just use beta.icloud.com and not bother with the iCloud client?
that's what I do...
that's what I do...
It's not Microsoft's job to do. Apple is responsible for their own code, full stop.
Are you for real? it's nothing to do with Microsoft, this is an Apple server issue.
It doesn't matter if the Apple software works well or not, even if Microsoft had checked it (which I don't see why it would beyond for security reasons). The Apple server is giving the wrong people access to the wrong photos.
On which planet would this be the responsibility of Microsoft? This thread is going to provide a new level of fanboyism for years to come. Would you complain to Apple if you used the Onedrive app on your Mac from Microsoft and it showed you other peoples data? I don't think so. People just seem to throw logic out the window when it comes to Apple mistakes as they can do no wrong.
They created the app not MS, by this logic any third party app issues on MacOS are Apple’s fault? Does this not sound ridiculous to you.. the one creating an app should be primarily testing it… What do you mean millions of configurations, this isn’t dealing with low level hardware differences which would be more complicated, it’s a photos app…and “millions of configurations” has little to do with a server side issue…
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Oh no. This is not a local Windows problem and has nothing to do with multiple possible configurations. Why would somebody else’s images be on my local machine to begin with?
This happens on the server and is most likely a client-server authorization issue. It is then of course related to the use of Microsoft libraries on the client side but those kind of libraries rarely differ from one PC configuration to another.
But will see what the exact cause was.
well - is it their server-side code, or client-side code?
is iCloud a product? SaaS? XaaS? or another type of service? What is the endpoint agent's role vs. cloud sync?
so many people talking about CEO's and C-suite and responsibility and ...
Server side I'd say. It's downright stupid to handle security solely on the client side, I can't imagine even Apple would do that. But it really doesn't matter, all is authored by Apple.
Let’s clarify this again, it’s not directly related to Windows, but is an Apple iCloud servers issue. Whoever said that is Windows related only is completely wrong. I don’t want my SS or other critical info in hands of some unknown guy. It’s a serious issue, not be treated lightly. I like the easiness of iCloud but I value my private data more. I’m an IT Manager with more than 30 years of experience in Networks, Computer Systems, Domains etc… just for you info.
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So....is there ANY real factual evidence to this story? You would think if it was real, this would be blowing up like crazy.
It has ONLY been reported here.
And by a brand-new account and confirmed by another brand-new account. I am calling this bogus. Love how so many in this thread freaked out and state they are jumping off of iCloud. People need to chill out and take a breath...and get some real facts.
It has ONLY been reported here.
And by a brand-new account and confirmed by another brand-new account. I am calling this bogus. Love how so many in this thread freaked out and state they are jumping off of iCloud. People need to chill out and take a breath...and get some real facts.
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Uhhhh... my account is hardly brand new. It's factual, but it's also been fixed in the past 24 hours, so no one else can "confirm" it at this point. All of my videos were corrupt when downloading from iCloud, and one of them had a photo of a girl in pajamas embedded in the middle of it, and another had a partial image of a wrestling mat in a gym somewhere.
A friend of mine who has some experience coding software said that his theory was that it could have been some kind of memory overflow error on Apple's servers that caused people's data to intermingle. I don't know. But all i know is that it's a "real fact," and absolutely not bogus.
So you're calling some liars here?
I haven't seen the problem, but proving a negative is impossible, so the jury is still out.
I don't use iCloud for storage like that, but when people say they experienced the problem, I tend give them the benefit of the doubt, and it's extremely serious if it really happened. As an IT manager, I take security breaches as extremely bad...
Pictures from strangers... LOL.
Shows "pictures from stranger" to wife. Wife suddenly goes silent for some reason.
Not saying anyone is lying, but I'm more of a Occam's razor sort of guy.
Shows "pictures from stranger" to wife. Wife suddenly goes silent for some reason.
Not saying anyone is lying, but I'm more of a Occam's razor sort of guy.