The music which you buy from itunes is already on their server so who needs 100 Gb
For the music that I didn't buy from iTunes, which is the huge, huge majority.
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MobileMe Revamp to Focus on Streaming Data From Individual Machines, Not Cloud?
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For the music that I didn't buy from iTunes, which is the huge, huge majority.
Back To My Mac
Isn't Back To My Mac halfway to this anyway?
I can connect to my home machine as if I was sitting in front of it if all I want to do is manipulate files on that machine. If the iTunes output selector included the laptop I was on remotely, I'd be able to stream my library to my remote machine. Not a huge leap.
I'm not sure it'll happen. Most of these stories are wishful thinking by the writer or some "analyst", but the technology seems almost there.
Isn't Back To My Mac halfway to this anyway?
I can connect to my home machine as if I was sitting in front of it if all I want to do is manipulate files on that machine. If the iTunes output selector included the laptop I was on remotely, I'd be able to stream my library to my remote machine. Not a huge leap.
I'm not sure it'll happen. Most of these stories are wishful thinking by the writer or some "analyst", but the technology seems almost there.
Good for the Enterprise
This sounds like an excellent product for the Enterprise: a service that allows a company to enjoy all the benefits of the cloud while maintaining complete control over their data on their own servers. This would be great for companies who cannot use existing cloud services because of security policies or regulations.
This sounds like an excellent product for the Enterprise: a service that allows a company to enjoy all the benefits of the cloud while maintaining complete control over their data on their own servers. This would be great for companies who cannot use existing cloud services because of security policies or regulations.
My MBP is asleep when not in use.
This wouldn't work for me. Why would I want to run my machine all day just in case I want to access some info from it while away?
This wouldn't work for me. Why would I want to run my machine all day just in case I want to access some info from it while away?
Wrong - the technology is not almost there, it is already there. This is not a problem of technology, it is more a problem of how many people can get the technology into their house (for an affordable price) and how many can access the technology on the go. It is amazing how many people cant get decent download speeds, and it is even worse for the upload speeds needed for this. It is that this is for too many not an option right now, even though the technology is readily available. Also, there are (pricy) options on some airlines to get in-flight network, but not all airlines offer it and if they offer it they charge too much - again technology is there, but can't be used by everyone.
But I like the feature, it has a lot of potential - as long as they don't remove the memory from my iDevices (for the times where I don't have access). They also need to offer a cheap device to enable this service at home, since this idea won't work for laptop users - if you travel you can't access your library, so whats the point?
guess you dont use Air Video or LogMeIn, telnet, or any other sort of remote desktop agent? security can be managed well enough for the typical risk vs reward.
as for the streaming -- most streaming servers are capable of determining your device & bandwidth, and giving you something appropriate. i use Air Video to watch my HD content on iOS devices and dont have a problem with it.
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please explain why an easy-to-use, capable, $50 device is about "status". in detail. thanks
huh? ATV is a media streamer. if you dont have the bandwidth to stream...then you really cant play, can you?
as for leaving it on 24/7, the ATV consumes very little power in its sleep mode.
Exactly. If this is the route they are going (again - remember these are just rumors people) then DropBox is already there. The only difference I can see is that Apple can make it more "Apple-Integrated." That is to say to make it more seamless than the way DropBox is on the iPhone now for example. For instance, your "cloud" music files would appear just like your other music files, except maybe their titles are italic (as opposed to appearing in your DropBox application on the iPhone as it is now). And if you delete them from the cloud, they are also automatically deleted from your iPod list. Same thing with photos and project files, etc.
I remember that announcement back in 2000 and so. The account for users that would be free for ever. If I recall that lasted what 3 years at most with the change to .Mac.
That was one of Steve's greatest cons. There are many to choose from. As someone else mentioned earlier, the servers may be there but the rest of the infrastructure just couldn't cope. Even in South Korea it would struggle. The ability to be able to cope with such a large and constant flow of data is years away.
Also what would happen if the Data farm when up in smoke? Have Apple built a second farm for their own back up?
now they are just making crap up.
Considering Apple doesn't even let you store movies on the new AppleTV.
And MacBook Air (possibly future Macbooks also) just moved to low capacity Flash based storage.
Apple's direction is definitely storing media on their server.
Considering Apple doesn't even let you store movies on the new AppleTV.
And MacBook Air (possibly future Macbooks also) just moved to low capacity Flash based storage.
Apple's direction is definitely storing media on their server.
Amen! I love my Apple TV but the one thing I HATE is having to leave me MacBook Pro on with iTunes running and connected to my Time Capsule 24/7! It is ridiculous and overly complicated!
If these rumors are true then they would absolutely need a solution something like that! But do I really wanna spend another $500.00 on a new Time Capsule???
Oh yes, streaming my 720p video episodes from home at 384kb upload will be.... interesting
If this only supports content purchased from iTunes which I wouldn't be surprised, then I will be pissed! Until they get 1080p and day and date release on all films with DVD for purchase, sorry! And how about iTunes Extras support on the new Apple TV and iDevices?!
Valid point! But as long as the movie situation on iTunes is as I described above then we have a problem! Hollywood pisses me off so bad and I am a film-maker haha!!! The MacBook Pro update this year will probably axe the super drive and go solid state which puts us in a tough position taking into account the state of movies on iTunes again. I think if Apple goes that way with the MacBook Pros this year it will be very controversial. Might be a year too early for that!
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This is what I thought would happen. But I don't think they would give everyone 100GB... maybe 20GB if they chose to be true cloud storage? And then you could always pay for more? Who knows.
this also with videos,podcasts tv shows movies even your app store apps whats actuallly only stored on your pone my phones is synced with flickr for my photoes we dont even need 1 gig of local storageThe music which you buy from itunes is already on their server so who needs 100 Gb
People will leave imacs on 24/7 so they can stream music? what a waste of energy.
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They should make the next time capsule have a copy of your iTunes libary that runs at all times so your devices can access it
They should make the next time capsule have a copy of your iTunes libary that runs at all times so your devices can access it
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If were having a "personal cloud" Just get subsonic....and iSub for iphone and bypass itunes and there walled garden!!!
If were having a "personal cloud" Just get subsonic....and iSub for iphone and bypass itunes and there walled garden!!!
I have this up and running and it's not working for reasons:
1. My upload speed isn't good enough so streaming my lossless music doesn't work (and this is 90% of my collection). This could probably be solved by:
2. There is no convenient way of creating a 2nd lower bit rate streaming version of the music. Shouldn't be hard to fix but it's not there today.
3. While this is relatively easy to setup and stable I still think it's more work then the average person wants to deal with today. To make it work it needs to be much more streamlined.
I still think a more attractive solution is to be able to have your music in the cloud but as people have pointed out the size of my music (alone) is >250G (lossless) so even down-converted it will take quite a bit of space.
1. My upload speed isn't good enough so streaming my lossless music doesn't work (and this is 90% of my collection). This could probably be solved by:
2. There is no convenient way of creating a 2nd lower bit rate streaming version of the music. Shouldn't be hard to fix but it's not there today.
3. While this is relatively easy to setup and stable I still think it's more work then the average person wants to deal with today. To make it work it needs to be much more streamlined.
I still think a more attractive solution is to be able to have your music in the cloud but as people have pointed out the size of my music (alone) is >250G (lossless) so even down-converted it will take quite a bit of space.
MobileMe syncs very small files such as Contacts and calendar events. This is taking it to a whole new level with documents, and media as well.
As long as it was secure, I would love to have access to my home files while on the road. Current solutions are quite piecemeal - dropping of a few files here, transferring over Wi-Fi or USB...I would love to have on-the-go access to my Documents folder, iTunes library, etc.