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OS X Mountain Lion's Documents in the Cloud Simplifies File Access Across Devices

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This is sort of what I was hopping for. I just want a way where I can save something on my comp. (regardless of which program) and it is editable on my iPad. Until then icloud still needs work.
 
f00f said:
Makes me wonder if they're getting rid of Terminal.app too...
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“Too”? They’re not getting rid of anything. This is something added; nothing subtracted.

And a very good thing for most users I’ve met! Time will tell how much I use it myself as a power user... change is frightening (remember how mice terrified “power users”?) but where would we be without it?

pubwvj said:
The "cloud" is not as great as they're making it out to be. It is a city thing. Out in rural areas the cloud is often not accessible. Bandwidth is low. Coverage is spotty or non-existent. Apple is ostracizing rural users. If you don't live in the urban areas you're not worth of being their customer. Fact: the world is not connected.
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Good thing Apple hasn’t removed traditional non-iCloud file management (and they won’t until people stip taking laptops places with no Internet). Can’t or won’t use iCloud? No problem. It’s absurd to think that Apple only caters to people with Internet 24/7 on even their portable machines. Nobody has that much access!
 
Bubba Satori said:
And if you can't access the Cloud or have bumped into a data cap?
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You don't use iCloud if you don't have reliable home internet connection.

Besides, I'm sure they'll have it download stuff automatically like Dropbox does so you can still access it when you aren't connected.
 
dethmaShine said:
That goes for any cloud service and not just iCloud. Am I write?
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Turn on airplane mode on your iPhone. All the iCloud docs are still there... they just don't synchronize. It waits until you reconnect. Not sure how it handles mis matched updates though.
 
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iMikeT said:
Finally, a file system for iCloud!

(Well, pseudo-file system)

It looks like I might actually get on iCloud now.
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Yeah because before now iCloud wasn't worth the money right?

Oh wait it's free.

Glad it's up to your standards though.
 
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...................................................................................The functionality is naturally being compared to that of Dropbox, which allows users to save files directly to their Dropbox accounts for access anywhere, but Apple's new iCloud solution offers the disadvantage of displaying only those files intended for use with the app being used, helping to filter the list of documents and offering iOS-like folder organization of files.

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fixed that for you.:cool:
 
miniroll32 said:
OK - this is cool! Although I don't like the fact it's limited to the computer that the person owns... i.e I couldn't just go to work and save all my documents in iCloud, bypassing lost USB drives?
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For now it makes sense since this is Apple centric ;) anyway who is going to be using windows at work and have filed dealing with mac? Sorry Windows users need to use MS own version what ever that is.
 
mw360 said:
They're getting rid of the filesystem!

(Personally I can't wait)
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File systems are still very much required!

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I wouldn't mind seeing directories icons like iOS in the regular Finder. Of course, without the 12 item limit!

Its a quick preview of what is in the directory.
 
Very exciting

But I wonder how well it will work for those of us who organize our files by project rather than by application...
 
The only problem with this is that it only shows files that Apple thinks are associated with the apps. Will it only show files that have been created with the app? What if I want to save a document to the cloud that I've downloaded? Will it rely on file extensions to filter out ones that "don't" work with the app? What if the extension is wrong?

Most importantly: can I share files between apps? This is the biggest problem with the app-centric file system in place now on iOS, there's no real "common pool" of files, making sharing between apps cludgy at best.
 
pubwvj said:
The "cloud" is not as great as they're making it out to be. It is a city thing. Out in rural areas the cloud is often not accessible. Bandwidth is low. Coverage is spotty or non-existent. Apple is ostracizing rural users. If you don't live in the urban areas you're not worth of being their customer. Fact: the world is not connected.
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Cloud technology is in fact a great thing, and is probably one of the most significant developments in technology for corporations of all kinds, as well as consumers...but on a smaller scale.

Remember, using iCloud is optional and an added benefit to those who do/can take advantage of it. Even if you had an iPhone with iCloud enabled, when you do have decent internet access, your info is backed up to the cloud. That alone may save someone serious heartache if their device was lost or had to be replaced.

The Cloud will not replace the file system anytime soon.
 
macrumors12345 said:
But I wonder how well it will work for those of us who organize our files by project rather than by application...
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I do the same thing. But, I wish that the OS managed all my files without me having to do anything. But, I don't know if that's possible, in a way that i would approve of.
 
Strange idea. As Apple (and Apple users!) use the cloud more and more, we're going to have a lot more files up there. We certainly need folders/favourites sections etc. The Search (Spotlight?) function obviously will be used a lot, but we'll still need folders.
 
BrianMojo said:
The only problem with this is that it only shows files that Apple thinks are associated with the apps. Will it only show files that have been created with the app? What if I want to save a document to the cloud that I've downloaded? Will it rely on file extensions to filter out ones that "don't" work with the app? What if the extension is wrong?

Most importantly: can I share files between apps? This is the biggest problem with the app-centric file system in place now on iOS, there's no real "common pool" of files, making sharing between apps cludgy at best.
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Since there is an API that third parties can use, I don't see why something like ifile for OS X couldn't be developed that supported all files types and lets you open any file with an app of your choosing. Third-parties will pretty much fill whatever void is missing from the built-in features. This is good news.

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whooleytoo said:
Strange idea. As Apple (and Apple users!) use the cloud more and more, we're going to have a lot more files up there. We certainly need folders/favourites sections etc. The Search (Spotlight?) function obviously will be used a lot, but we'll still need folders.
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My worry isn't the iCloud system, but the limited 5GB they provide free. Most of us will probably have to pay to upgrade our data caps.
 
AdeFowler said:
I'd like the iCloud version to get simultaneously saved to my local disk in case my internet goes down.
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They had that already, it was called iDisk with syncing turned on. And you could save anything you wanted there. iCloud Documents is a very dumbed down limited replacement for iDisk.

No thanks, I'll use Dropbox from now on.
 
AdeFowler said:
I'd like the iCloud version to get simultaneously saved to my local disk in case my internet goes down.
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This. I would never want to save anything just to the cloud, always a local copy and sometimes a copy to the cloud as well.

Personally the way iCloud has been so far as well as Apple's track record with MobileMe and things like iTunes Match, I'm not willing to trust my data to their cloud. Worst case isn't updates not getting copied over, it's making changes but then having the Cloud get confused and overwriting your new work with an older version from the cloud. No thanks.
 
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