All right, this could now be a serious contender in the web space to challange google's stranglehold over my email, calendars and documents on the web. I will give it a try, though it may be too late for me to make the switch. But for those just starting out these apps are a pretty good alternative at the right price tag.
Agreed... EXCEPT the whole thing is worthless to me because I have a DOT ME email address and iCloud doesn't support custom domains even though Google and Microsoft have been supporting them for years.
So you're complaining about a beta not being finished? File a bug report about the beta.
- you can even restore a brand new device from the cloud
What does the Google service do?
I don't have much need for any of that. Seems like iWork sync is what they are emphasizing right now. I only use iWork to open MS Office files people send me. As long as iDisk and Back to my Mac continue to work I don't care what else it does. I guess Windows users will make use of the calendar. Not sure what else they would need this service for but at least they got a cursory mention in the setup guide.
BTW it did seem dog ass slow. Took several minutes just to authenticate my login. After that it was a little better. I'm on 3G right now with 4 bars
Does anyone know if Contacts on iCloud Finally allows to Group Contracts without using Outlook? I really loved to be able to organize my contacts on a computer rather then iPhone. And grouping is even better. Currently iPhone contacts is pretty much useless.
I don't have much need for any of that. Seems like iWork sync is what they are emphasizing right now. I only use iWork to open MS Office files people send me. As long as iDisk and Back to my Mac continue to work I don't care what else it does. I guess Windows users will make use of the calendar. Not sure what else they would need this service for but at least they got a cursory mention in the setup guide.
BTW it did seem dog ass slow. Took several minutes just to authenticate my login. After that it was a little better. I'm on 3G right now with 4 bars
Back to My Mac will continue to function perfectly fine. However, iDisk is going away. You will have access to it until June 30, 2012 (if you don't switch over to iCloud), then it's gone for good. The one and only downside of iCloud compared to MobileMe, imo.
- you can even restore a brand new device from the cloud
What does the Google service do?
iCloud is not a back-up service. There are many good ones of those - iDrive, SugarSync, DropBox, Box.net to name a few. These services also sync folders across devices and platforms.
iCloud is closer integrated with OSX and iOS and integrates the two closer on a per app basis...
as far as I understand. More of a sophisticated hands off syncing service than a back-up service.
Back to My Mac will continue to function perfectly fine. However, iDisk is going away. You will have access to it until June 30, 2012 (if you don't switch over to iCloud), then it's gone for good. The one and only downside of iCloud compared to MobileMe, imo.
Good to know. At least I still have DropBox for drag and drop file storage. Too bad though as I use iDisk daily as a mounted volume when I'm on the go, although back to my Mac serves pretty much the same purpose in my usage patterns.
iCloud is not a back-up service. There are many good ones of those - iDrive, SugarSync, DropBox, Box.net to name a few. These services also sync folders across devices and platforms.
iCloud is closer integrated with OSX and iOS and integrates the two closer on a per app basis...
as far as I understand. More of a sophisticated hands off syncing service than a back-up service.
It's not a backup service? Then why does Apple call it such and why does it give me the ability to backup my data?
Hope whatever they have up their sleeve is equally as easy to use with iPhoto or my 80 year old Dad will be SOL.
Amen. I'm really going to be ticked if they discontinue gallery. I have little interest in streaming. I want to have iPhoto integration and the ability to point people to specific galleries. And I don't really want to learn flicker or picasa.
OK, newbie question. Can iOS Developers who have access to iCloud actually setup an account with @icloud.com, or is it just limited to whatever your current account is?
That iPhone in the article; it's screen is looking very 'edge-edge'...? O_o
I thought the exact same thing. Surely it couldn't be.
If I were to go with this possibility - I'd say it definitely looks like an edge-to-edge display... and perhaps a bit of a curved back going on... Certainly looks unlike any iPhone 4 promotional image I've seen used...
So, can iCloud be used with one master (admin) account and several sub-accounts? Sub-accounts could be created and deleted by the master account? Any way to organize this into some sort of workgroup and use it in a small business for document sharing?
Or is it purely one independent iCloud account per individual?
If iCloud is purely a cloud-based syncing system, can your documents be somehow shared with another iCloud member?
Can you mark which documents and/or folders should be synced to iCloud or is this done automatically every time you create an iWork document on a "all-or-nothing" basis per each iWork application? I see there is an option left for third-party applications to use the documents-syncing option into iCloud. Does this leave the door open for non-iWork documents (e.g. PDFs) stored on the local hard drive to be synced into iCloud and possibly shared with other iCloud members? Or is this feature available for third-party applications only and not for files, per se? In other words, will iCloud be underlying-file-system aware when it comes to syncing or will it treat every iCloud-enabled application, be at an iWork application or a third-party application, as a "sandboxed" file system, kind of like apps are treated in iOS? In iOS, an app does not get access to the underlying file system but can create its own "sandboxed" file system for storing user files generated in that app, and no other app has access to that "sandboxed" file system.
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- purchased music, apps, and books
- photo and video in the camera roll
- device settings
- app data
- home screen and app organization
- text and mms messages
- ringtones
- all iWork documents
- you can even restore a brand new device from the cloud
What does the Google service do?
iCloud backs up your:
- purchased music, apps, and books
- photo and video in the camera roll
- device settings
- app data
- home screen and app organization
- text and mms messages
- ringtones
- all iWork documents
- you can even restore a brand new device from the cloud
What does the Google service do?
Spy on your emails and sell your personal information to the lowest bidder including Chinese hackers.
Agreed... EXCEPT the whole thing is worthless to me because I have a DOT ME email address and iCloud doesn't support custom domains even though Google and Microsoft have been supporting them for years.
So you're complaining about a beta not being finished? File a bug report about the beta.
Spy on your emails and sell your personal information to the lowest bidder including Chinese hackers.
Have you looked under your bed lately?
iCloud backs up your:
- purchased music, apps, and books
- photo and video in the camera roll
- device settings
- app data
- home screen and app organization
- text and mms messages
- ringtones
- all iWork documents
- you can even restore a brand new device from the cloud
What does the Google service do?
I don't have much need for any of that. Seems like iWork sync is what they are emphasizing right now. I only use iWork to open MS Office files people send me. As long as iDisk and Back to my Mac continue to work I don't care what else it does. I guess Windows users will make use of the calendar. Not sure what else they would need this service for but at least they got a cursory mention in the setup guide.
BTW it did seem dog ass slow. Took several minutes just to authenticate my login. After that it was a little better. I'm on 3G right now with 4 bars
I don't have much need for any of that. Seems like iWork sync is what they are emphasizing right now. I only use iWork to open MS Office files people send me. As long as iDisk and Back to my Mac continue to work I don't care what else it does. I guess Windows users will make use of the calendar. Not sure what else they would need this service for but at least they got a cursory mention in the setup guide.
BTW it did seem dog ass slow. Took several minutes just to authenticate my login. After that it was a little better. I'm on 3G right now with 4 bars
Back to My Mac will continue to function perfectly fine. However, iDisk is going away. You will have access to it until June 30, 2012 (if you don't switch over to iCloud), then it's gone for good. The one and only downside of iCloud compared to MobileMe, imo.
http://www.apple.com/mobileme/transition.html
iCloud backs up your:
- purchased music, apps, and books
- photo and video in the camera roll
- device settings
- app data
- home screen and app organization
- text and mms messages
- ringtones
- all iWork documents
- you can even restore a brand new device from the cloud
What does the Google service do?
iCloud is not a back-up service. There are many good ones of those - iDrive, SugarSync, DropBox, Box.net to name a few. These services also sync folders across devices and platforms.
iCloud is closer integrated with OSX and iOS and integrates the two closer on a per app basis...
as far as I understand. More of a sophisticated hands off syncing service than a back-up service.
Back to My Mac will continue to function perfectly fine. However, iDisk is going away. You will have access to it until June 30, 2012 (if you don't switch over to iCloud), then it's gone for good. The one and only downside of iCloud compared to MobileMe, imo.
http://www.apple.com/mobileme/transition.html
Good to know. At least I still have DropBox for drag and drop file storage. Too bad though as I use iDisk daily as a mounted volume when I'm on the go, although back to my Mac serves pretty much the same purpose in my usage patterns.
Hope whatever they have up their sleeve is equally as easy to use with iPhoto or my 80 year old Dad will be SOL.
iCloud is not a back-up service. There are many good ones of those - iDrive, SugarSync, DropBox, Box.net to name a few. These services also sync folders across devices and platforms.
iCloud is closer integrated with OSX and iOS and integrates the two closer on a per app basis...
as far as I understand. More of a sophisticated hands off syncing service than a back-up service.
It's not a backup service? Then why does Apple call it such and why does it give me the ability to backup my data?
I don't have much need for any of that.
I do...
sucks they are discontinuing gallery.
Hope whatever they have up their sleeve is equally as easy to use with iPhoto or my 80 year old Dad will be SOL.
Amen. I'm really going to be ticked if they discontinue gallery. I have little interest in streaming. I want to have iPhoto integration and the ability to point people to specific galleries. And I don't really want to learn flicker or picasa.
That iPhone in the article; it's screen is looking very 'edge-edge'...? O_o
I thought the exact same thing. Surely it couldn't be.
If I were to go with this possibility - I'd say it definitely looks like an edge-to-edge display... and perhaps a bit of a curved back going on... Certainly looks unlike any iPhone 4 promotional image I've seen used...
Or is it purely one independent iCloud account per individual?
If iCloud is purely a cloud-based syncing system, can your documents be somehow shared with another iCloud member?
Can you mark which documents and/or folders should be synced to iCloud or is this done automatically every time you create an iWork document on a "all-or-nothing" basis per each iWork application? I see there is an option left for third-party applications to use the documents-syncing option into iCloud. Does this leave the door open for non-iWork documents (e.g. PDFs) stored on the local hard drive to be synced into iCloud and possibly shared with other iCloud members? Or is this feature available for third-party applications only and not for files, per se? In other words, will iCloud be underlying-file-system aware when it comes to syncing or will it treat every iCloud-enabled application, be at an iWork application or a third-party application, as a "sandboxed" file system, kind of like apps are treated in iOS? In iOS, an app does not get access to the underlying file system but can create its own "sandboxed" file system for storing user files generated in that app, and no other app has access to that "sandboxed" file system.
For the same price, you get 400 GB at Google.
When you are subsidized by intelligence agencies profit isn't as important.
If I convert my MobileMe account will my web page instantly die?