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I've posted a new poll about your thoughts on iCloud usage. I'm sure the list of answers is not exhaustive, so please vote for the closest option but put other plans you may have in the comments section.
Craig A.
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New poll about iCloud
I know there are ways to get iCloud working with 10.6 (Mail, iCal, Contacts) but just wish Apple would add limited iCloud support for these services to Snow Leopard with an incremental update. They can do it ! but will they....there were rumors they would. I have loads of users who use MobileMe who will not be upgrading to Lion ( FCPS,Logic, AVID etc workstations) they will be a bit screwed soon and the thought of having to set them all up manually using a "hack" is giving me a headache. All their iOS devices are on 5.01 and they really rely on sync nirvana to keep them in order ;-)
New poll about iCloud
I am not using iCloud and do not plan to use it because it is not available under Snow Leopard. Currently, I have a custom program that requires Rosetta and since Rosetta is not supported under Lion, I cannot upgrade until I replace that program. Yes, I know I could use hacks to get iCloud working with Snow Leopard and that there is a hack to get Rosetta working on Lion, but I don't have the patience for this right now--I have real work to do. If Apple cannot support me, I will not use their service. In the meantime, my money is going to DropBox for the cloud space!
New poll about iCloud
I voted that I'm currently using iCloud to share Contacts and iCal, but I had already linked (ln -s) my iCloud folder with my Dropbox iCloud sub-folder in order to have access to other PDFs and documents. While I already have all files backed up daily, I will only slowly add/move files to this shared/synced folder as need be and as iCloud matures.
Problems with iCloud
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New poll about iCloud
i would use icloud for calendar and contact sharing (as i have used .mac and mobileme for years) but i can't seem to get calendar or contact sharing to work on my main mac (because it's running snow leopard, which has no "direct" icloud support and i can't seem to find work-arounds that let me get around this). my mobileme account has been "upgraded" to icloud, so i can access my data from my iphone (running IOS 5.x) but not from my laptop (running 10.6.x).
New poll about iCloud
Calendar sync works : If you want iCloud support without having to setup iCal manually you can use BusyCal which supports iCloud ( i have used this program for years and it is very good )
What's the big deal?
I guess I don't understand iCloud and don't want to take the time to learn it. It's installed on my iMacs, but what's it offer that DropBox doesn't? I started using DropBox awhile back and love it. I even set up folders for others that I can drop items into so they can retrieve the files. And anything that I add to DropBox appears on all of my computers so long as they have an Internet connection. Does iCloud do all of that? Is there an iCloud folder? I don't see if if there is. I think maybe iCloud offers more free storage space, but I'm not sure it's as easy to use as DropBox.
What's the big deal?
You are missing the point...... iCloud is a collection of services not just "Cloud File Storage" . Some of us used to pay a premium price for Over the Air - Contact & Calendar sync from Desktop/iOS devices this is now free (Lion & iOS5 required). Dropbox is an amazing product/service and iCloud is in its infancy....it does what it does "at the moment" but Apple could implement all the features of DB if they wanted too. There is a folder that syncs across all your iCloud enabled devices. Photostream is part of service....find my Mac/iOS device etc..... comparing Dropbox and iCloud is chalk and cheese.
New poll about iCloud
Find the calendar and address book syncing good ( but no better than mobile me) and really appreciate photo stream. (has allowed me to get rid of one app). Very disappointed with document syncing - iWork's seems to be an add on / after thought rather than fully integrated. Particularly don't like the need to consciously upoad and download docs- or am I missing something. The promotional blurb gives me the impression it syncs automatically albeit on an application by application basis. I had found disc so unreliable that I had stopped using and had set up dropbox with I find good. Wont replace it until iCloud doc syncing can match it
No ICloud, yet
I'm currently stuck at 10.6.x on my Macs, with no iCloud support. I'm using MobileMe, and will move to iCloud when Apple makes it available for 10.6. Otherwise, I'll simply move everything to Google next year. I would only use it for sync... DropBox works just fine for cloud storage and sharing.
New poll about iCloud
I use iCloud for mail, contacts and calendars. But there’s something confusing and non-intuitive about iCloud that keeps me from going all in. At least in the short-term, I don’t want iCloud anywhere near my music.
New poll about iCloud
I live in an area (southern Colorado) where high speed Internet is not available and cell phone connectivity is very spotty and unreliable. So none of the various cloud services are of much use. I'm also running OS X 10.6 on my desktop machine and 10.4 on my laptop. I do not have an iPhone or iPad.
New poll about iCloud
I had SO looked forward to iCloud. I hated having to delete mail from the MacBook...then doing the same from my iPad....and again on my BlackBerry (and was ready to get my new iPhone). Unfortunately it is not ALL mail that gets zapped across the board in iCloud... only that in the Mac Mail program. Grrrrr...
New poll about iCloud
I'm curious about a few things regarding iCloud. Are items physically stored somewhere like the old Mobile Me? How secure is it? Right now I only use it for non-sensitive email, contacts, and calendar events/reminders. Seems to me like things are too vulnerable to prying eyes. Private stuff I would only keep on my computer or iPad for that reason. |
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