Hi! When will this icloud drive be ready? Does anyone knows that? /A On 03 Jul 2014, at 05:54, Alex Hall <mehg...@icloud.com> wrote:
> I can't speak for iCloud Drive, as that feature is not out yet. Using Dropbox > as an example, though, I think most people see it as a positive. Yes, it > stores your data in the cloud. That is not to say that it is only accessible > when you are online, though; Dropbox copies everything to your local hard > drive (or gives you the option to do so on iOS) so even if you have no > internet access you can still get to your files and folders. The down side is > definitely security; the government can see your files, depending on the > service you use, or someone who manages to hack into your account can do > serious damage. That is why I'm excited for iCloud Drive; enable two-factor > authentication, and it is suddenly almost impossible for anyone to access > your files. These are just my thoughts, and I'm not a security expert or > anything. Personally, though, I'm fine with putting my essential files > (writing projects, programming projects, resumes, and other essentials) in > Dropbox, thus ensuring they are always backed up no matter what happens to my > local machines. Of course, services like Crashplan or Carbonite can do > similar things, but I prefer to just store the essentials in the cloud; it > costs less and it easier to manage when a restore is necessary. > On Jul 2, 2014, at 11:14 PM, Robert C <gone.to.da...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> A message that was just posted prompts this question. It was not quite in >> line with that post so started a new one. >> >> With so much attention to using online storage, such as Dropbox, iCloud >> and so on, there is no doubt there are advantages to doing this especially >> if one's offline storage is limited. But the downside? >> >> What are the inherent risks in particular if one is not using offline >> storage, say for backups? Seems risky to rely on outside resources. >> >> Quote of the nanosecond . . . >> Most of us go to our grave with our music still inside of us. >> Robert & Annie Yanni ke7nwn >> E-mail- >> gone.to.da...@gmail.com >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > Have a great day, > Alex Hall > mehg...@icloud.com > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
