It'll be ready when iOS8 and mac OS Yosemite come out in the fall. Devin Prater d.pra...@me.com
On Jul 3, 2014, at 12:00 PM, Anders Holmberg <and...@pipkrokodil.se> wrote: > 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. -- 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.
