On 17/03/2013, at 6:28 PM, Stephen Chape <chap...@bigpond.com> wrote:
> Hi folks, > > I downloaded Dropbox yesterday. > I have set up folders in dropbox for my Excel, Word and PDF folders. > And have now copied to them. > I am happy with iCloud, but it does not seem to want to be involved with the > above files. > > Just one question please if anyone knows this. > If I make changes to one of these files does it automatically update in > Dropbox, or does it need to be uploaded again ? > > I miss the MobileMe backups; they were very handy ! > Dropbox and iCloud both work in a similar way: they each have a local folder on your hard drive which synchronises with a matching folder on the remote server. They differ in the important fact that iCloud will only work with certain Apple software and some third party products, while Dropbox has no such restrictions. Having said that, using Dropbox or iCloud could not be more simple. s soon as you save or change a file in your local folder, those changes are immediately synchronised to the remote folder. There is nothing else to do. The nice thing about this is that you can have Dropbox or iCloud on as many devices as you like, and the synchronisation works across all of them. iCloud is very easy to use with your iWork, Preview, TExtEdit and certain other files, but it won't work for your Excel or Word files. You'll need Dropbox for these. If you want to settle on just one service then obvious Dropbox is the one to use, but there's no problem in using both. I do so every day. Peter Hinchliffe Apwin Computer Services FileMaker Pro Solutions Developer Perth, Western Australia Phone (618) 9332 6482 Mob 0403 046 948 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Mac because I prefer it -- Windows because I have to. -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Settings & Unsubscribe - <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug>
