Today Apple announced some nice updates to the iCloud security features. The following features now have end-to-end encryption on iCloud: Device BackupsMessages BackupsiCloud DriveNotesPhotosRemindersSafari BookmarksSiri ShortcutsVoice MemosWallet Passes End-to-end encryption means your data can’t be viewed on the server in these categories (if you…
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Dropbox vs. iCloud
Now that Apple can share files and folders, I’m sorely tempted to let my Dropbox subscription expire. I’m generally not a fan of apps that embed themselves in the underlying operating system the way that Dropbox does on the Mac. Indeed on my laptop,…
Continue reading →The Missing iCloud Storage Bump
In my post yesterday following Apple’s education event, I mentioned that I felt the increase of free iCloud storage for students from 5GB to 200GB was a good idea, and I hoped Apple would be giving us all more storage at WWDC. Dan Moren…
Continue reading →iCloud Text Replacement
There has been a lot of press the last few weeks over iCloud’s lackluster text replacement feature. Brian Stucki wrote an excellent post documenting just how bad the service is. I have to admit that I forgot iCloud even provided text replacement services. For…
Continue reading →iCloud Authentication Video
Apple has recently announced that starting June 15, any Mac app needing access to iCloud data is going to need an app-specific password. While this is a bit of a pain, it provides a significant increase in your security and I’m all for it. The…
Continue reading →New iCloud Storage Pricing
At last week’s event, Apple announced new pricing for iCloud storage. You can now get a Terabyte for $9.99/month, which matches Dropbox. They have a lower tier at 200GB for $2.99 and 50GB for $0.99. There still is no method for family sharing, which…
Continue reading →“Organizational Issues”
MacRumors reports on an article about iCloud suffering from “Deep Organizational Issues”. I’ve had my own set of problems with iCloud as of late but based on everything I’ve experienced with Apple, including just a tiny bit of the inside, I don’t think the iCloud…
Continue reading →iCloud Drive Syncing Improvements
A few weeks ago I wrote about my problems getting documents to sync with iCloud Drive. In response, I heard from several developer friends telling me that things were about to get better and to install the 8.1.1 developer preview. So I did. After…
Continue reading →iCloud Drive Stumbles
Over the past few weeks I’ve had a post it in development concerning iCloud Drive and document syncing. Through the beta process for both Yosemite and iOS, I had varying degrees of success with synchronizing documents through the iCloud drive, by which I mean…
Continue reading →Can Apple Deliver on the Promised New iCloud Services?
Now that WWDC is over and we’ve all had a chance to digest Apple’s announcements, I’ve been thinking about Apple and the cloud. Right up until WWDC, there were several questions in my mind. 1. Does Apple realize how important cloud data is to…
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