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MobileMe and Incompatible Browsers

I had gotten used to using my iDisk to hold personal stuff that I need when I'm at drills, but was surprised to see the following when attempting to get to it:

While it turns out that I can read the iDisk with Internet Explorer , I did have to consult Apple 's support site to do so. Luckly, Apple is not so picky about how you can access that. Unfortunately, Firefox does not yet seem to be widely available on DoD computers on the NIPRNET yet, or I never would have noticed.

[veins-n-wires]

I'm going to sleep for a few hours so I can wake up and sit in the same spot all day just to do it all again. Maybe one day my fucked memory will decide to forget it all. Maybe then I won't hurt anymore

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Review: Olala iDisk for iPhone, iPad and iPod

Review: Olala iDisk for iPhone, iPad and iPod

I have been using my Strontium 16GB iDrive for a while for transferring files between computers and iPhones and iPads. It costed me $40 on discount with fairly good level of quality and performance. The reason why I picked that one up is because I am using Macbook DDR RAM from Strontium which has been giving me solid performance in the past two years. I recently a sweet product, a 64GB storage…

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Apple brings back iDisk with iCloud Drive

Apple brings back iDisk with iCloud Drive

Along with other information about OS X 10.10 “Yosemite” and iOS 8, Apple today announced its new iCloud Drive service that will be implemented in its devices. This service allows you to use iCloud as an online drive, where you can store any file or folder you would like, and access it on any device you have configured with iCloud.

This development aligns Apple’s iCloud service (more…)

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The feeling when you just eat to much. Ugh. Trying to convince myself that tomorrow is a new day. Fyi, It's not working hah. Also haven't worked out in 2 days...

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Out with iDisk in with Dropbox

I transitioned from MobileMe to iCloud last week and it was seamless. However, I knew I would be gaining some functionality but also losing some services. iCloud no longer supports cloud based storage. So access to MobileMe’s iDisk was removed by Apple after the transition. Too me, this is a huge piece of missing functionality in iCloud and hopefully it will return. In fact several sources this week indicated that Apple made an offer to buy Dropbox but the offer was rejected. Apparently, in 2009 Steve met with the co-founders, Drew Houston and Arash Ferdowsi in Cupertino to discuss an offer. Well in the meantime it’s out with iDisk and in with Dropbox. It’s pretty easy to sign up with Dropbox, all you need is an email and a password. Then install the Dropbox folder client on your Mac and PC. You can also install the Dropbox App on your iPhone and iPad. Below are screenshots showing the Dropbox folders on your Mac and PC. Even though DropBox is in the cloud, the folders appear and work like a local folder. You can also use the web browser interface but it’s really not necessary. So what cloud based storage service are you using?

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Apple won't be replacing iDisk because they've already made something better

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The legacy filesystem might be good for geeks, but iCloud and iOS's way of dealing with files is the future

Apple just closed MobileMe for good, and that included the departure of their iDisk service, a Dropbox-style folder that synced to the web. On the surface MobileMe's replacement, iCloud, looks like a mess. And it kinda is. Their web apps for Mail, Calendar and other different are fairly bad, especially compared to Google Apps, choosing infamous Skeuomorphic graphics over cutting-edge functionality. Their native software for iOS and OS X is a little better, but iCloud integration still feels clumsy and tacked on. The native apps are good, I'm not saying they're not, but iCloud itself could be better, and has no benefits to Google or any other service, and after all, isn't Apple the company that mixes the software and the hardware with good result? Why can't they do the same with the cloud, mixing the OS with the cloud? Making something Google would be jealous of.

Basically, iCloud has little advantage over anything else, showing a lack of integration with native software, over other services. Mail, Calendar, Address Book and other upcoming apps simply have better alternatives. But one thing that Apple does differently to almost every other cloud service is it's filesystem, its storage system for apps syncing via iCloud.

See, I've been using the new OS X, Mountain Lion (haven't switched from the beta yet) and my favourite improvement, and the biggest difference and advantage that Apple has compared to anything else, is its the new improvements to iCloud Documents. Basically, this new initiative is the final realisation of what can be done with the closed iOS filesystem, and it's a really great supplement to the confusing (for novice users) OS X filesystem. I believe it's the future.

See, Google, SkyDrive and Dropbox all focus on putting your files in one space. To split it up, you use legacy ideas, like Folders. And it might be nice for some, but I really see it as paling compared to Apple's idea of the filesystem, as seen on iOS and iCloud. And it's the separation of app's files. We've seen it for years with iTunes, then iPhoto, already. It's also seen with email, calendar software (or web apps), and lots of other cloud systems. But the filesystem on Windows and OS X remains in its legacy state. And I feel the separation of files between apps really does provide a better experience, simply because the user never has to see it. Instead of going through a million folders to find a Pages document, you know that you'll find it when you open Pages. Instead of searching for an MP3, you find it in iTunes. And the API for iCloud makes it even nicer. I've been saving my iA Writer documents in iCloud and, with the new improvements, I can say that this is the future of the filesystem. When I want to use something, from any Mac in the world, I just open its app and there it is. There will be critics, but I still think it's great for the cloud. Maybe it's not a replacement for the Windows or OS X filesystem, but when the OS is built after this new filesystem, as we've seen with iOS, there can truly be great results. And this just makes apps like Pages on Mac and iOS work so well together, as I said before, the mixture of cloud and OS.

And the reason for Apple's closed system, with iOS, is obviously to do with Steve Job's quote on the modern personal computer. "In every user interface study we’ve ever done […], [we found] it’s pretty easy to learn how to use these things ‘til you hit the file system and then the learning curve goes vertical. So you ask yourself, why is the file system the face of the OS? Wouldn’t it be better if there was a better way to find stuff? Now, e-mail, there’s always been a better way to find stuff. You don’t keep your e-mail on your file system, right? The app manages it. And that was the breakthrough, as an example, in iTunes. You don’t keep your music in the file system, that would be crazy. You keep it in this app that knows about music and knows how to find things in lots of different ways. Same with photos: we’ve got an app that knows all about photos. And these apps manage their own file storage. […] And eventually, the file system management is just gonna be an app for pros and consumers aren’t gonna need to use it."

The filesystem is nice, but Apple's app-exclusive file principals are, in my opinion, revolutionary. It truly changes our thinking, and while this is a bit hyperbolic, I do feel that it's the best possible way to do things. If I want an image, I'll open iPhoto. While it doesn't work well on OS X, iOS has been built around it. And iCloud is this new idea fully explored, stitching the offline with the online. Note: Google Drive in Chrome OS is also fairly interesting, but that's obviously not as big as iCloud can be. And I feel it's just the legacy ideas of file organisation thrown online. I like it, but Apple's plans seem more like the future to me.

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