Cloud storage is a lot less magical and wondrous without synchronisation. Just like Dropbox, iCloud Drive invisibly maintains the transfer of data to and from the magic bucket in the sky [1], so that you can, at least in theory [2], always be able to work offline, or survive disconnections from the network [3]. It therefore follows that all of the data in your “Drive” must actually also be residing on your local disk.
[1] There is a transfer badge on each file, and an overall status indication in the Finder. These require use of the Finder, of course. [2] The user is responsible for checking completion because file operations are asynchronous. Make sure there are no transfers before assuming synchronisation is complete and either starting or ending your session. Very magical, I’m sure. [3] Will users of iDisk in Mobile Me please raise their hands and tell us how an always-on, painfully slow WebDAV session worked out for them? (Hint: it didn’t …) -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at [email protected] The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ --- 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 [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
