Hello Kawal, I cannot speak as to the future plans of Apple. I can only address what is currently stated by them said statement indicating that iDisk will be deactivated on June 30, 2012.
One can certainly sync iWork and/or iWork compatible documents to iCloud but iCloud functionality differs greatly from an OS independent remote storage medium. Mark -----Original Message----- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Kawal Gucukoglu Sent: Wednesday, May 23, 2012 4:24 AM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: From iDisk to SkyDrive Hello Mark. Thanks for your informative message. I have the following questions. 1. I thought you could put your documents in the Cloud. 2. Are you sure that Apple will not replace I disk with something else as I understood they would be launching I disk again under a new form as Apple were not sure what they would do with I disk. Just my reflections. Kawal. On 23 May 2012, at 03:03 AM, "M. Taylor" <mk...@ucla.edu> wrote: > Hello Everyone, > > I am cross posting this to both the V iPhone and Mac Visionaries > mailing lists. > > With the end of iDisk, Apple's cloud storage system that came into > being during the Mobile Me era, slated for June 30, 2012, I've been > searching for another cloud storage system that works equally well > with iOS devices, Macs, and Windows PCs. > > I am delighted to report that Microsoft's SkyDrive is now completely > VoiceOver accessible and allows access to the SkyDrive directly from > Finder in OS X and from Explorer in Windows 7. The iOS app is > VoiceOver accessible, simple, and easy to use. > > Microsoft SkyDrive offers 7GB of free storage space, 2GB more than > does Apple's iCloud. > > To those who may not know, iCloud, in its current implementation, does > not allow for non-iWork documents and/or non Apple file syncing nor > does it allow for direct access in Windows Explorer. In short, > iCloud, unlike iDisk, is not meant to be used as a remote hard drive > to which you may place any kind of file. > > To get SkyDrive on the computer platform of your choice, you will need > to download a free Microsoft utility that simply configures your > chosen system to see SkyDrive; it does not add any overhead to your > device unlike other free cloud storage options. > > To get started, visit the app store on your iOS device and type in > SkyDrive or, from your favorite web browser in the OS of your choice, > go to http://skydrive.live.com > > If you don't already have a Windows ID, you will need to create one. > > Enjoy, > > Mark > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
