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I am currently using my work 15inch macbook pro, MUCH prefer my Air 13inch which my son now uses at uni. Have used an 11 inch Air also - pretty good, but sometimes feel the need to put my glasses on. Main point of difference might be the Retina Display. Can't wait for the rumoured new macbook that will be slimmer than the current air, but not out until next year. blitto Rod Blitvich - Amy & Sam’s Dad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0409 681 256 [email protected] A Life? Cool! Where can I download one of those from? On 14 Dec 2014, at 3:06 pm, Stephen Chape <[email protected]> wrote: > My step-son (Wife’s son) is an Emirates Captain and uses a Macbook Air (that > I think is about the first one out) on his world wide travels. > > We have recently thought of getting him a new one as a gift. > However my wife noticed yesterday that someone is selling the Macbook Pro at > a discounted price. > What do see as the pros and cons of a Macbook Air vs Macbook Air for > travelling with ? > > >> On 14 Dec 2014, at 1:40 pm, Ronni Brown <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Hi Stephen, >> >> Dropbox - My Work Strategy - My work wherever I am: >> >> I use iWork’09 (Not iWork’13) - Pages, Numbers & Keynote. My tutorials are >> produced in Pages’09. >> I work on Two Computers - a 17” MacBook Pro (which is my main “Home Base” >> Mac) and a MacBook Air (which is my “Out & About, & Work” Mac). >> >> I can be working on a Pages or Numbers project on either computer, so need >> the projects kept in Sync. >> I have a Folder in Dropbox named - “Work In Progress” which holds the >> documents I’m working on. >> So all my work files are the same no matter where I’m working from. >> Which means I can start working on a document on my MacBook Pro (at Home >> Base) and continue working on it on my MacBook Air (wherever I am). >> >> I can review a document or spreadsheet at any time on either computer, or >> share the document to a colleague. >> And if I finish a project and export is as a PDF I can read it on my iOS >> devices. Dropbox syncs to my iOS devices as well as my computers. >> >> Cheers, >> Ronni >> >> 13-inch MacBook Air (April 2014) >> 1.7GHz Dual-Core Intel Core i7, Turbo Boost to 3.3GHz >> 8GB 1600MHz LPDDR3 SDRAM >> 512GB PCIe-based Flash Storage >> >> >>> On 14 Dec 2014, at 10:26 am, Stephen Chape <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> WOW Ronni ! >>> Well I feel that my requirements are very much like yours. >>> Particularly in that I don’t use P, N or K. >>> So thank you for your input …. I will retain Dropbox as my PDF and MS >>> Office offsite backup. >>> That is my main purpose for it after all. >>> >>> >>>> On 14 Dec 2014, at 7:41 am, Ronda Brown <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>> Hi Stephen, >>>> >>>> iCloud Drive is not a Dropbox replacement. I have not moved from Dropbox >>>> to iCloud Drive. >>>> And I really can't see myself using iCloud Drive in the near future - as I >>>> don't use the iOS versions of Pages, Numbers, Keynote. >>>> >>>> A couple of quick points: >>>> 1. It should be noted that iCloud Drive requires iOS 8 and OS X Yosemite, >>>> so legacy devices running Mavericks or iOS 7 will not be able to keep >>>> their documents up to date with other devices. >>>> In addition, once a user has upgraded to iCloud Drive, they cannot >>>> downgrade back to Documents in the Cloud. >>>> >>>> <http://support.apple.com/en-au/HT201385> >>>> <https://discussions.apple.com/thread/6558264> >>>> >>>> 2. iCloud Drive Is Not a Dropbox Replacement >>>> >>>> "The two services work differently. Take sharing, for instance. iCloud is >>>> generally all about sharing, but it’s mostly about sharing your stuff with >>>> your devices: that is, sharing the same stuff (calendars, music, mail, >>>> your budget in Numbers, and your half-finished novel in Pages) among all >>>> of your devices. Sharing stuff with other people, even other iCloud users, >>>> is not easy, and worse, the options are limited and tightly focused (such >>>> as specific photo streams or explicitly shared documents in Pages or >>>> Numbers)." >>>> >>>> Dropbox, on the other hand, lets you share folders and all the documents >>>> therein with other Dropbox users - for collaboration with others working >>>> on the same project, writing, editing etc. Doing the same thing with >>>> iCloud Drive would be impossible. >>>> >>>> iCloud, unlike Dropbox, doesn’t store previous versions of a file (though >>>> some individual apps do), nor does it let you restore deleted files. >>>> >>>> "Most importantly, though, iCloud Drive is not just a file sharing >>>> service. Remember that apps on both Mac and iOS have a lot to say about >>>> what you can do with their app libraries. This means that the Finder, in >>>> order to create the illusion that iCloud Drive is just another drive with >>>> a bunch of folders and yet respect those individual apps’ rights and >>>> requirements concerning their own stuff, can behave unpredictably. You >>>> can’t tell by sight, for example, which app libraries will accept which >>>> files until you try them." >>>> >>>> Cheers, >>>> Ronni >>>> >>>> On 13 Dec 2014, at 9:56 pm, Stephen Chape <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hi folks, >>>>> >>>>> Just interested if anyone has moved from Dropbox to iCloud Drive ? >>>>> And if so what you feel are the pros and cons ? >>>>> >>>>> Regards, >>>>> Stephen Chape >>>>> >>>>> Mac by choice >>>>> Windows because my employer knew no better >> >> -- 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> > > > Regards, > Stephen Chape > > Mac by choice > Windows because my employer knew no better > > > > > -- 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>
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