Comments on: How to create iCloud-stored iWork files on OS X http://gigaom.com/2011/10/14/how-to-create-and-modify-icloud-stored-iwork-files-on-os-x/ Sat, 25 May 2013 21:35:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Paolo Ceroni http://gigaom.com/2011/10/14/how-to-create-and-modify-icloud-stored-iwork-files-on-os-x/#comment-791205 Thu, 05 Jan 2012 08:25:08 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=421076#comment-791205 EasyCloud for OS X, their Utility app that allows Mac users to simply drag and drop data files into the EasyCloud Drop Window to have those files immediately available on all their Macs and iDevices. The app’s two functions, Drop and Mac to Mac, support the following file types via iCloud: .pages (iWork), .numbers (iWork), .keynote (iWork), .doc (Microsoft Word), .excel (Microsoft Excel), .ppt (Microsoft Power Point), .txt (TextEdit Application), etc. The Drop function sends files directly to all the user’s iDevices containing the matching app and via a common iCloud account. The Mac to Mac function enables both syncing and file sharing between Macs sharing the same iCloud account. A browser window displays all files available for sharing between Macs, files can be opened or deleted, and the list refreshed.
http://www.kandalu.net/products/easycloud

]]> By: Guest http://gigaom.com/2011/10/14/how-to-create-and-modify-icloud-stored-iwork-files-on-os-x/#comment-713263 Thu, 01 Dec 2011 16:31:10 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=421076#comment-713263 This worked great and isn’t a kludgy workaround. Thanks!

]]> By: Mia http://gigaom.com/2011/10/14/how-to-create-and-modify-icloud-stored-iwork-files-on-os-x/#comment-702394 Mon, 28 Nov 2011 23:49:21 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=421076#comment-702394 Does not work with Mac Lion, in fact, not only does the ~/Library/Mobile Documents not get auto-created on download, it gets deleted if you manually create it.

]]> By: Jim Huls http://gigaom.com/2011/10/14/how-to-create-and-modify-icloud-stored-iwork-files-on-os-x/#comment-671695 Fri, 04 Nov 2011 14:24:45 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=421076#comment-671695 This is incorrect as I don’t have any iwork documents on icloud and I have the mobile folder on my MBPro at home. I don’t have it on my iMac at work though and both systems are configured with the same icloud account correctly.

]]> By: Gregory http://gigaom.com/2011/10/14/how-to-create-and-modify-icloud-stored-iwork-files-on-os-x/#comment-666337 Thu, 20 Oct 2011 03:51:35 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=421076#comment-666337 You have to actually download your first iWork document from iCloud before the “Mobile Documents” folder is created.

]]> By: John Southern http://gigaom.com/2011/10/14/how-to-create-and-modify-icloud-stored-iwork-files-on-os-x/#comment-665715 Tue, 18 Oct 2011 15:41:04 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=421076#comment-665715 Maybe Someday they will get it right..

]]> By: alan http://gigaom.com/2011/10/14/how-to-create-and-modify-icloud-stored-iwork-files-on-os-x/#comment-665016 Sun, 16 Oct 2011 11:42:29 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=421076#comment-665016 There is a bug in icloud right now that makes it useless. If you restart your iphone, all the iwork pages and numbers files are deleted from the cloud. Reported by quite a few people over on the Apple discussions.

]]> By: Our World http://gigaom.com/2011/10/14/how-to-create-and-modify-icloud-stored-iwork-files-on-os-x/#comment-664975 Sun, 16 Oct 2011 02:15:15 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=421076#comment-664975 Hi Mark,

I already figured out the above from the same tip. But what I did while viewing the Library folder I pushed the mouse up to the top over the Library Folder ICON at the top of the Finder Window, grabbed it and dragged that Library icon to the left side Favorites column. I dropped it BETWEEN to other folders so I can now always find that hidden Library with one click.

The other is I also have finally figured out how to upload and down using iCloud between Mac and iPad.

UPLOAD DOWNLOAD BETWEEN MAC IPAD USING iCLOUD

You will have to log into iCLOUD via Safari first to make this work the first time.
https://www.icloud.com/

It may be better to also make and save a document on the iPad in Pages to populate this part of iCloud with something for you to see in your first time visit from the Mac.

The trick is to open https://www.icloud.com/#iwork in Safari web browser, click on the Pages tab. You will see a grey screen.

Drag any Pages compatible documents from Finder and drop them here to upload to the iPad and the Cloud. The exact same file less any incompatible formatting appears almost instantly in Pages iPad. It works both ways modify them on the iPad, close the document and a few seconds later you will see a little animation that Pages has be synchronized with the cloud. On the Mac you will see the image and data is updated and you can toggle a download to your Mac of that document.

Hey it works for me and that is what I wanted was simple, I don’t care how it works, if it works!

You can delete documents from the cloud this way too.

TIP

There is a killer deal at Box.Net right now. 50GB of lifetime free storage if you download and use the iPhone or iPad version of Box.Net before Dec 2. If you already have Box.Net as soon as you log in after reading this they will automatically upgrade your account for FREE. Another bonus is Box.Net also increased the upload file size maximum from 25 MB to 100 MB per file which in my opinion is far more realistic with the size documents I create.

GoodReader also makes a fine tool for dealing with DropBox, iCloud and Box.net as well as a dozen other online cloud services. I highly recommend GoodReader for Apple iOS users.

]]> By: TZX4 http://gigaom.com/2011/10/14/how-to-create-and-modify-icloud-stored-iwork-files-on-os-x/#comment-664810 Sat, 15 Oct 2011 03:47:52 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=421076#comment-664810 So far, this is what I have settled on with the ibook & imac
Open icloud on browser.
Download document.
Make changes.
Go to icloud/browser, delete original and uploaded altered document. ( this avoids the altered one having the title altered to “title”2.
Delete the one in the computer to avoid confusion.

I hope they are planning to make like ios. On my ipod touch, this is the workflow.
iwork, select document, make changes, close iwork. Done, and if the ipod is offline, that document is there in the ipod.

]]> By: link9454 http://gigaom.com/2011/10/14/how-to-create-and-modify-icloud-stored-iwork-files-on-os-x/#comment-664772 Sat, 15 Oct 2011 00:08:13 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=421076#comment-664772 My opinion is that since iCloud can store documents on a mac, there is only one real possibility. Apple intends to update (or come out with a new version) of iWork that is iCloud compatible. This seems to be the most likely solution to this odd gap in the otherwise nice service, to come up with an iOS-esque document management for iWork on the Mac, so that Pages, Numbers, and Keynote handle the files themselves rather then use the Mac’s file system. Apple seems to slowly be trying to fade out use of the file system and Finder anyway, hence Launchpad, an alternative to keeping an Applications alias on the desktop or stack on the dock.

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