Comments on: When is iCloud going to be more reliable?

By: Farsighted

Farsighted — Wed, 19 Dec 2012 00:25:42 +0000

I don’t understand why this is so hard. Remember iDisk? Why doesn’t the cloud work like that? all I want to do is store stuff somewhere that I can access from all devices.

By: Ken Granville

Ken Granville — Mon, 26 Nov 2012 00:07:20 +0000

Most will agree that Apple has done a superb job with hardware. Once software matures to the point that we stop talking about how difficult, time-consuming, buggy, platform dependent and therefore expensive it is to create and modify it we will experience a golden age of computing. I’m quite optimistic that events are already underway to make it a reality. It’ll be very interesting to see what topics of discussion emerge when software just works (for the most part).

By: Ken Granville

Ken Granville — Sun, 25 Nov 2012 20:25:39 +0000

I think that we’re all experiencing the effects of an industry that has yet to really mature. The software industry has always been rife with buggy products. It does not matter if you’re Apple or any other company in the industry. Until such time that we can count on products to be reliably stable, secure, and capable of meeting our performance expectations, which includes adapting to our changing needs, the industry will remain immature. Just pick any other industry and grade on similar criteria as above. We wouldn’t hesitate to call out its failings. That’s what Apple is struggling with. BTW, I expect a new approach that addresses these challenges to emerge in 2013, which is why call 2013 “The Year of the Super Apps”

By: Philip Cowan

Philip Cowan — Sat, 24 Nov 2012 17:01:13 +0000

Many of us use Apple hardware and software because we want to avoid having to be geeks, which is what Microsoft has expected of us. But more recently I am beginning to wonder. After much time and effort I cannot get time time machine to back up on either of my time capsules and as for icloud – wtf – several efforts and I have still no idea what that little cloud is all about.

I am committed to Apple having bought the hardware and software, but I never recommend it to anyone. The myth of ease of use is just that – a myth.

By: tbsteph

tbsteph — Fri, 02 Nov 2012 15:09:16 +0000

Seriously – you need to blame Microsoft for Apple’s iCloud problems.

By: tbsteph

tbsteph — Fri, 02 Nov 2012 15:07:43 +0000

Reload the photos from your backup.

By: Rocwurst

Rocwurst — Fri, 02 Nov 2012 07:12:38 +0000

I believe it was the other way around – DropBox tried to sell themselves to Apple, but failed.

By: frd75

frd75 — Fri, 02 Nov 2012 00:07:27 +0000

Apple’s software has been nothing to brag about for the last couple of years. Lion was Apple’s worst ever OS “upgrade?” and had to be fixed by Mountain Lionn. I, personally lost a years photos whe I “upgraded” to iPhoto ’11. It seems to me that the beat possible news for OS and IOS users is the postponement of the iTunes release. Hopefully , it indicates that the powers that be have realised this problem and future software will perform as intended the first time

By: ID

ID — Thu, 01 Nov 2012 23:28:59 +0000

Am I the only person on Earth who has used Apple cloud services from the time of .MAC through MobileMe to iCloud who has experienced absolutely no problems with any of them?

By: Paolo Alexis Falcone

Paolo Alexis Falcone — Thu, 01 Nov 2012 18:28:08 +0000

Apple once tried to buy Dropbox, but failed.