Apple unveils 'iCloud'
Thought this was interesting for anyone else with a Mac - just announced this morning here in San Francisco.
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Hell yea! I use MobileMe....so this is just it on steroids....me likey.
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I am interested. Need to read more about it to understand what it fully offers.
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Lots of info here Midnight. Looks pretty cool actually. being new to the Mac side of things, one of the things I was surprised at was the cost of the new OS - $30. I paid at least 7x that for the new MS OS when it came out.
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as a photo guy i am curious about photos only being stored for 30 days with icloud. not sure i like the sound of that, and i wonder if there would be a time limit on other media stored, music, movies, etc.
other than that, and that might just be a case of lack of information on the subject, i think it's cool that apple is embracing the idea of cloud computing. and i for one am definitely excited about the ability to sync my phone without having to hook it up to a comp. loooove me some iphone, so any improvements or innovations there are really exciting imo. |
The way I understand and read. If you purchase something from iTunes...it's there forever. So that's good. As far as pics...I have an external hard drive that I use for pics with a back-up using my TimeCapsule. So I'm sure it's for streaming over AppleTV...however I have MobileMe...which will be going away. On that, they have Gallery which I can store all my stuff. But I only get 10GB free...you can purchase more room.
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Swit, it looks like iCloud will store NEW photo's for you for up to 30 days in your photo stream. From there, it looks like you have to add them to your camera roll for permanent storage. I think you will still be able to stream and share those photo's at any time via the camera roll - the ones you want to keep on hand anyway - via iCloud. Hopefully we'll find out more soon :)
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The Top Ten....
1. Mac OS X “Lion” The new version of Mac OS X will incorporate many more elements from iOS, like touch gestures. It's also only $30, and available through the Mac App Store. 2. More efficient iOS notifications Instead of managing multiple pop-up bubbles, notifications will align themselves at the top of the screen. 3. System-wide integration of Twitter Each app will now allow you to easily tweet out photos, YouTube videos, and links. 4. Location-aware reminders These reminders can be set so that if you go to a specific location you need something from, iOS will notify you so that you don't forget. 5. iMessage Like Research in Motion's BBM service, iMessage is an iOS-to-iOS messaging program that avoids text charges and caps. 6. Wireless syncing Calling this the “post-PC” era, iOS users will now be able to simply login with their Apple IDs and sync all their devices. 7. Volume button = camera button For faster access, the left-side volume buttons can now open up the camera as well. 8. iCloud The biggest announcement was “iCloud,” which will give every iOS user a free 5GB of storage, and allow you to store documents, photos, music, calendars, contacts, and emails online. 9. Instant-access iTunes purchases Now you'll be able to buy a song on iTunes and immediately transfer it to your iOS device. 10. iTunes “scan and match” For $25 a year, Apple will scan all your music files—regardless of their source—and convert them so that they can all be accessed through the cloud. |
Well part of the Cloud is here!! There was an update to my Apple TV and you can now see your purchases. Meaning stuff I've 'ever' bought on iTunes for TV shows is NOW available anytime....pretty freaking sweet since I dumped a bunch because of room on my hard drive.
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It’s HERE!!! Downloaded all the updates (iTunes, iPhone, iPad etc). Right now there is a high volume of folks moving their MobileMe accounts over...it gives me a wait till there is lower traffic sign.....
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Hey Chief (and everyone else)....
Get 50GB Free Storage for iOS Sure, iCloud gives you 5GB of free storage. How cute! Box.net just blew it out of the water. For the next 50 days, it is offering iOS users 50 GB of free storage. It's a pirate's bounty! Not only is it a pretty sweet deal, but it's also one bereft of any significant fineprint. While a lot of offers like these expire after a certain term, or only open to new users, this one is neither. It's open to anyone, and lasts forever. Go get it. LINKY |
Wow. I am all over that.
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Thanks for the heads up on that. I signed up and I'm using it to backup around 40gb of work files now. Upload time is pretty fast.
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do you really trust such a new system to hold 40gb of your data backed up somewhere you dont know where it is? Cloud computing is going beyond its limits in my eyes to many people trust big corps with huge amounts of data... what if that system goes down? i bet they dont have a 99% uptime 365 days a year.
if i remember right too there was a huge corporation not long back lost more than 10,00TB of users data and only 1 person got there data back and to top it all off there was no way of recovering it :p. personally i LOLed hard at this. |
its a "backup". not "the only copy of this photo". im not a fan either, and i dont want to have to jack in somewhere to use my stuff.
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Oh yeah, I mean I would never keep my work files on an offsite storage like that without a local copy too. The thing here is that box.net is accessible from anywhere and with my iphone or ipad too. Anytime I'm on vacation or away from home, I can get to my stuff while my main desktop pc is sitting at home.
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ah that's fair enough least some ppl have sense to only backup old data rather than new and current work. that 10,000TB of data was for a local council (up-to-date documents, and all new work) = epic fail :p
Ive always been sceptical of how how cloud computing was going since I left my IT tech job. back then it was just coming in and now its still pretty much doing a Bluray thing where its all the Dogs B*ll*ks but its just doesn't take off as well as they thought it was going to. i dont even think Japan has mastered it yet and that's got to be saying something. |
iTunes Match is up now...pretty sweet! I’m using it for my AppleTV...
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I am digging the new iTunes as well Chief.
As for the whole "cloud computing where is my stuff at" thing....I'm fine with it. It's just storage space for music and pictures for me. It's the same if you use any of those sites where you back up your data over the wire. You never know how secure your data is until someone breaks into it. Just ask Sony. In the end, if you're not comfortable with having files stored someplace other than your house, then you shouldn't use that feature. Buy yourself a couple of external hard drives to keep copies of (not move your data to) your data from your computer, and then once a month or so, make an image of your computer incase something stupid happens. Having worked in the data recovery and computer forensics field, I'd never tell someone to do something that they were not comfortable with. For myself, I'm fine with pictures and music being stored in the cloud. |
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