Hands-on with Apple’s iCloud Drive app for iOS 9

“If you’re a regular user of iCloud Drive, Apple’s Dropbox-like storage solution for managing file syncing between your Mac and iOS devices, then your life is about to get a teensy bit easier.,” Leah Yamshon reports for Macworld.

“pple built a standalone iCloud Drive app and bundled it within iOS 9, placing all of your iCloud Drive files in one easy to access spot,” Yamshon reports. “But, surprisingly, the iCloud Drive app doesn’t automatically appear — it’s instead tucked away within Settings, and you have to tell your iOS device that you want to see it.”

“Besides that, it’s a pretty straightforward app,” Yamshon reports. “I spent some time with it while checking out the iOS 9 public beta, and here are some quick tips on getting started. ”

Read more in the full article here.

MacDailyNews Take: Since last October, in iOS 8, we’ve been using an app called Cloud Drive Explorer (no longer available via Apple’s App Store, unsurprisingly) that works similarly and well.

SEE ALSO:
Free ‘Cloud Drive Explorer’ app lets you explore your iCloud Drive contents across all your devices – October 20, 2014

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