Apple over the past year it has dramatically increased the amount of Apple iCloud user data it stores in Google’s cloud, a person with direct…
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How to save money and work around Apple’s iCloud limits
For what you get, extra iCloud space is well worth Apple’s prices, but it’s still not great when you’re sharing with those on lesser platforms. Save money …
Apple will wring out $18 billion by upselling built-in storage to iPhone, iPad, and Mac users
Apple enjoys hefty double-digit gross margins on extra GB options of between 75 and 94 percent…
Don’t use cloud backup services to make copies of your Time Machine volumes
Time Machine is a simple and generally effective way to make an ongoing archive of a Mac’s files and folder structure….
ACLU files complaint with U.S. DHS over unwarranted interrogation of Apple employee and attempted device search
Today the ACLU Foundation of Northern California (ACLU-NC) filed a complaint with the Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security on behalf of Apple employee…
Apple’s iCloud Drive vs. the competition
The biggest complaint with iCloud Drive is that many people want Apple to increase…
Dropbox files for IPO
Co-founder and CEO Drew Houston is Dropbox’s biggest shareholder…
U.S. Customs can search phones but not data stored solely in the cloud
If you’re entering or exiting the US anytime soon, take note…
Switching from Dropbox to Apple’s iCloud
I’ve been a happy Dropbox subscriber for several years, but…
Why I’m all-in on Apple but not on iCloud
I’ve been an Apple guy since forever…
5 ways Apple should improve iCloud
A report claims Apple is combining its services teams within one campus at its first Cupertino campus…
How to avoid deleting photos from iCloud while traveling
There’s a problem with Apple’s ease of use if I have to write two columns about this issue…
This is the cool backup tool to use instead of the Mac’s Time Machine
Put me on record as a Mac user who does not like Time Machine…
Dropbox responds to Mac ‘security risk’ accusations
Dropbox has said it needs to do a ‘better job’ of communicating its OS X integration…
New Google Photos ad spotlights struggles of 16GB iPhone users
A new advertisement for Google Photos presents a solution for storage woes on low-capacity iPhones…
Apple updates iTunes with ‘simpler’ design that doesn’t really solve anything
Apple knows that the iTunes interface is extremely confusing and needs work…
Apple hires former Box senior vice president
Last year, Apple hired John Solomon, a longtime HP exec, to lead its operation of selling to…
How to set up a redundant backup system for your Mac
Time Machine and clones have different purposes, though you can use them to the same end in the right case…
iTunes Match vs. Apple Music: Why you’d want to subscribe to both
iTunes Match, Apple Music, or both?
Research firm: Apple will buy Box or Dropbox in 2016, replace Google with Bing as default by end of 2017
Apple will acquire an online data storage firm such as Box or Dropbox…
Alternatives to Apple’s bloated iTunes
For a Mac user seeking a fully operational iTunes-like app that will manage files with the same ease
Ex-Apple VP Bertrand Serlet unveils ‘Upthere,’ a new cloud storage service that looks to make file syncing a thing of the past
The drawbacks of syncing were not lost on Bertrand Serlet, the former senior vice president of software engineering for Apple…
Apple Photos vs. Google Photos
With rapidly expanding image and video collections, three things are hot on everyone’s wish list…
Should iTunes be split into 16 different apps?
The bloated Swiss army knife app for managing everything from your music library to the apps on your iPhone has been begging for help for years…
Apple gets competitive with iCloud storage
If you’re using iCloud now and anything beyond the free 5GB plan, your monthly price tag went down…
Apple drops iCloud prices, matches or betters rivals’ storage services, but sticks with stingy 5GB of free space
For the second year in a row, Apple reduced prices for its expanded iCloud storage plans…
Apple activates new iCloud storage plans, moves 500GB subscribers to 1TB
Apple on Wednesday made its updated iCloud storage plans active…
Apple Music one month later: Not loving it, but I’ll be subscribing to it
One thing I’ve always loved about Apple products is that there was a certain elegance about them…
Here’s why I won’t pay for Apple Music after the free trial ends
When the free trial ends, I can’t imagine paying for Apple Music…
Why are Apple’s cloud services so weak?
Stop me if you’ve heard this one…
Designer mocks up standalone Apple Music app for Mac (and Windows)
What makes Apple Music so un-Apple is the total disregard for user experience in many areas…
The tragedy of iTunes: Nothing ‘just works’
The new version of Apple’s signature media software is a mess. What are people with large MP3 libraries to do?
Dear Apple, please go thermonuclear on iTunes
iTunes is a total mess…
Marco Arment: iTunes is a toxic hellstew
Just keep your music libraries away from iTunes Match and Apple Music…
Apple fails yet again in the cloud: How to use Apple Music without iCloud Music Library
It’s a shame it doesn’t just work…
PC Magazine reviews Apple’s iCloud Drive
iCloud Drive is a component of Apple iCloud…
Dropbox adds killer productivity feature to iOS app
And it’s simple to use…
Warning: Apple wants to get you hooked on iCloud
Photos, iCloud Drive, iCloud Backup, Mail, iWork documents, iOS backups…
iCloud: Apple’s next big rainmaker
There are signs that Apple is finally beginning to prioritize the cloud…
Cloud storage vs. external hard drives: Which really offers the best bang for your buck?
Which solution — cloud storage or an external hard drive — is more cost effective, byte for byte?
Dropping Dropbox: Exploring alternatives
I’ve chosen to abandon Dropbox…
Microsoft ups OneDrive storage limits, lowers pricing as Apple’s iCloud Drive looms
Microsoft is making notable improvements to its storage offerings…
