Overall Satisfaction with Apple iCloud
iCloud is the glue that ties together desktop and mobile in our Apple environment. It lets us work seamlessly moving from iMacs to iPads and iPhones. It has a slick web interface where all of the apps can be accessed even from dumb Windows boxes. This keeps us productive no matter where we are.
- There is almost no downtime.
- It is truly seamless.
- There is no performance hit, even on mediocre networks.
- It is an attractive interface.
- Basic iCloud gives 5GB free per account - but that really needs to be per device. It is way too small when you have multiple devices.
- It is a fantastic setup and very well worth the investment in time and money.
- It keeps everything in sync and doesn't let us down.
- there really is no negative for our Apple centric operation
Dropbox is a fine product. The thing that makes iCloud shine is its deep integration with Apple and Apple's legendary support. Finally, we are confident that Apple will be fully committed to privacy and our data remains safe. But, none of this is to denigrate Dropbox in any way.
OneDrive isn't nearly as reliable. It seems to come and go. Also, Microsoft has had a rough past in losing customer's data (see Danger Pink, etc). And they aren't very trustworthy with privacy.
OneDrive isn't nearly as reliable. It seems to come and go. Also, Microsoft has had a rough past in losing customer's data (see Danger Pink, etc). And they aren't very trustworthy with privacy.