Hi Mark, Thanks for this useful info. One minor correction with respect to the storage capabilities within iCloud. There are definitely ways of storing non-iWork and non-Apple files within your iCloud storage space. In fact, these files will also sync to your other iCloud synced MacOS machines. Not perfect nor exactly the same as iDisk storage but useful just the same.
Later... Tim Kilburn Fort McMurray, AB Canada On 2012-05-22, at 8:03 PM, M. Taylor wrote: > Hello Everyone, > > I am cross posting this to both the V iPhone and Mac Visionaries mailing > lists. > > With the end of iDisk, Apple's cloud storage system that came into being > during the Mobile Me era, slated for June 30, 2012, I've been searching for > another cloud storage system that works equally well with iOS devices, Macs, > and Windows PCs. > > I am delighted to report that Microsoft's SkyDrive is now completely > VoiceOver accessible and allows access to the SkyDrive directly from Finder > in OS X and from Explorer in Windows 7. The iOS app is VoiceOver > accessible, simple, and easy to use. > > Microsoft SkyDrive offers 7GB of free storage space, 2GB more than does > Apple's iCloud. > > To those who may not know, iCloud, in its current implementation, does not > allow for non-iWork documents and/or non Apple file syncing nor does it > allow for direct access in Windows Explorer. In short, iCloud, unlike > iDisk, is not meant to be used as a remote hard drive to which you may place > any kind of file. > > To get SkyDrive on the computer platform of your choice, you will need to > download a free Microsoft utility that simply configures your chosen system > to see SkyDrive; it does not add any overhead to your device unlike other > free cloud storage options. > > To get started, visit the app store on your iOS device and type in SkyDrive > or, from your favorite web browser in the OS of your choice, go to > http://skydrive.live.com > > If you don't already have a Windows ID, you will need to create one. > > Enjoy, > > Mark > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
