> On Jan 7, 2023, at 4:11 PM, Larry Colen <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On Jan 7, 2023, at 3:39 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Nothing is ever required to be saved on iCloud. Ever. Applications give you >> the option to do that, yes, but only if you want to. >> >> Data stored on iCloud can be accessed in several different ways. > > It's not required, but with Apple's tendency to hold your hand, and not let > go, it defaults to saving everything to iCloud. I went through this recently > and since my computer has far more storage than I get free from iCloud, it > took me a while to figure out how to tell it "no thanks, I'll back up my own > data thank you".
You and other respondents on this thread seem to have the most peculiar misunderstandings of Apple technology. I suggest you study how to use your Apple computers and/or devices with a little more open-mindedness and objectivity. They're not rocket science; they're just computers, operating systems, and applications. I worked for Apple for a quarter of a century, and I've been using Apple computers since 1984. They've never "held my hand", "not let go", or forced me to do anything that I didn't want to do. The operating system and apps have defaults, yes. Nothing makes those defaults an edict written in stone, unchangeable. None of these things, nor the corporation that is Apple, is a living thing with an intent to control your actions. They're simply devices and software that work a particular way according to their design and implementation, and all are amenable to individual, personal configuration customizations. Nothing about any of the applications I use or the various Apple devices' operating systems has ever coerced me to have to use Apple's servers for my data or my backups. I use them just like I use any other device or storage: by first studying what is offered before I buy, and then learning how to use it to my best advantage, per my predilections—even if I *think* I already know how it works. I don't learn Windows or Linux and assume that the one works the same way as the other, nor do I have either of those and assume that Apple's operating system and the various apps that run in it work exactly the same—or *should work exactly the same* as either of those two. The situation is analogous to someone owning a Pentax camera who has been given the top of the line Nikon camera complaining that the Nikon "tends to hold your hand and not let go" … it's just absurd. That person simply has to learn how to operate the Nikon, without being biased about the fact that it's not a Pentax. Good night and good luck. G -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
