Focus iOS 8: iCloud Drive, storage and sharing of files Mac, iPhone and iPad Apple version

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Quite logically, iCloud will also be entitled to its share of new features and
should once again make our lives simpler. This is what I
invites you to discover without further delay inthis article dedicated to "iCloud
Drive", a new feature coming to our iPhone, iPad and Mac from
fall, probably next September.

Let's see without delay what we will be able to store on the servers
from Apple, and how:

As we saw incet
article, Apple's objective is to offer real continuity in
the use of its different devices. In other words, the user
must be able to switch from one device to another, Mac, iPhone or iPad, without
constraint or difficulty. Obviously, in this context,iCloud
occupies a place of choice.

Today, although it is possible to manage files on iOS, it is not
really practical: files are most often confined to one
single application. However, it is possible to transfer files from one
app to another (example: a PDF received in email and opened in iBook or
other similar app) but in addition to the appropriate apps, it is often several
operations to be carried out and the file is duplicated, it is never shared between
applications.

iOS 8 will bring a big change with what Apple has chosen
to call “iCloud Drive”:

iCloud drive works as a kind of hard drive stored on
Apple servers (the famous “cloud”). Andif you know
Dropbox, then you will quickly understand the interest of iCloud
Drive. You can store the files you want there and, above all,
access from any machine.

On Mac, simply drag the file into the OS X iCoud folder, in
its “Yosemite” version, which will also be released in the Fall.

On iPhone, it is the developers who will be called upon
since they are the ones who will have to make their apps compatible with this
virtual storage to allow access to iCloud Drive from their
applications.

Once stored in iCloud Drive,documents can be
modified and are automatically synchronized on all
machines.

You can then start working on the iPad and finish on the Mac and...even
on PC oron
Internet.

Better yet, it is possible to start a document or an edition in
one application and then continue in another. We can thus imagine creating
a chart and import it into a presentation app in the blink of an eye.
No more need for import or tedious 'copy and paste'.

Like everything related to iCloud, the only limit will be that of storage space.
storage. The first 5 GB are free then, you have to take an option
paid. Apple has also lowered prices.

In conclusion, here is a new feature which should make
Apple devices even more interconnected. On the user side, the management of
files is simplified and much more practical. You will just have to wait
initially, the time for developers to integrate these new features
in their apps!