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iCloud+ 2TB: 9.99 € does the macOS and iOS backup. Click buy and pretty much done. Also have my parents data backed up with family sharing, I don’t have to be

by bfung 4y ago

iCloud+ 2TB: 9.99 € does the macOS and iOS backup. Click buy and pretty much done. Also have my parents data backed up with family sharing, I don’t have to be family IT support! If you have other devices… Tim Cook recommends replacing those with Apple devices /sarcasm Only requirement not met is not having a plan that supports more than 2T. Yes, Apple owns my life. But happy about it for now, good value.

SXX 4y ago
If only iCloud had E2E encryption ...
- sdze 4y ago
  This!!! I always laugh when Apple advertises its supposedly superior privacy features... For sensitive stuff I placed a encrypted sparsebundle on my iCloud drive.
piskerpan 4y ago
iCloud is good stuff, at least for ease of use. I use it to store my photos and passwords. Photos are then automatically synced to my Mac, which is then backed up to Time Machine. Same goes for the iCloud Keychain. You could say I’m 100% on Apple working decently, but with 3 copies I feel relatively safe. I wish there was a third party tool to occasionally verify the whole library to ensure photos don’t rot or just disappear.
throwaway0x7E6 4y ago
>good value one terabyte of HDD space ≈ $12
- rejectfinite 4y ago
  But an external HDD is not going to sync to a central server or other devices. icloud/onedrive etc is not just the space but also redundancy and backup and sync bultiin.
  - throwaway0x7E6 4y ago
    sure, but still, the profit margin is such that you're getting literally milked
- davidjfelix 4y ago
  you're not paying for the hard drive, otherwise they'd ship you the hard drive - you're paying for the management.
- bfung 4y ago
  Value here is not just the amount of storage: 1. Multiple people and devices use this one account. 2. Said multiple people are not technical - they don’t always know/remember to plug in a drive to their device for backup. 3. The mental load reduction is amazing. The iCloud keychain feature + faceID + multidevices is so convenient, I don’t understand why I ever spent effort in crazy tool and file plumbing schemes. I use the $2.99/month plan, and my time is worth a lot more than that (at least 3000 times more using paycheck…). I’d rather spend time with friends and family doing other things than debugging our collective backup schemes. That’s value.
qiller 4y ago
I’m happy with it in general, but it feels like iCloud has a higher sync latency than some other services like OneDrive. And because it is a black box, there is no way to force sync it. I would drop a file for example to sync up to my old MacBook that acts as a CNC controller, walk over and OneDrive would reliably be there. iCloud however…
- tokamak-teapot 4y ago
  Yes I sometimes have to airdrop a file because sync isn’t happening - yet - for no explained reason. OneDrive is just too slow and clunky for me on MacOS Dropbox just kept failing to start a sync from iPhone (likely entirely due to the OS not giving it a chance) but was otherwise very reliable and fast. Google … I just use for a second copy of my photos and occasionally check if it’s syncing okay. It usually seems to be.
  - robertlagrant 4y ago
    For photo backup I use my Amazon Prime subscription. The client isn't amazing (what is?) but it seems to do the trick.
herrherrmann 4y ago
Ah, you reminded me that I did actually try out iCloud as well! I was unhappy with how the sync worked on macOS – basically lots of magic in the background without any idea what is happening and how long it might take. And you couldn’t even turn off the laptop in between sync attempts, as far as I remember? And their online services are quite far behind the competition as well (no proper folder sharing without requiring the receiver to have an Apple account, for example). But yeah, I’m still keeping the lowest-tier iCloud subscription to sync my photos via Apple Photos, which is quite nice to have.

by bfung 4y ago

SXX 4y ago

If only iCloud had E2E encryption ...

sdze 4y ago
This!!! I always laugh when Apple advertises its supposedly superior privacy features... For sensitive stuff I placed a encrypted sparsebundle on my iCloud drive.

piskerpan 4y ago

iCloud is good stuff, at least for ease of use. I use it to store my photos and passwords. Photos are then automatically synced to my Mac, which is then backed up to Time Machine. Same goes for the iCloud Keychain. You could say I’m 100% on Apple working decently, but with 3 copies I feel relatively safe. I wish there was a third party tool to occasionally verify the whole library to ensure photos don’t rot or just disappear.

throwaway0x7E6 4y ago

>good value one terabyte of HDD space ≈ $12

rejectfinite 4y ago
But an external HDD is not going to sync to a central server or other devices. icloud/onedrive etc is not just the space but also redundancy and backup and sync bultiin.
- throwaway0x7E6 4y ago
  sure, but still, the profit margin is such that you're getting literally milked
davidjfelix 4y ago
you're not paying for the hard drive, otherwise they'd ship you the hard drive - you're paying for the management.
bfung 4y ago
Value here is not just the amount of storage: 1. Multiple people and devices use this one account. 2. Said multiple people are not technical - they don’t always know/remember to plug in a drive to their device for backup. 3. The mental load reduction is amazing. The iCloud keychain feature + faceID + multidevices is so convenient, I don’t understand why I ever spent effort in crazy tool and file plumbing schemes. I use the $2.99/month plan, and my time is worth a lot more than that (at least 3000 times more using paycheck…). I’d rather spend time with friends and family doing other things than debugging our collective backup schemes. That’s value.

qiller 4y ago

I’m happy with it in general, but it feels like iCloud has a higher sync latency than some other services like OneDrive. And because it is a black box, there is no way to force sync it. I would drop a file for example to sync up to my old MacBook that acts as a CNC controller, walk over and OneDrive would reliably be there. iCloud however…

tokamak-teapot 4y ago
Yes I sometimes have to airdrop a file because sync isn’t happening - yet - for no explained reason. OneDrive is just too slow and clunky for me on MacOS Dropbox just kept failing to start a sync from iPhone (likely entirely due to the OS not giving it a chance) but was otherwise very reliable and fast. Google … I just use for a second copy of my photos and occasionally check if it’s syncing okay. It usually seems to be.
- robertlagrant 4y ago
  For photo backup I use my Amazon Prime subscription. The client isn't amazing (what is?) but it seems to do the trick.

herrherrmann 4y ago

Ah, you reminded me that I did actually try out iCloud as well! I was unhappy with how the sync worked on macOS – basically lots of magic in the background without any idea what is happening and how long it might take. And you couldn’t even turn off the laptop in between sync attempts, as far as I remember? And their online services are quite far behind the competition as well (no proper folder sharing without requiring the receiver to have an Apple account, for example). But yeah, I’m still keeping the lowest-tier iCloud subscription to sync my photos via Apple Photos, which is quite nice to have.