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Been waiting for this. Will be setting it up on App Store accounts soon. The only potential problem for turning this on for my personal account is that you can

Been waiting for this. Will be setting it up on App Store accounts soon. The only potential problem for turning this on for my personal account is that you can't sign into iCloud using Windows, which isn't a problem in itself (I have no need to sync my photos to my gaming tower), but if it means I also can't sign into my Apple account that would be more troublesome since I like to use Apple Music from my Windows boxes occasionally.

selectodude 4y ago
I’m under the impression that in a modern browser that supports FIDO, it should work fine.
smileybarry 4y ago
That iCloud for Windows bit is troubling, right now it’s just photo syncing but I’m not sure if it also affected iTunes, or the upcoming Apple TV+ and Music apps. (They all use the same iTunes auth library underneath)
- WorldMaker 4y ago
  There's more than just photo syncing in iCloud for Windows. It's an iDevice backup sync. It can be used to sync files with any app that supports the Files app (and even some that don't but supported certain older app-specific file folders). It does some Apple Keychain syncing with Edge. It does some Contacts sync and backup. It can do some account recovery help if you don't have handy access to another iOS or macOS device but have been signed into iCloud for Windows for long enough.
  - smileybarry 4y ago
    > It's an iDevice backup sync. That's exclusively iTunes (or soon the Apple Devices Windows 11 app), if I remember correctly. > It can be used to sync files[...] Right, there's also iCloud Drive.
    - WorldMaker 4y ago
      > That's exclusively iTunes (or soon the Apple Devices Windows 11 app), if I remember correctly. To my understanding: wired backups are still done in iTunes (or the new Apple Devices app), but if you want an on-premises copy of a wireless iCloud backup you'd copy it from iCloud for Windows. Though glancing at it now I don't see that option/how to do it so either my understanding is wrong or I briefly glimpsed an A/B test at some point or I'm confusing something I saw on a different device than Windows.

selectodude 4y ago

I’m under the impression that in a modern browser that supports FIDO, it should work fine.

smileybarry 4y ago

That iCloud for Windows bit is troubling, right now it’s just photo syncing but I’m not sure if it also affected iTunes, or the upcoming Apple TV+ and Music apps. (They all use the same iTunes auth library underneath)

WorldMaker 4y ago
There's more than just photo syncing in iCloud for Windows. It's an iDevice backup sync. It can be used to sync files with any app that supports the Files app (and even some that don't but supported certain older app-specific file folders). It does some Apple Keychain syncing with Edge. It does some Contacts sync and backup. It can do some account recovery help if you don't have handy access to another iOS or macOS device but have been signed into iCloud for Windows for long enough.
- smileybarry 4y ago
  > It's an iDevice backup sync. That's exclusively iTunes (or soon the Apple Devices Windows 11 app), if I remember correctly. > It can be used to sync files[...] Right, there's also iCloud Drive.
  - WorldMaker 4y ago
    > That's exclusively iTunes (or soon the Apple Devices Windows 11 app), if I remember correctly. To my understanding: wired backups are still done in iTunes (or the new Apple Devices app), but if you want an on-premises copy of a wireless iCloud backup you'd copy it from iCloud for Windows. Though glancing at it now I don't see that option/how to do it so either my understanding is wrong or I briefly glimpsed an A/B test at some point or I'm confusing something I saw on a different device than Windows.