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Yeah this is my opinion too. I had a mix of Drive and Dropbox (still have docs on drive), but moved everything to iCloud because I was already paying for backup

Yeah this is my opinion too. I had a mix of Drive and Dropbox (still have docs on drive), but moved everything to iCloud because I was already paying for backups for my phone. It's not perfect, it's very opaque, but for a backup of important documents it's good. Lots of my apps also sync with iCloud anyway so I wouldn't be avoiding it, and get some extra storage for them I think, not that I need it. If I was collaborating in any way at all I'd just be all in on Google Workspace with drive. My last company used it and it was excellent. Disclaimer, I now work at Google where we also obviously use it for everything, and it's also great here, but while I have a bias, I do think it's the best option for collaboration.

matwood 3y ago
Matches my current experience. For my personal file sharing between devices/partner, iCloud works fine and is seamless. Anything having to do with document sharing/collaboration, Google Workspace has worked fine. My only strong opinion in this space is to avoid anything OneDrive/Sharepoint related if you want to collaborate.
Someone 3y ago
> for a backup of important documents it's good You likely know, but iCloud is not a full backup; it’s a synchronization mechanism. That helps in cases of device loss, but not in all scenarios where a backup helps. If you have a backup, you can restore past versions of files that you accidentally modified or deleted. iCloud will happily copy such changes and deletions to the iCloud copy of your data and to other devices linked to that copy, likely before you even notice you want to go back to an older version. To get ‘real’ backups, Apple has Time Machine. Dropbox, depending on your plan, allows you to restore older versions of files for 30, 180, or 365 days (https://help.dropbox.com/delete-restore/recover-older-versions https://help.dropbox.com/delete-restore/recover-older-versio...) MacOS has a ‘Versions’ feature that in theory is similar (https://support.apple.com/en-gb/guide/mac-help/mh40710/mac https://support.apple.com/en-gb/guide/mac-help/mh40710/mac), but isn’t supported by all applications.

matwood 3y ago

Matches my current experience. For my personal file sharing between devices/partner, iCloud works fine and is seamless. Anything having to do with document sharing/collaboration, Google Workspace has worked fine. My only strong opinion in this space is to avoid anything OneDrive/Sharepoint related if you want to collaborate.

Someone 3y ago

> for a backup of important documents it's good You likely know, but iCloud is not a full backup; it’s a synchronization mechanism. That helps in cases of device loss, but not in all scenarios where a backup helps. If you have a backup, you can restore past versions of files that you accidentally modified or deleted. iCloud will happily copy such changes and deletions to the iCloud copy of your data and to other devices linked to that copy, likely before you even notice you want to go back to an older version. To get ‘real’ backups, Apple has Time Machine. Dropbox, depending on your plan, allows you to restore older versions of files for 30, 180, or 365 days (https://help.dropbox.com/delete-restore/recover-older-versions https://help.dropbox.com/delete-restore/recover-older-versio...) MacOS has a ‘Versions’ feature that in theory is similar (https://support.apple.com/en-gb/guide/mac-help/mh40710/mac https://support.apple.com/en-gb/guide/mac-help/mh40710/mac), but isn’t supported by all applications.