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What's the issue with iCloud?

browningstreet 4mo ago
Mounting Dropbox on Linux machines is really easy. Google Drive has terrible support for binary files and namespaces. For business purposes I didn't want to use iCloud. But it seems like it's iCloud & Dropbox then.
watermelon0 4mo ago
It doesn't have a great cross platform support (no Linux client, and there are many complaints for the Windows client). Personally, I dislike that you cannot restore an older version of a file on laptop/phone, and must instead use their web app, for which you need to disable ADP, which defeats its purpose.
- msh 4mo ago
  I know it’s not a official client but rclone have great iCloud support (but only if you don’t enable advanced data protection).
- seanhunter 4mo ago
  While there isn't a proper Linux client, if you find yourself on a Linux box and need to sync to or from iCloud, rclone[1] works great. Just putting this out there in the hope that it might help someone. It's also (ironically given TFA) what I used to sync all my files off dropbox when I cancelled my subscription because of their misuse of root to re-add their thing to special permissions on macOs after I had removed it.[2] [1] https://rclone.org/ https://rclone.org/ [2] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12463338 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12463338 not trying to reopen a flame war, but for me personally, that was one of those things a company doesn't get to do to me twice. As soon as it happened, I copied my files off and cancelled. In fact I'm there somewhere in the comments on that article saying I was going to be cancelling and I immediately did.
  - mmh0000 4mo ago
    That's neat! I had no idea rclone supported iCloud now. Looks like they added support about a year ago[1]. Step-by-step instructions: https://rclone.org/iclouddrive/ https://rclone.org/iclouddrive/ I just tested, and it worked... rclone is such an amazing and incredible project. [1] https://rclone.org/changelog/#v1-69-0-2025-01-12 https://rclone.org/changelog/#v1-69-0-2025-01-12

Mounting Dropbox on Linux machines is really easy. Google Drive has terrible support for binary files and namespaces. For business purposes I didn't want to use iCloud. But it seems like it's iCloud & Dropbox then.

watermelon0 4mo ago

It doesn't have a great cross platform support (no Linux client, and there are many complaints for the Windows client). Personally, I dislike that you cannot restore an older version of a file on laptop/phone, and must instead use their web app, for which you need to disable ADP, which defeats its purpose.

msh 4mo ago
I know it’s not a official client but rclone have great iCloud support (but only if you don’t enable advanced data protection).
seanhunter 4mo ago
While there isn't a proper Linux client, if you find yourself on a Linux box and need to sync to or from iCloud, rclone[1] works great. Just putting this out there in the hope that it might help someone. It's also (ironically given TFA) what I used to sync all my files off dropbox when I cancelled my subscription because of their misuse of root to re-add their thing to special permissions on macOs after I had removed it.[2] [1] https://rclone.org/ https://rclone.org/ [2] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12463338 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12463338 not trying to reopen a flame war, but for me personally, that was one of those things a company doesn't get to do to me twice. As soon as it happened, I copied my files off and cancelled. In fact I'm there somewhere in the comments on that article saying I was going to be cancelling and I immediately did.
- mmh0000 4mo ago
  That's neat! I had no idea rclone supported iCloud now. Looks like they added support about a year ago[1]. Step-by-step instructions: https://rclone.org/iclouddrive/ https://rclone.org/iclouddrive/ I just tested, and it worked... rclone is such an amazing and incredible project. [1] https://rclone.org/changelog/#v1-69-0-2025-01-12 https://rclone.org/changelog/#v1-69-0-2025-01-12