Got to be from an Apple employee, toeing the company line."Actually, starting from iOS9, file managment is much better on iOS than on OSX"
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iCloud Drive is still as useless as it ever was
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I've not managed to download a thing from it, but haven't been able to test uploading from it. Need a site that asks me to choose file then I can see if I get more than just the image picker
Odd. Doesn't work on my iPhone 6. Rebooted, turned iCloud off and on. No good.
Works on my mates iPhone 6 though.
I don't get it, I've set a couple of apps to back up their data files with iCloud Drive and logging onto the website (iCloud.com) I see folders but in the app... Nothing.. #confused
Can anyone search within iCloud Drive with Spotlight in iOS9? i.e if you swipe to the left and search for a file stored on iCloud Drive will it find it?
It doesn't work on my iPhone 6 even though there's an option for it in Spotlight settings.
It doesn't work on my iPhone 6 even though there's an option for it in Spotlight settings.
Just tried. Doesn't work. In fact spotlight doesn't search inside any app for a filename
Ok, thanks for that, it's weird there's an option for it but it doesn't work. 3rd party Apps are a different matter though, they have to be individually enabled for spotlight search to work.
Even the individually selected apps I have turned on, spotlight does not find a single file name within the app. Any ideas?
The funny thing is, it works almost like Dropbox when you access it from the Mac. It's a joy to use there, with the exception of the app folders of course.
I actually use it a lot to view my movie edits on the go. Drag and drop the file on my Mac and download/watch the file on my way to work. For consumption the iOS app is good enough.
I actually use it a lot to view my movie edits on the go. Drag and drop the file on my Mac and download/watch the file on my way to work. For consumption the iOS app is good enough.
I just tried a few It does seem to work with Documents 5. It doesn't work with Dayone it won't even find Photos for me. Not sure if that points to a Spotlight or an App issue.
This was working in the earlier betas. I submitted a bug report and they are aware of the problem. Search within the app is also broken. Frustrating problem since beta 2 onwards.
For me only Documents 5 works. Spotlight finds nothing in the other apps.
Remember the days when you were surprised when something DIDN'T work?
Remember the days when you were surprised when something DIDN'T work?
Yeah, seems like a while ago now.
It's strange that Documents 5 works but none of the others do. Still if it's a known issue hopefully it will be fixed in iOS 9.1
Misleading? I can't download / save a file into it which was one of my issues so how is that misleading? OK, so it looks like I can upload from it (so so sorry I made an honest mistake you might as well shoot me at dawn) but so far nothing I have done will enable me to save (for example) a PDF from online into it. I can save to Dropbox, OneDrive, Google Drive, PDF Pen, iBooks, but not save to my iCloud Drive. I might not actually want the thing in iBooks.
Just tried another type of file and the download / save options again include Dropbox, OneDrive and Google but no iCloud Drive.
Interesting. When the files are in List View I cannot even get the popup. However, when I change the files to Folder View I get the popup and am able to interact with the options--meaning, I can rename the file, send it, etc.