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Re: iCloud Drive app.

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Michelle Steiner wrote:

>It wasn't mentioned in the keynote, so you may not have heard of it.
>
><http://www.pcworld.com/article/2933072/new-icloud-drive-app-will-let-io
>s-9-users-more-easily-manage-files.html>
>
>New iCloud Drive app will let iOS 9 users more easily manage files
>
>Users who store files in Apple¹s iCloud Drive will have an easier time
>managing them when iOS 9 launches later this year.
>
>The next update to Apple¹s mobile operating system will include an
>iCloud Drive app that lets people view and manage all of the files
>stored in Apple¹s cloud from a central location. Previously, iOS users
>could only access those files from inside an app that accessed iCloud
>Drive, which was released last year in iOS 8. OS X Yosemite, which was
>released in 2014, let users manage all of their iCloud Drive files in
>a special folder, similar to functionality offered by Dropbox and
>other cloud storage providers.
>
>Toby Paterson, an engineering manager at Apple, announced the app
>during Apple¹s Platforms State of the Union session at WWDC, and said
>it was aimed at Mac users who were accustomed to managing their files
>from a central location rather than doing so inside individual apps.
>Users can preview the files in their iCloud Drive from within the app,
>and open them in another application for modification. The app¹s
>announcement was left out of Apple¹s keynote Monday morning, where
>Senior Vice President of Software Engineering Craig Federighi unveiled
>iOS 9.
>
>Launching a standalone app for the service pushes it closer to
>competitors like Google Drive, Dropbox and Microsoft¹s OneDrive. It¹s
>another step on Apple¹s transition away from its initial model for
>saving files to iCloud, which only allowed applications to access
>their own files, and kept them locked away from users. The launch of
>iCloud Drive last year largely eliminated that functionality, and
>this new app will let users take another step away from it by giving
>them access to all their files from one location.
>
>All of this comes at a time when tech titans are all fighting to
>become the home for users¹ files in the cloud. Apple offers users 5GB
>of free storage for their files, photos, and backups of their iOS
>devices, while Google and Microsoft offer 15GB of free storage. Apple
>is also pushing its customers towards greater iCloud use with its
>iCloud Photo Library service, which syncs a user¹s entire photo
>library with the cloud storage service (though those images aren¹t
>accessible through iCloud Drive).


Your apostrophes look like a 1.  I've noticed this a lot at work when
receiving messages from people using Macs.  Why does this happen and
why can't Apple fix it?

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iCloud Drive app. Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2015-06-10 12:30 -0700
  Re: iCloud Drive app. "badgolferman" <REMOVETHISbadgolferman@gmail.com> - 2015-06-11 10:10 +0000
    Re: iCloud Drive app. Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2015-06-11 07:02 -0700
      Re: iCloud Drive app. "badgolferman" <REMOVETHISbadgolferman@gmail.com> - 2015-06-11 14:20 +0000
        Re: iCloud Drive app. Savageduck <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> - 2015-06-11 08:03 -0700
          Re: iCloud Drive app. "badgolferman" <REMOVETHISbadgolferman@gmail.com> - 2015-06-11 18:39 +0000
            Re: iCloud Drive app. Savageduck <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> - 2015-06-11 14:22 -0700
        Re: iCloud Drive app. Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2015-06-11 17:28 -0700
          Re: iCloud Drive app. "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2015-06-12 12:39 +1000
          Re: iCloud Drive app. Savageduck <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> - 2015-06-11 20:31 -0700
            Re: iCloud Drive app. Mark F <mark53916@gmail.com> - 2015-06-12 07:49 -0400
          Re: iCloud Drive app. Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2015-06-13 08:47 -0400
            Re: iCloud Drive app. Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2015-06-13 06:26 -0700
              Re: iCloud Drive app. Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2015-06-13 10:04 -0400
                Re: iCloud Drive app. Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2015-06-13 07:45 -0700
                Re: iCloud Drive app. Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2015-06-14 08:48 -0400
    Re: iCloud Drive app. Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-06-11 18:16 +0000
      Re: iCloud Drive app. David Ritz <dritz@mindspring.com> - 2015-06-11 21:45 -0500
  Re: iCloud Drive app. Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2015-06-11 07:28 -0400
    Re: iCloud Drive app. Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2015-06-11 07:03 -0700
      Re: iCloud Drive app. dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson) - 2015-06-12 13:15 +1200
        Re: iCloud Drive app. "badgolferman" <REMOVETHISbadgolferman@gmail.com> - 2015-06-12 11:05 +0000
          Re: iCloud Drive app. "badgolferman" <REMOVETHISbadgolferman@gmail.com> - 2015-06-12 16:11 +0000
      Re: iCloud Drive app. Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2015-06-13 08:25 -0400

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