Re:Apple’s $1T Milestone Reflects Rise of Powerful Megacompa...
by fundingshovel on Friday August 03, 2018 @12:00PM
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https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204055
It's pretty well supported?
Re:Apple’s $1T Milestone Reflects Rise of Powerful Megacompa...
by LeftTurnSignal on Friday August 03, 2018 @02:18PM
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If they stored terabytes of any data on a cloud based system, wouldn't they run into the same issues? I think I sort of get where OP is coming from, but I can't say I ran into the same issues.
Ive personally used the export / archive features of iCloud when i went from iOS to android. the longest part was waiting for the pics / vids to download from icloud and upload to google drive.
I even exported stuff out of google's ecosystem and back into iCloud when I moved back. This was a month or two ago.
I know many many years ago I had issues with iCloud, but that was before they fixed / improved their web interface (and everything else).
Re:Apple’s $1T Milestone Reflects Rise of Powerful Megacompa...
by willtim on Friday August 03, 2018 @04:25PM
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As I said, you can only export the original media files and none of the organisation/folders/albums/tags. An analogy might be a filesystem where you can copy files out but not the folder structure.
Because iCloud is a big part of their lock-in strategy. The issue is not about transferring a few photos adhoc from a phone. It is about having potentially terabytes of family movies and photos stored and organised on iCloud. Like I said, there is a financial incentive for them to make it difficult for people to move away. There is no easy way to transfer everything off, including all metadata.