HT203517: iCloud: Troubleshooting Documents in the Cloud

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Buffalo Sal
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Q: How do you make changes in documents that transfer to all iOS devices?

I have a table (made with Pages) that I use to keep track of my financial transactions on the desktop of my Mac (OS X 10.7.4).   I will be traveling, and was able to drop it in Dropbox and transfer it to my iPad and iPhone Pages app.   However, when I make a change to it on my iPad or iPhone, it will transfer between both those devices, but it will not update on my Mac desktop.    And when I make a change to it from my Mac Desktop, the updates will not tranfer to my iPhone or iPad.

 

I know it will change in Pages in my icloud.com account on my Mac, but that is a hassle to have to open iCloud everytime I want to add or change a transaction, rather than having it handy on my desktop.

 

I thought with iCloud it would push between my Mac desktop, iPhone, and iPad...but it isn't.   Any suggestions or insight would be welcome.

iMac, Mac OS X (10.7.2)

Posted on Jul 20, 2012 10:01 AM

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Buffalo Sal

Q: How do you make changes in documents that transfer to all iOS devices?

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  • by markwmsn,

    markwmsn markwmsn Jul 20, 2012 9:45 PM in response to Buffalo Sal
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    Jul 20, 2012 9:45 PM in response to Buffalo Sal

    That is one of the features claimed for Mountain Lion, due out later this month.

  • by Buffalo Sal,

    Buffalo Sal Buffalo Sal Jul 21, 2012 6:17 AM in response to markwmsn
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    Jul 21, 2012 6:17 AM in response to markwmsn

    Do you mean that until then, the table on my desktop will not update even though the tables on my iphone and and ipad do push to each other?

  • by markwmsn,

    markwmsn markwmsn Jul 21, 2012 2:14 PM in response to Buffalo Sal
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    Jul 21, 2012 2:14 PM in response to Buffalo Sal

    The document on your desktop won't update automatically, but you can manually download the updated document when you get back there after updating the iCloud version on one of your devices. Then you have to remember to re-upload it if you modify it on your desktop (or laptop).

     

    It's the automation that is supposed to be implementeed in Mountain Lion (probably requiring compliant versions of the iWork apps):

     

    "iCloud Document Library

    The iCloud Document Library is a convenient, consistent way to access your iCloud documents across all your Mac computers and iOS devices. To find an iCloud document, just open its app. The iCloud Document Library shows your iCloud documents for the app with the most recent one at the top."