Q: Can I access iCloud like iDisk?

No, iCloud does not offer file level storage (like iDisk) you access the documents via the apps you created/edited them in.

Apple don't say what they are going to do, but Dropbox is far better than iDisk ever was, and free (2G storage) try it.

You are welcome, and if you want the best online storage and synchronization service take a look at SugarSync, Dropbox is a peanut in comparison. 5G free (I pay for 200G, and it is worth every penny) a realtime backup and synchronizaton system that makes the most of the online storage available.

The problem with sugarsync, I find, is that there are many, many apps that have Dropbox sync capabilities built in, but very few with Sugarsync support.

pvonk wrote:

 

The problem with sugarsync, I find, is that there are many, many apps that have Dropbox sync capabilities built in, but very few with Sugarsync support.

Look again.

SugarSync Partners

Well, I'm judging by the apps that I use.  Apps that I can't just substitute with another.

pvonk wrote:

 

Well, I'm judging by the apps that I use.  Apps that I can't just substitute with another.

The OP is looking for an alternative to iDisk for online storage, how do IOS apps even figure into this post?

Well, you do have a point.  I overextended the OP's desires.  FWIW, I do have both sugarsync and dropbox, but my reliance on DB is based on iOS.  If that doesn't enter into the equation, then yes, SL would be a good service to use.

pvonk wrote:

 

Well, you do have a point.  I overextended the OP's desires.  FWIW, I do have both sugarsync and dropbox, but my reliance on DB is based on iOS.  If that doesn't enter into the equation, then yes, SL would be a good service to use.

Dropbox offers a small fraction of SugarSync's functions. For example:

I synchronize my entire home folder to it, I use 3 computers regularly (an Air, an MBP and an iMac). I can take the Air to work, work on it all day, at home I simply open the iMac and all of the work I did on the Air that day is on the iMac waiting to be completed, or on the MBA if I choose to use that because my wife is monoplizing the iMac. I can choose to have copies of my work archived at any time in the archive provided. If I drop the Air down the stairs I can buy another, connect it to Sugarsync and in a reasonable time span all of the work from the old one is on the new one. If I choose to include my phone (any phone not just an iphone) in this group I can.

And of course I can share a folder (or 2 or 1000) exactly as DropBox can, but without DropBox's size limits or annoying insistence in having those files in its own folder rather than the one I want it in.

And there is much more, perhaps you should look again.

I was thinking of going with Google Disk. It seems to have good pricing.

George Robles wrote:

 

How much?

Up to 5G free, then competitive