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How I can access my icloud files from another computer

As I know there is a directory on my Imac where icloud documents are stored. How I can access this folder from another computer?


Thanks in advance

iMac, OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.2)

Posted on Mar 2, 2013 3:24 PM

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Jul 25, 2013 9:15 AM in response to akolker

iCloud is a trimmed down version of Skydrive or Dropbox. For the most part, it's designed to work with Apple branded apps such as iWork, iPhoto, iPad Photos and with Apple branded products such as iPad, iPhone and Mac. It will work on other platforms, but it has limited functionality (as compared to Dropbox, etc.) when used on Apple product.

There are pros and cons to this approach. One pro, for example, is that it takes the burden of having to know or care about where stuff is, how it got there, how to get it there, or even where "there" is. This can be a plus for folks who are not very technical or computer savvy.

Another pro is that it makes things smoother for you if you live mostly or entirely within the Apple/Mac/iPad/iPhone Eco-system.

The big negative is, as akolker pointed out, you can't get direct access to your native folders and its files if you are accessing them from some Apple based clients, particularly tablets and phones. For the kind of full functionality that akolker is talking about, you need a full feature cloud storage app such as Skydrive or Dropbox. Just like iCloud, in addition to their PC/Mac clients, they also have tablet apps for iPad (and other tablet systems).

So the best solution is to have both iCloud plus one of the non-restricted cloud apps on your iPad. I use iCloud to backup my iPad (along with a backup to my laptop using iTunes) and I use Dropbox for important files such as documents, spreadsheets, PDFs and even the occasional scripts or proprietary vendor formatted files.

How I can access my icloud files from another computer

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