What is the difference between saving Keynote to iCloud Drive or Keynote in iCloud?

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When I SAVE a Keynote I can see that there are 2 options in iCloud.

One is to save to Keynote - iCloud

Second is to save to iCloud Drive.

What is the difference?

To open on my iPad I choose option 1 but what is second option (iCloud Drive) or is it the same?

Confused since iTools :-)

Thank you.

MacBook Pro with Retina display, OS X Yosemite (10.10.5)

Posted on Sep 7, 2015 2:38 AM

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Answer 1

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Hi Michael,

As far as I'm aware there is not really any major difference between saving a file inside of iCloud Keynote itself or saving it to your iCloud Drive.

But...

When you save a file in Keynote it is also accessible from the iDrive Keynote folder.

Whereas if you save a Keynote file directly to the iCloud Dirve it is only accessible from the Drive.

i.e. you cant open it from inside iCloud Keynote.

Hope that helps,

ra.skill

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Answer 2

This is my experience too, which seems so unintuitive ... and so unlike Apple. Thank you for responding.

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Answer 3

Level 1

42 points

No worries :-)

I really like iWorks and enjoy using it but unfortunately its just missing some key features.

Fingers crossed that will change soon when they move out of BETA....

....whenever that is.

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