Okay, am I a complete idiot because I can't figure out how to use iCloud? I figured out how to sync contacts and calendars and whatnot. Does it not work like Dropbox?
Dawn: I think a date should be in a real fancy restaurant, then champagne at a night club with a floor show, then ballroom dancing. Joyce: Unfortunately, we're not dating in a movie from the thirties.
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Vortex - Dec 08, 2011 3:15:51 pm PST #18755 of 25501
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
-t - Dec 08, 2011 3:28:38 pm PST #18756 of 25501
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Not really. You can use it with Pages and Numbers, etc., but it's pretty clunky for that purpose, as far as I can tell. I haven't really delved into it, though.
Vortex - Dec 08, 2011 3:35:19 pm PST #18757 of 25501
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
Okay good. I feel better. I lurves me some dropbox. Thanks to whoever recced it.
Gudanov - Dec 08, 2011 5:56:47 pm PST #18758 of 25501
Coding and Sleeping
Dropbox is awesome, it works so smoothly for me with Windows, Linux, and iOS.
It looks like the Tracphone is going to happen. Should halve our cell phone costs.
Liese S. - Dec 08, 2011 7:07:54 pm PST #18759 of 25501
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
Dropbox works the way technology should work, i.e., I don't think about it at all.
§ ita § - Dec 08, 2011 7:17:22 pm PST #18760 of 25501
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I get a little handwavy when I have to share stuff, because I realise how poorly I'm keeping track of it, but my sister's been in here, Hec's been in, Amy, Perkins, a bunch of other Buffistas. Simplest way to keep a computer, two laptops, a tablet, and a phone in sync.
Know what's a disappointment? That NAS I bought. It's providing space, especially for the Time Machine, but no uPNP, which was a big attraction. I might have to redo it. But that's for later. When I get back from home.
Kathy A - Dec 09, 2011 4:35:56 am PST #18761 of 25501
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
Why the hell won't my iTunes let me drop and drag onto my iPod playlist? Every time I grab something from the main library to put onto my iTunes (because it doesn't sync properly--I always have to grab and drag it), it keeps changing into the symbol for "no can do" (circle with a line through it) as soon as I drag the cursor over to the sidebar.
§ ita § - Dec 09, 2011 7:26:31 am PST #18762 of 25501
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
What does jailbreaking get you other than carrier independence? What are the pros? I see that it's not fully implemented yet in iOS5, and I was wondering how that was negatively affecting people.
What apps/behaviour does it enable?
Gris - Dec 09, 2011 9:58:58 am PST #18763 of 25501
Hey. New board.
I needed it for better GV integration. Calling from the GV app on iOS(or its competitors) was very annoying - by jailbreaking, I was able to call directly from the normal iOS dialer, just like on Android. I also had a pull-down settings toggle much like the one on MIUI (which addicted me to that feature) and back on iOS4 I really loved the jailbreak add-on that gave me android-style notifications. Now that better notifications are built into iOS 5 that's less a big deal. You could actually program system-wide gestures for a wide variety of things, which was pretty sweet.
Tom Scola - Dec 09, 2011 10:00:53 am PST #18764 of 25501
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
There's a difference between jailbreaking and unlocking. Unlocking gives you carrier independence, and jailbreaking lets you to install apps that don't come from Apples app store.