Using iCloud
¿ªÔÆÌåÓýI thought that I¡¯d start a new thread on the subject of iCloud. ?I¡¯ve been using it for a few years now and it¡¯s been reliable, mostly. ?The glitches are only where I have a slow connection and large files to sync, but that happens with any cloud-based network: the normally fast and reliable Sync cloud coughs a little when I have a large video file, or a stitched image file, of more than 100Mb to sync. ?Large PowerPoint files have caused bottlenecks too ¨C files from my work which I might still need and which have large media content. I also use Private Relay and Hide My Email from iCloud: ?the former is a VPN system, as far as I can make out, structured using CloudFlare¡¯s Internet systems. ?I tried adding CloudFlare¡¯s privacy systems, but Private Relay told me that it had disconnected and I found out why: ?CloudFlare is part of Private Relay. ?So I have merely changed my router¡¯s and my computers¡¯ DNS settings to CloudFlare¡¯s, as recommended here:?? (scroll down to the instructions). I started fiddling around in the DNS because my Internet connection at home slowed down ¨C was slow to start a connection when looking for a website, for instance. ?Since changing DNS to 1.1.1.1 and 1.0.0.1 the connections have been faster. ?I have a 70 download and 18 upload connection, as tested by , with reasonable Ping results (9 or 10ms), so it wasn¡¯t my established conneciton. I had iDisk in the early days as well, Susan; but iCloud is much more capable than that. ?In fact it¡¯s the ecosystem that keeps me ¡°Apple¡± and paying for it is par for the course. ?I pay ?6.99 a month for 2Tb, but if I were using something else the free 5Gb would be sufficient to run my devices with storage on Sync, say. ?I looked at Dropbox¡¯s prices a few days ago and they were comparable. ?If Private Relay, which is currently in beta, becomes chargeable, I¡¯ll consider binning it and using CloudFlare¡¯s system. Chris |
¿ªÔÆÌåÓýHarvey uses Dropbox but at the minimum configuration, so no charges. We could not really justify paid versions of that or iCloud but, it you have a use for it, as you say, it keeps you in your all-Apple r¨¦gime, which is obviously a Good Thing.Best Susan On 2 Oct 2022, at 11:19, zuiko via <ftog@...> wrote: I thought that I¡¯d start a new thread on the subject of iCloud. ?
I¡¯ve been using it for a few years now and it¡¯s been reliable, mostly. ?The glitches are only where I have a slow connection and large files to sync, but that happens with any cloud-based network: the normally fast and reliable Sync cloud coughs a little when I have a large video file, or a stitched image file, of more than 100Mb to sync. ?Large PowerPoint files have caused bottlenecks too ¨C files from my work which I might still need and which have large media content. I also use Private Relay and Hide My Email from iCloud: ?the former is a VPN system, as far as I can make out, structured using CloudFlare¡¯s Internet systems. ?I tried adding CloudFlare¡¯s privacy systems, but Private Relay told me that it had disconnected and I found out why: ?CloudFlare is part of Private Relay. ?So I have merely changed my router¡¯s and my computers¡¯ DNS settings to CloudFlare¡¯s, as recommended here:?? (scroll down to the instructions). I started fiddling around in the DNS because my Internet connection at home slowed down ¨C was slow to start a connection when looking for a website, for instance. ?Since changing DNS to 1.1.1.1 and 1.0.0.1 the connections have been faster. ?I have a 70 download and 18 upload connection, as tested by , with reasonable Ping results (9 or 10ms), so it wasn¡¯t my established conneciton. I had iDisk in the early days as well, Susan; but iCloud is much more capable than that. ?In fact it¡¯s the ecosystem that keeps me ¡°Apple¡± and paying for it is par for the course. ?I pay ?6.99 a month for 2Tb, but if I were using something else the free 5Gb would be sufficient to run my devices with storage on Sync, say. ?I looked at Dropbox¡¯s prices a few days ago and they were comparable. ?If Private Relay, which is currently in beta, becomes chargeable, I¡¯ll consider binning it and using CloudFlare¡¯s system. Chris |
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