Our story starts on 21 March 2022, when numerous Apple services, including iCloud Drive, became inaccessible for several hours. Bad Apple! Quiet Warnings about Data Loss If that’s not bad enough-and it is-Apple has recently tweaked its already weak documentation in a way that further conceals this dangerous implementation. They’re just gone, with no option for recovery. Today’s target is the discovery that when collaborators in an iCloud Drive shared folder delete files or folders, those items are destroyed instantaneously, not put in the Trash or added to iCloud Drive’s Recently Deleted folder. Bad Apple articles call out something Apple has done intentionally but gotten utterly wrong. On the downside, iCloud Drive has reliability problems that require toggling it off and back on periodically when it gets stuck-a Sync Now button and some decent logging to reveal what’s happening would be welcome.īut this is the Bad Apple column, and Bad Apple articles don’t complain about inadvertent bugs, nor do they address design decisions where reasonable people might disagree about the “right” way of doing something. It’s reasonably priced, integrated into macOS and iOS, and unlikely to suffer from questionable privacy practices. As I noted in “ Cloud Storage Forecast Unsettled, with Possible Storms ” (4 February 2022), iCloud Drive is attractive for Apple users. I want to like iCloud Drive, I really do. #1616: Explaining passkeys, Apple challenges for senior citizens, macOS 11.6.7 Big Sur fixes email attachment bugīad Apple #5: iCloud Drive Folder Sharing Risks Data Loss.#1617: Pages regains mail merge, HomeKit sensor improvements, keyboard flags in Monterey.Preview selections, portable power for a MacBook Pro #1618: M2 MacBook Air available to order, Lockdown Mode, Live Text vs.#1619: Stage Manager first impressions, Live Text in Preview redux, SMS 2FA failure fix, moving large folders with ChronoSync. #1620: OS updates, AssistiveTouch for iOS shortcut palette, Photos album sharing bug.
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