Critical Update, Feb 16

So, this just went down. Spoke too soon.

The situation: Numbers spreadsheet created on iPad, synced to iCloud. Want to retrieve on MacBook Air.

Alright, time to pick up where I left off.

Scans recently modified Dropbox files on MacBook Air

Damn it, it’s not on Dropbox.

No worries, it’s on iCloud.

Right – so it’ll be there when I launch Numbers on my Air.

Totally! And hey, don’t forget, Tim Cook put his foot down – iOS now supports Flash. Adobe was just yanking our chain, it’s not going anywhere.

Really?

No. How can you be so gullible?

I bought a Mac instead of a PC. Need I say any more?

That’s the spirit.

Opens Numbers on OS X

Wait, where’s my spreadsheet?

Where you left it.

So it’s not on iCloud?

That’s not what I said.

Isn’t iCloud supposed to be like magic background pixy dust that makes you forget it’s even there?

Technically. Theoretically, yes.

So how do I get my document onto my Mac?

iCloud.com

This is stupid.

Yes, yes it is.

I bought my Mac because the ads said it just works.

You know, they’re not allowed to lie in ads. You could probably make some money if you start up a class-action lawsuit.

Hater.

Just calling them the way I see them. It wasn’t supposed to be this way.

Give them time. I’m sure by this time next year iCloud will be finished.

Think about what you just said. Does your face hurt?

No. But this is pissing me off.

It should. No reason that this isn’t as dead simple as on iOS.

iCloud.com it is.

Man, MobileMe sucked.

Now that’s just uncalled for.

Old grudges die hard.

Okay, I downloaded the spreadsheet from iCloud.com.

Dropbox awaits.

Why would I do that? I can just upload it to iCloud from the site when I’m done.

Isn’t iCloud supposed to be automatically pushing your content between devices, to quote a certain black turtleneck’d someone?

Don’t disrespect his memory.

I’m just paraphrasing, no disrespect intended. What’s disrespectful is Apple’s sorry state of iCloud Documents in the Cloud on OS X.

Now that’s a mouthful.

Why not just call it iCloud Documents?

Nobody knows.

That would be too easy. Like pushing Mac App Store updates, or the auto-checking actually working instead of manually having to launch the app each time to check if you’ve got an update.

You’re a breath of fresh air today, you know that?

It just works.

You don’t know how good you have it. iCloud’s not perfect yet, but it’s a hell of a lot better than any of the other junk out there.

Weren’t you just complaining about having to go through this to download your spreadsheet?

Maybe. I don’t even know who you are.

I could say the same for you. Has Steve woken up on the wrong side of the bed again?

I’d say he’s just tired of Apple’s half-measures on the Mac. Seems like iOS is getting all the cool new toys these days, and OS X is left to simmer.

You can’t blame them, though. Didn’t you see the record quarter they just put up?

Of course.

iOS is their biggest business now. They need to tend to that first.

The Mac still matters too.

Sure, but not as much. And the sooner Steve realizes that, the less he’ll be holding conversations with himself like this.

Why are you even acknowledging what’s going on here?

Am I making you uncomfortable?

Extremely. This was more fun when you didn’t get all meta.

Well I’m sorry. This has to end eventually, you know.

So what was the point of this discussion, exactly?

To vent about iCloud Documents in the Cloud’s incompetence on OS X?

You and your ego…

I prefer to see it as high standards. Apple’s set their own bar high. When they don’t meet it, I notice.

Give them a break. Won’t be too long until this is rectified.

Steve only hopes.

Why is Steve talking about himself in the 3rd person?

Wouldn’t that make that…the 4th person?

You’ve been watching too much Seinfeld.

Wasn’t that The Drew Carey Show?