Everything Apple (the Mac heads thread)

The files will be stored locally but not synced, and you'll have to choose which folders to sync.

Sorry, it's been a long week, what do you mean by locally? Most of the files are actually my iphone pics backup, so will they still be on the cloud? I don't really sync my Dropbox to anything else since my last laptop got stolen (not related by the way), which is why I don't see a point in paying for it anymore.

As in on ya HDD.. not sure how photos work though as I don't use that feature, I imagine they will still be on your phone though.
Having your laptop stolen is the EXACT reason to pay for dropbox and sync EVERYTHING. That way you have offsite back up if it ever happens again.

All too good to be true

This is one reason why you should not rely solely on cloud backup, especially one that you aren't paying anything for (assuming you are downgrading to free version). If you don't have any way of backing up to another computer, at the very least backup to iCloud as well.

But surely you can stick a copy on a USB drive via a friend/relative's computer?

I have 3 physical backups of most things (not including my computer) stored at different locations. I just don't really see the pointin paying £80 a year anymore to only backup my iphone stuff. Might just switch to iCloud for the photos.

I switched to Google for photos and dropped Dropbox and iCloud. In fact I use Google drive and docs for almost everything now and it's bloody brilliant - even the free version. Have you tried IFTTT? May be a solution there that works for you?

I use iCloud for my iPhone pics. To me it seems good value. I pay £2.50 a month for 200gb. And with that I store my iPhone photos and backups, and both the desktop and documents folders on both my macs so they are synced across.

To me it seems good value. I pay £2.50 a month for 200gb

Not being anti-Apple but I pay nothing for my Google Drive and am using 13Gb of 1TB...

I find the Apple photo application a huge irritant, but it is what it is.

So the iPhone 8 is faster than an i5 Macbook Pro... Let-alone other phones.

https://www.tomsguide.com/us/iphone-8-benchmarks-fastest-phone,review-4676.html

Until they nerf it in 2 years so you have to buy the latest iphone.

"Faster than a Macbook Pro!" ~ stutters when switching apps.

I kid. It's such an insane leap in performance... How long before they start selling laptops with their own silicon?

Next Mac Pro? Would be a pretty ballsy move

There’s been talk of them doing their own GPUs for something...

How did you get 1TB Google Drive without paying? I have just checked and I have 15 GB allowance. 1TB is £80/year. Do you have an education deal or something?

15GB is standard for Google Drive. I have an extra 100GB for free which came with my Chromebook.

I use Microsoft OneDrive for backing up. You get 1TB free with a subscription to Office 365 which you can generally get for £30 a year (and you get full versions of Word, Excel, etc)

Cheers - I need some cheap cloud storage for backup (in addition to primary backup), now Crashplan are dropping consumer service.

I’d be more comfortable using iCloud over google photos. It’s all encrypted with iCloud and they aren’t using your photos to train AI doom machines.

The files app is interesting in that it puts all your cloud storage in one place. I had a similar idea in 2015...

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MBP 2011 had a second (and definitive it seems) graphic card failure. Very surprised by the low specs of 13" models... and considering the cheaper (still bloody expensive for the spec) version of the 15"... so many doubts!
Is it possible to add some extra RAM in the future?
Shall I pretend to buy it for my partner so I can get the educational discount? Would that be a problem in the future if Brexit or my bad breath tears us apart? Her name on the paperwork may also prevent me from declaring it as a expense for my small one man business...
Also is it worth it to pay hundreds for the Care plan (intend to use it daily for work and keep it for at least 5 years) or shall I just buy at John Lewis and get the much cheaper Extra Care from them?
I am poor freelancer that uses a combination of Design software (InDesign and Photoshop mainly) together with some simple 3D software (123D design, FreeCad) for creating basic 3D models (objects not video renders) and printed prototypes. Any advice would be truly appreciated! Please excuse the looooong rant :)

Base 13" FTW.

Oh sorry @aggi has reminded me that I bought a Chromebook. I bought a fancy one but if you were committed to Drive and wanted a good value 1TB it could make economic sense to buy a Chromebook even if you don't want one (then sell it!).

Apple Care, John Lewis or nothing and just crossed fingers??

John Lewis is a good shout but nothing and crossed fingers also works.

13" (with crossed fingers and toes) then! Will report back