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Mac Power Users

681: Cloudy with a Chance of Beachballs

Mac Power Users

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Tech, Technology, David, User, Stephen Hackett, Sparks, How To, Help, Power, Workflow, Ios, Mac, Set Up

4.71.5K Ratings

🗓️ 26 February 2023

⏱️ 98 minutes

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Summary

In the 12 years since its debut, iCloud has grown from a relatively simple service to one that is the glue holding the Apple ecosystem together. This week, Stephen and David talk about the various components of iCloud, how they work, and what to do when they don't.

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0:00.0

Mac Power users episode 681, cloudy with a chance of beach balls.

0:12.4

Hello everyone, this is David Sparks. I am joined by your friend of mine,

0:16.0

Mr. Steven Hackett. How are you doing, Steven?

0:18.0

I'm good, David. How are you?

0:20.7

So good, man. So good. And we are recording a deep dive today. I love it when we do that.

0:26.4

We're going deep today on iCloud. That's right, Apple and the cloud. Remember when that just

0:33.2

brought a sense of dreading for boating?

0:36.6

I do. I do. And deep dive is right. This Google Doc is 10 pages long. It got out of hand.

0:43.6

Let's just say that. Yeah. Well, iCloud has evolved. That's for sure.

0:47.7

It's so complicated. That's like the big overarching thing we're getting ahead of ourselves a little

0:52.4

bit. But iCloud is complicated. There's a lot of parts to it.

0:56.9

Yeah. And it's also hard to talk about, you know, because it's so complicated. But like I said,

1:02.4

we're getting ahead of itself. Before we get into the episode, a couple preliminary announcements.

1:07.0

The Max Barkey merch is up as this show publishes. There is only a few days left. So if you want

1:16.4

some Max Barkey merch, go to the link in the show notes. It's really cool. There's t-shirts,

1:21.1

sweatshirts, and a zip-up hoodie. They use that embroidered logo, kind of like we did for the

1:25.6

MPU stuff. But it's got the Max Barkey bolt on it. And people are buying. People like them.

1:30.6

And you should check it out too. That's awesome. I'm ordering the the T and the Navy

1:37.3

tri blend. Because I told you before, I love cotton beer as tri blend shirt. It's the bulk

1:42.4

of what's in my closet. Very excited. I have quite a few relay related shirts from cotton beer as

1:49.1

well. And I like them. And I'm really happy to have the I feel like the whole thing with the

1:55.2

embroidery. It's like I'm like clashing up the room a bit. You know, it's like the Max Barkey

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