An alert to users of Sierra 10.12.
Bad things happen if you upload items from your Document file to the iCloud drive if you are using the new Sierra 10.12..
Per Apple instructions and warnings, once you upload an item to iCloud it is removed from your Document folder. To access items previously saved in Documents you must do so 1) through the iCloud drive or 2) an iCloud Drive archive file that you may create on your Mac or laptop in Downloads. Sierra 10.12 eliminates the user's ability to save items directly to their Document folder. In addition, items copied into the Archive cannot be saved directly into Documents; one must drag or copy them from the Archive file. I confirmed the preceding points during a lengthy session with a senior Apple technical advisor who expressed surprise at learning of these changes -- he said he had not yet updated his personal computer to the new Sierra -- and sympathized with my anger at having Sierra kidnap key file management options. He said he would alert the engineering team of my feedback.
These is are major and negative changes, none of which were flagged by notes accompanying the Sierra 10.12 update. With Sierra 10.12 Apple has removed the user's ability to quickly and easily save documents, pdf's and other items directly to Documents. Apple presumes that the user will always inhabit a world of secure, reliable and robust internet that allows guaranteed access to Documents through the iCloud drive. From this user's perspective these changes are wholly negative and represent significant backward steps in Apple's quality, a breach of trust with Apple customers. I cannot imagine what reasoning Apple engineers and management used to delude themselves that these changes were made for the users benefit.
Bad things happen if you upload items from your Document file to the iCloud drive if you are using the new Sierra 10.12..
Per Apple instructions and warnings, once you upload an item to iCloud it is removed from your Document folder. To access items previously saved in Documents you must do so 1) through the iCloud drive or 2) an iCloud Drive archive file that you may create on your Mac or laptop in Downloads. Sierra 10.12 eliminates the user's ability to save items directly to their Document folder. In addition, items copied into the Archive cannot be saved directly into Documents; one must drag or copy them from the Archive file. I confirmed the preceding points during a lengthy session with a senior Apple technical advisor who expressed surprise at learning of these changes -- he said he had not yet updated his personal computer to the new Sierra -- and sympathized with my anger at having Sierra kidnap key file management options. He said he would alert the engineering team of my feedback.
These is are major and negative changes, none of which were flagged by notes accompanying the Sierra 10.12 update. With Sierra 10.12 Apple has removed the user's ability to quickly and easily save documents, pdf's and other items directly to Documents. Apple presumes that the user will always inhabit a world of secure, reliable and robust internet that allows guaranteed access to Documents through the iCloud drive. From this user's perspective these changes are wholly negative and represent significant backward steps in Apple's quality, a breach of trust with Apple customers. I cannot imagine what reasoning Apple engineers and management used to delude themselves that these changes were made for the users benefit.
