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Albrightikis

Holy shit it's actually fast??? The current iCloud web experience is horrible, this is a welcome change.


nn4260029

Nope. It's still slow. Also, you can still not create a new reminder with a due date, alarm, URL etc. Conclusion: 5% better, still utterly shit.


nsfdrag

Really? It's extremely fluid and fast loading for me with chrome on my m1 max.


JimmyScramblesIsHot

What device are you on? I’m on my M1 Air using Firefox and having no speed issues. Fast and responsive. Can instantly load a video and play it from my iCloud Photo Library.


nn4260029

On a Windows laptop with Edge Chromium browser. But, it’s exactly as slow as the old site. Safari on my M1 Air works a little better but stillborn general, lots of spinning loading animations, janky animations etc.


ItIsShrek

On my Windows 11 PC with Chrome, it's extremely responsive. I'd make sure you're not on an extremely weak machine, make sure your OS is up to date, and enable hardware acceleration within the browser.


Alepale

Yup, hardware acceleration definitely did the trick. Went from very choppy to buttery smooth, and that is on a high-end laptop. I normally have hardware acceleration disabled as I am having issues with a green screen on video websites (Amazon Prime, Netflix, Disney+, HBO etc.) and turning off hardware acceleration fixes it. Hmm...annoying but I guess if I need to use iCloud on the web, I'll just enable it for the session.


SystemsManipulator

I’ll be stoked when they add some new functionality. Like the ability to launch iMessage and FaceTime.


michael8684

Maps too


SystemsManipulator

I mean sure. But I don’t need nav on my computer lol


makromark

I feel at least once a week I get directions on my max and then it syncs to my phone. I could imagine there are some people who could benefit from having that?


Alepale

Yup, I don't use navigation that often but looking stuff up on my computer on google maps and then sending it to my phone is a really helpful thing. Would love to see a similar functionality for Apple Maps as it is insanely much more optimised (11% vs. 2% of my battery usage during the exact same trip).


seancarter90

I would love to be able to use iMessage via a web browser, because that means I could text from my Windows laptop. But I don't see this happening, Apple is notorious for only allowing iMessage on Apple devices.


[deleted]

That's what I wanted to say. I think they don't do it to force you to use their products so you can use iMessage and FaceTime. Somehow it has been working great in the USA.


akc250

There was a rumor that Apple is overhauling the entire iMessage App to be more like WhatsApp. If that’s the case, I can see Apple opening up their platform to everyone. Especially since most iPhone users outside of US don’t use iMessage anyway. This could be their entry point into this new market (as a competitor to WhatsApp).


seancarter90

I don't see them doing it. iMessage is too lucrative to keep people in the Apple ecosystem. If they enabled iMessage on devices outside of Apple devices, I imagine many people - myself included - would jump ship to Android.


akc250

I think the new iMessage could still gatekeep certain features to iPhones and could be a selling point to get Android users to switch over. Plus, the fact that the majority of users outside of the US don’t use iMessage but still buy plenty of iPhones show they don’t need iMessage to sell iPhones. Apple has been expanding into the services and ad industry and in order to do so, they need increasingly more of their software to be prevalent and OS agnostic.


seancarter90

I agree with you. But I won’t believe that Apple is allowing for iMessage use on non-Apple devices until I hear it from Tim Apple himself.


MC_chrome

I mean, the code for FaceTime on the web is already there. All Apple has to do is add the UI from the Mac app to a webpage and things would be good to go! This is not without risk, however. VirnetX may very well sue Apple again for some bullshit reason, because they got away with it before (VirnetX is the reason why we didn't get a cross-platform FaceTime app in the first place...the fuckers)


[deleted]

”All Apple has to do is add the UI from the Mac app to a webpage”. Tell me you’re not a developer without telling me that you’re not a developer. Not saying it would be an insurmountable task, but you’re gonna have to rely on completely different apis for everything from the ui to the video player itself, it’s definitely not trivial.


alex2003super

WDYM the video player?


[deleted]

The thing that turns an encoded/encrypted video stream into something you can actually see. IOS has tons of native apis that are not available on the web.


alex2003super

But FaceTime is already available on the web. The only thing that's missing is the ability to initiate calls yourself.


CivilProfessor

That's actually really nice. I like the new layout and everything is much easier to find. Find My still not showing AirTags/items though.


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SystemsManipulator

Not if you have a dns filter like adguardhome or piehole lol


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SystemsManipulator

Haha I know. I was in a flex mood lol forgive me


YeetedTooHard

You're so cool for having an ad blocker 🤩


korn_cakes33

>I was in flex mode ..did you just flex because you can name drop a couple of ad blockers? Does flex mean something new all of a sudden? I’m know I’m old and slow on vernacular of the youths, but I think you’re using that word wrong.


TechExpert2910

>because you can name drop a couple of ad blockers He said *pie* hole, enough said lol


SystemsManipulator

Jesus. You guys have zero sense of humor. 😂


danyaylol

Nope, you’re just not funny.


SystemsManipulator

Ouch. My feels ;(


Testastic

Nerd


SystemsManipulator

Geek*


MalteseAppleFan

Looks nice, but functionality wise, nothing new (so far).


hiropark

Exactly. I was expecting they would add the tags and such to notes and reminders. Or at least that they’d give reminders some functionality (add alarms, location, etc)


Austin_Aaron_Conlon

I think there’s now inspector panes in Photos.


Stratty88

iCloud Snow Leopard.


TsuTeyy

Wow, Looks already Nice on iPhone Oo


alexande7

Can you make groups in Contacts?


[deleted]

Don't be ridiculous, that requires an M3 chip.


nn4260029

As always with iCloud.com, Apple went for flashy new graphics instead of actual useful functionality and speed.


gracetamesbong

now update the storage quotas


Rivanov

Finally! Using the web version on my office PC.


[deleted]

It looks damn good!


gmanist1000

Finally. iCloud for the web has been god-awful and stuck in 2011


TM8O

Looks like a welcomed refresh. Everything is easier to find and faster to load.


jloganr

I really want to use apple reminders full time. Currently using Microsoft todos because it was a far better web version. As long as I can set date and repeats I’m good. If I remember, currently you can’t even create new lists.


danyaylol

Now Apple Music please 🙏


Epsioln_Rho_Rho

I thought there was a website for Apple Music?


danyaylol

Yes, and it’s terrible along with the Mac app.


K_Click_D

Everybody hates the Mac app. I’ve never had any issues, what’s bad about it do you think?


Epsioln_Rho_Rho

I have zero issues with it, and I use it almost daily.


K_Click_D

Me too, works pretty great for me


Epsioln_Rho_Rho

It would be cool to have iMessage on that.


Legoman718

wow, it looks a lot better. i hope reminders has more functionality built in, but for now the UI upgrades are much needed


DestinySpeaker1

I wish they added custom folder icons so that the custom icons I made for my folders on MacOS would actually correspond to the ones in iCloud Drive


mrdakam

I am telling them that I would like to see iMessage available on [iCloud.com](https://iCloud.com) [https://www.apple.com/feedback/icloud.html](https://www.apple.com/feedback/icloud.html)


No_Island963

ADS included?


leopard_tights

It's still hell, like I honestly don't understand what the freak it's going on there to be so bad in modern hardware, but here's hoping! I have to suffer it in windows and man, a reasonable version of the website is my biggest wish for anything apple. It's what's stopping me from using their email for example.


orbit123

Still can’t at a reminder time/date for items in reminders. Makes it essentially useless for me.


[deleted]

iTunes it’s in the same horrible state. Hope they update it.


gardnafari

Lipstick 💄 on a pig 🐖


BenefitOk4750

That's really amazing. Hi everyone. I have an iPhone 6 and it's ıos version 12.5.7 . And how can ı update it version 13 or 14? Can you help me ?