Someone I know is writing a book and saving all his manuscript to 'cloud'(?) anyway he says its all lost/gone.
Is it saveable and is that possible?!
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IPAD user using Cloud- lost all info - possible?
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Posted 6 months ago #
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Or it could be just a 21st century equvilent to "the dog ate my homework"
Its possible yes. Its only saved on a server (albeit possibly several distributed ones)
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a) Sorry, but what a dingbat.
b) Impossible, Apple products never, ever break.Neither of those two points probably help. Does he not have a local copy, a backup copy? If I was writing something like that I'd be taking backups left right and centre.
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Forgive my ignorance, but is it even possible to write a book on a device without a physical keyboard ?
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That is my worry about the move towards cloud computing. I know it makes sense in so many ways but I still would like to have the program on my machine and data on a drive in my house as opposed to some big server farm somewhere that could end up getting compromised.
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Forgiven Cranberry.. donut!
how do you think you input anything on an ipad?
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Someone I know is writing a book and saving all his manuscript to 'cloud'
I'd suggest he leaves the pad alone and heads for the nearest genius shopPosted 6 months ago # -
Doesn't look good:
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3380687?start=0&tstart=0Personally I'd be trying to call Apple's support line.
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I am slightly sceptical after all. Wouldn't you leave a temporary file on the ipad itself?
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Agree with Scaredypants - put it in the hands of someone who's an expert and also an Apple employee.
Posted 6 months ago # -
Ohhh a free doughnut!
Om nom nom.
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cranberry - Member
Forgive my ignorance, but is it even possible to write a book on a device without a physical keyboard ?
Yup, especially if you use the Dragon dictate app. Amazing.
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Wait, wouldn't the primary copy be stored locally then synced to the remote storage, like with dropbox or any other "cloud" application?
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Someone I know
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Dragon dictate app. Amazing.
Not if you have a Scottish accent...
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I am slightly sceptical after all. Wouldn't you leave a temporary file on the ipad itself?
Not if its not configured to do so.
IME The safest/easiest/cheapest way is to email the document to yourself every day - well, normally it is, but I guess that would be in the 'cloud' too in this case...
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how do you think you input anything on an ipad?
Really slowly.
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*do not do anyhting your/him/her self*
Switch the thing off and take it to the nearest Apple store.
This gives the best chances of recovering lost data.
You can ferk about with it for a bit and make the situation worse first, of course, if you like.
Posted 6 months ago # -
What are you writing a book about then Hora?
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