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Apple's New iOS File Manager Coming This Fall As Part of iOS 11 (arstechnica.com)

Posted by BeauHD on from the long-overdue dept.

An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: Apple announced the new file manager today. A demo showed that the application will provide access to local files and files in cloud storage services such as Dropbox, iCloud Drive, and Box. It will support nested folders, favorites, search, tags, and a list view in which files can be sorted by size and date. You'll also be able to drag and drop with other applications, for example by dragging an attachment from e-mail into the file manager. The new manager will be part of iOS 11, shipping this fall.

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  1. We all know WWDC was today by subk · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Hows about next year saving up all the action and dropping one article at the end of the day? Mmmkay?

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  2. Re:This is a big deal? by lucm · · Score: 3, Insightful

    It reminds me of that exciting new feature in Oracle 12c (provided that you pay for an extra license): having multiple databases per Oracle instance. And, believe it or not, you can even attach/detach them!

    Of course that feature was already available in SQL Server before it got acquired by Microsoft in 1993, but when Oracle "invented" it in 2013 it became The First Database Designed for the Cloud.

    https://blogs.oracle.com/multi...

    Hopefully History will disregard the hype and remember both of those companies (Oracle and Apple) as what they truly are: marketing companies that also happen to do below-average tech products.

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  3. simple,they didn't need it then, they need it now. by lucm · · Score: 2, Insightful

    The big deal is how the apple apologists will spin this as we all have been told for years apple doesn't need a file manager.

    They're good at dealing with cognitive dissonance.

    If you remember, the fanbois used to make fun of the big screens on the Samsung phones, saying that the iPhone was the "right" size. Then the big iPhone 6 came out and suddenly big screens were cool.

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    lucm, indeed.