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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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    1. Re:We all know WWDC was today by Jeremi · · Score: 4, Funny

      It was either irritate you, or irritate the "old news, this was already reported at xyz.com over 8 hours ago" guy, and it's your turn this week.

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

    It's another great innovation that makes the latest iPhone as sophisticated as Android were 5 years ago.

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  3. 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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  4. Re:This is a big deal? by lucm · · Score: 3, Interesting

    i've never been a big fan of Samsung, always liked the Nexus or Moto better. But I bought a Tab S2 a few months ago and it's an amazing device, so I also bought a Samsung S8 phone recently and this is truly a masterpiece. I use the Google keyboard instead of the Samsung one, but apart from that all the built-in apps are top notch. The display is terrific and battery life is great (2 days).

    I've used an iPhone for work and I owned several iPod Touch; I also owned an iPad Mini 4. And I don't miss those; they're not even in the same league as those Samsung devices.

    The magic is not just in the performance, it's in the details. Such as creating a "safe zone" with the GPS where the phone never locks, or having that superb always-on display, or the iris scan unlock. They really think about making things convenient for the user, something Apple has lost touch with a long time ago as they switched their focus on milking their shrinking user base.

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  5. Drag and Drop? by OrangeTide · · Score: 3, Funny

    Holy shit that's amazing. First iPhone gets cut and paste, and now a drag and drop file manager, it's like 1984 all over again.

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