Does MagicalPad use iCloud Sync?
MagicalPad uses iCloud to store copy of each notebook so that you can download it on another device. It works similar to the famous iToughts HD, where you Copy a notebook TO the cloud, then on another device copy FROM the cloud. This way you can easily put a newer version of the entire notebook on the cloud and get it on the other device.
This is how it works and why
- MagicalPad’s data data model is too complex for a silent sync.
- We implemented a user intentional copy to Cloud and copy from could.
- So once you make your changes you go to the notebook and from the context-menu choose to copy to cloud. This uploads a copy of the notebook to the cloud.
- Once you do that, you will see a flag on the cloud icon within the notebook on the other device letting you know that you have a newer version on the cloud.
- You can using the notebook menu download the notebook version from the cloud using copy from cloud.
- It is important to know the following:
- Copy to and from cloud is a full notebook copy, not at the page level
- When you copy FROM cloud, it copies the full notebook and does overwrite the local copy of the notebook, so before you say copy FROM cloud, make sure you are willing to overwrite you local copy.
- When you copy from cloud, you get an option to overwrite or to create a new version – you have clear visibility of what you are about to do.
What’s next – iCloud API was limiting with our data model which is not simple, so we are planning to implement a full sync in 2014 with our own sync server technology in 2014.
