As iCloud Drive folder sharing is not available yet (and even when it will be who knows how stable it is in the beginning), I had to look for alternatives. Our design team relies on a shared folder in Dropbox for accessing design assets for all our products. I revoked access from almost everyone as I was migrating away. Some of the apps I didn’t even use anymore, but they could still read and write to either one specific folder or the whole Dropbox account. I started with going to Settings → Connected apps and reviewing who had access to my files. It took some time to migrate and find alternatives for specific use cases, so I wanted to outline some of the steps I took. My Photos library took only a small part of 2 TB iCloud, and in general, I trust Apple’s privacy policies the most, so it felt like a good moment to give it a try. The fewer companies and apps can reach them the better.Īt the same time, Apple announced that iCloud Drive folder sharing is coming to iOS and macOS Catalina this spring. And last but not least, I had some privacy concerns as it’s yet another company having access to all my documents and files. Second, I’ve been paying both for Dropbox to store my files and iCloud to store my photos, so it felt a little redundant and wasteful. I have nothing against this direction by itself, but this is not what I signed up for. First, this summer they redesigned the app to act as a “productivity launchpad” instead of a simple synced folder. I’ve been getting annoyed with Dropbox lately.
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