Apple begins testing Mac OS X 10.7.3 with focus on iCloud storage

Apple on Tuesday began widespread testing of Mac OS X 10.7.3, the third maintenance update to its relatively new Lion operating system that will improve upon iCloud's Documents in the Cloud, among a handful of other areas.

People familiar with the first external build of the forthcoming update — labeled OS X Lion 10.7.3 build 11D16 — say the Mac maker has requested developers to focus their evaluation efforts on iCal calendars, Mail, AddressBook and iCloud's document storage.

The 633MB delta update is reported to have no known issues at this time. It was accompanied by a pre-release copy of OS X Lion Server 10.7.3 that carried the same build number and set of focus areas.

Apple last updated Mac OS X 10.7 Lion in mid-October when it released Mac OS X 10.7.2, which delivered initial Mac support for iCloud.

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26 Comments

mex4eric

said about 12 years ago

Can't wait. It should clean up some rough edges to iCloud.

tallest skil

said about 12 years ago

"Focus on iCloud storage" in the sense that we'll see an 'iCloud' option in the Finder Sidebar below AirDrop where we can drag and drop files directly, or…?

A guy can dream.

am8449

said about 12 years ago

Although iCloud seems like an great idea, I wonder how much use the average user (like me) would get out of it.

Can anyone offer anecdotes on how they use it on a day-to-day basis?

tallest skil

said about 12 years ago

Quote:

Originally Posted by am8449

Although iCloud seems like an great idea, I wonder how much use the average user (like me) would get out of it.

Can anyone offer anecdotes on how they use it on a day-to-day basis?

You're not gonna get much other than "Astounding" from anyone.

At least, people who aren't missing iDisk.

hmurchison

said about 12 years ago

Quote:

Originally Posted by am8449

Although iCloud seems like an great idea, I wonder how much use the average user (like me) would get out of it.

Can anyone offer anecdotes on how they use it on a day-to-day basis?

It allows me to pick up my iPad and know that my Calendar, Bookmarks, Photos and other data is in sync. Pretty soon you grow so accustomed to effortless sync that you demand it in all apps that create documents or need to update smaller bits of data.