Advantages and disadvantages of iCloud and Dropbox

advantages and disadvantages of iCloud and Dropbox

iCloud:
Provides one main @me.com email address and up to three 'aliases' (additional addresses).
Allows you to sync your calendars between your Mac(s) and iOS devices.
Ditto with contacts
Ditto with Safari bookmarks
Provides a conduit which copies photos taken on any one device onto all the others
Provides a fairly basic photo gallery (populated only from iPhoto for iOS)
Provides 'Find My iPhone/iPad' to locate a missing device that is able to connect to a network
Backs up the contents of your iPhone
Syncs iWork documents (only) between your Mac and your iPhone
Tracks the location of your friends (only with their permission)
Dropbox does not.
Dropbox provides online general file storage and sharing. iCloud does not.
Chalk and cheese.

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