File disappeared upon moving to iCloud in new Numbers
Hello,
I'm working on a Mac, and have the new Yosemite.
I was working on a document in Numbers and wanted to share it over iCloud. I clicked the share menu and clicked Move the document to iCloud in order to be able to share (have done this previously in older Mac Os versions), but my file just completely disappeared. I cannot find it in Numbers (not in recents), cannot find it in Finder under iCloud Drive, cannot find it online on iCloud.com...
Can anyone tell me where to retrieve my document? Has anyone had the same issue?
Thanks
Has anyone else been in contact with Apple about this?
Yes, there have been dozens of such discussions posted on these forums since Apple announced these changes over 8 months ago.
It's truly arrogant and lacking in any sense of customer care and I'm disappointed.
Unfortunately, the Terms of Service for MobileMe made it clear Apple didn't guarantee to keep the service going forever. I've been disappointed by many subscriptions I've had to various services stopped over the years because the company providing the service decided to cease offering it. No service is guaranteed to be around forever in this world, I'm afraid.
Would love to know how others feel
Read through some of the extremely lengthy existing threads, and you'll see a wide variety of attitudes towards the changes.
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