Izinsizakalo zokugcina amafu seziyindlela esetshenziswa kakhulu namuhla yokugcina noma yiluphi uhlobo lwedokhumenti ukuze sihlale sinayo lapho siyidinga. ICloud, iGoogle Drayivu, i-OneDrive, iDropbox yizinsizakalo eziyinhloko, okungenani ezaziwa kakhulu, ezisinikeza isikhala samahhala nesikhokhelwayo.
NgoSepthemba 27, iMicrosoft yengeze isici esisha se-beta ku-Office suite, isici esithi isivumele ukuthi sisebenze namafayela agcinwe ku-OneDrive ngaphandle kokulanda yonke into okuqukethwe okugciniwe, okusivumela ukuthi songe inani elikhulu lokugcina ikakhulukazi uma kungumthombo wethu oyinhloko wesitoreji samafu.
Ngemuva kokuhlolwa kwezinyanga ezingaphezu kwezintathu, isigebenga saseRedmond sethule ngokusemthethweni lokhu kusebenza, ukuze sikwazi ukufinyelela kukho konke okuqukethwe okugcinwe efwini ngaphandle kokukulanda phambilini njengoba besingenza nge-iCloud ngaphandle kokuqhubeka. Lokhu kusivumela ukuthi silande kuphela ifayili esifuna ukusebenza nalo, sililungise futhi sililayishwe ngokuzenzakalela efwini ngaphandle kwethu ukuthi senze noma yini.
Ezinyangeni ezimbalwa ezedlule, I-Apple neMicrosoft bamemezele ukuthi ngaphambi kokuphela kuka-2018, iHhovisi lizotholakala ku-Mac App Store, kepha okwamanje, njengoba sibona, ayikatholakali.
Isizathu sokuthi kungani singakatholakali asaziwa, kepha uma isivumelwano besivele senziwe, asiqondakali kahle ukuthi yini isizathu salokhu kubambezeleka, ikakhulu manje I-Apple isiqalile ukusebenzisana nabantu besithathu, njengoba kunjalo ngokufika kwe- I-Apple Music eya ku-Amazon Echo noma i Ukutholakala kwe-Airplay 2 kuma-Samsung TV, amathelevishini azokwazi nokungena ku-iTunes Store ukubuka, ukuthenga noma ukuqasha noma yikuphi okuqukethwe okutholakala kungxenyekazi ye-Apple.