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		jbrennan on Nov 3, 2011 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Hidden "Drop Box" feature in Mac OS X Lion lets yo... It is. And "Documents and Data" is just a wrapper term to mean "App Store apps have APIs to sync data with iCloud", whether it's a Mac or iOS app. It doesn't mean "Just iWork documents". I think the reason for confusion is just... so few apps support it yet. Not even iWork on the Mac supports it yet, I don't think.

feralchimp on Nov 3, 2011 [–]

When I imagine telling my Mom, "Good news; the Finder is an iCloud app!" I very clearly understand why Apple has not published this as a feature.

Nice that it works, though.

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