OneDrive for Mac works in a similar way: an app is downloaded from the App Store, and when configured, files are visible in the Finder window. We really value that iCloud’s Keychain password management system can integrate with your browser on Windows - we downloaded an additional extension for Edge to bring all our passwords over with minimal hassle. iCloud Drive documents and iCloud Photos both sit in the sidebar of the File Explorer, while Mail, Contacts, Calendar, and Reminders need to be set up with some more involved configuration. Windows users seeking to use iCloud Drive should download the client, which is downloaded from the Microsoft Store. Users who work from a Mac will already have iCloud set up, as will Windows users with OneDrive - it’s just the simple matter of logging in and the syncing is taken care of. While both have browser access - and online versions of their own word processing apps - the slickest experience comes from downloading the desktop clients, which integrate handily into the native filing system. Microsoft Office apps, on the other hand, cannot open Apple file types. What sets Apple apart, however, is the ability for its own apps to open Office file types, bringing a whole additional layer of compatibility to macOS, iOS, and iPadOS machines.

This is just as true for Apple’s iCloud Drive, too, which can save most file types including Microsoft Office documents. Users can store a whole range of file types, though, including images, videos, PDFs, and even Apple-only file types, such as Pages, Numbers, and Keynote files. Microsoft OneDrive integrates with the company’s own suite of apps, including Word, Excel, and PowerPoint, with several features built-in like auto-save and version history which make using Microsoft’s own products a clear choice. Both options have a particularly strong foothold in the cloud storage market thanks mostly to their associations - OneDrive belongs to Microsoft, which is responsible for Windows OS, while iCloud Drive is an Apple product that correlates with macOS.

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