From this tweet by Ryan Jones:
And this from the linked post by Michael Tsai:
> The Health app can’t import its own data, so you need to use (and trust) a third-party app. Also, chances are you’re going to use iCloud (or some even less secure means) to transport the export file, so why not just include it (optionally) in the iCloud backup. This is a pattern we see from time to time with Apple. You run into the limits of Apple’s idealized solution and then it’s sort of your fault if something goes wrong with the more pragmatic solution that you resort to. But it’s also sort of Apple’s fault for only solving part of the problem that it was in the better position to address.
If you are at all invested in your health data, read the whole post.
Good to know.
so some guy is mad at apple because he, or rather Mom, didn’t bother to actually learn how their tech works.
He’s rightfully annoyed because it wasn’t made nearly as obvious as all the other iCloud selling points.
Are you blaming a user for assuming that something called “iCloud Sync” would actually sync all his personal data? Tsai’s not wrong here.
This is why Apple should give users ample free iCloud storage and turn everything on by default.
Or at least arranges it so that essential items like Back Up, Contacts, Calendar and Health should be synced to iCloud automatically and free of iCloud free storage.