New Xbox360 Dashboard Update coming 6th December

[muppetman11]

What does Xbox live Gold membership offer ? And is it worth it ?

[Stephen]

The main aspect of Gold membership is access to multiplayer gaming with additional extras being early access to demos a few days before everyone else and some other stuff but its mostly for the multiplayer.

[Hom3r]

Anybody got the update yet?

[cimt]

Nope, it's been delayed. Major Nelson is going to post some info later.

[Hom3r]

Looks like the 12th is the new date.

Oh well BF3 tomorrow to enjoy instead,.

[cimt]

Actually that's next week. PS3 have a one week exclusive on it.

[muppetman11]

Originally Posted by Hom3r

Anybody got the update yet?

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/htm...e_delayed.html

[Hom3r]

Just downloaded and it looks OK, will take a while to adjust to the new layout.

[Tezcatlipoca]

In case anyone does not realise:

(I know some who didn't)

You can use the left and right "bumpers" to go change sections left/right... you don't need to scroll all the way to the top and then go left/right.

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Cloud saving:

Gold only. 512MB storage.

With Cloud saves enabled, each time you load a game you'll be asked which storage device you want to use, e.g. HDD or Cloud.

Also, you can copy existing saves to the Cloud, and use it as a backup (so long as the save is copyable), or you can move existing saves to it and use the Cloud as the main storage for that game.

Within the system files section of local Storage, is a 512MB cache file. All Cloud saves are actually saved here initially, and are then uploaded to the Cloud storage when you shut down the console (with any files on the Cloud which are newer than local downloaded)... It's all kept in sync. So don't worry if you think it's not turned off when you shut it down, it's just using the background download feature to sync the Cloud storage.


Apps:

(e.g. Sky, Zune, Last.fm etc.)

You will need to reinstall these once you have the new Dashboard... possibly also delete the old ones first.

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Oh, and...

Got an iPhone or iPad or iPod Touch?

Then get the official "My Xbox Live" app for free


Windows Phone 7? Get the free "Xbox Companion" app which lets you do even more than the "My Xbox Live" app

[Uncle Peter]

I like the new interface, it's a lot less fussy and more cleanly laid out than the previous version which didn't seem to subscribe to any form of logic or common sense.

I still haven't got the proper update, I still have the pre-release tab.

[cimt]

Because the preview is still ongoing...

https://twitter.com/#!/XboxSupport1/...06452039659520

Ah, I've been in two previews and that's never happened. Thanks for the link.

[Hom3r]

Originally Posted by Matt D

In case anyone does not realise:

(I know some who didn't)

You can use the left and right "bumpers" to go change sections left/right... you don't need to scroll all the way to the top and then go left/right.

--------------

Cloud saving:

Gold only. 512MB storage.

Apps:

(e.g. Sky, Zune, Last.fm etc.)

You will need to reinstall these once you have the new Dashboard... possibly also delete the old ones first.

---------- Post added at 23:01 ---------- Previous post was at 22:57 ----------

Oh, and...

Got an iPhone or iPad or iPod Touch?

Then get the official "My Xbox Live" app for free


Windows Phone 7? Get the free "Xbox Companion" app which lets you do even more than the "My Xbox Live" app

I found the L/R bumper my accident.

how do you access / setup "The Cloud"

Is there an Andriod app, as its strange a Apple one is first?

[cimt]

You can either go into settings and copy a save to the cloud or when you load a game up and it asks you to select a storage device, click on the cloud storage option.