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Old 05-10-2012 at 03:01 PM   #1
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Cloud Storage
Do you use some form of cloud storage?
GoogleDrive?
SkyDrive?
iCloud?
DropBox?
SugarSync?

Here is an article comparing the major offerings:
http://www.phonearena.com/news/Googl...arison_id29453


I've been using Skydrive since since November and it's been working awesome! Microsoft has just released a desktop app for Skydrive as well - it's a great way to to share things across multiple devices too.


If you're interested I've got a download link as well:
http://windowscampusreps.ca/skydrive/Robert-Hamilton
(Windows 7, Mac OS X Lion and Vista)
Old 05-10-2012 at 03:03 PM   #2
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I use dropbox.
Old 05-10-2012 at 03:04 PM   #3
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Yeah, i use dropbox too.
Old 05-10-2012 at 03:27 PM   #4
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I haven't found the need to use any cloud storage options yet.
Old 05-10-2012 at 03:47 PM   #5
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Initially Dropbox but now I've been using GoogleDrive since the day they launched it. It's really handy.
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Old 05-10-2012 at 04:05 PM   #6
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I've been using DropBox for the past years and it's been awesome, can share things with group members easily as well as sharing between my computers. No need to email myself files or put them on a usb key.
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Old 05-10-2012 at 04:17 PM   #7
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25 GB on Dropbox, no need for anything else
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Old 05-10-2012 at 04:20 PM   #8
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I use Google Drive. The problem with Skydrive is that you can't directly upload folders.
Old 05-10-2012 at 06:59 PM   #9
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I have skydrive, dropbox and google drive. All of them are good, but each has its own advantages.

-Dropbox is great for sharing in public folders
-Skydrive is great for having a windows folder you want everywhere access to
-google drive has excellent integration with android devices and google docs and is the fastest for uploading new files.
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Old 05-10-2012 at 09:15 PM   #10
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I use iCloud, aDrive and Dropbox. iCloud simply to back up iOS, contacts calendars etc. Dropbox simply to transfer everything. I use aDrive for larger files.

If you guys need more than 2GB space check out www.adrive.com.

There is an option for a free 50GB account.
Old 05-10-2012 at 09:33 PM   #11
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Officially switched from Dropbox to Drive 2 days ago... by far the fastest upload from my android device
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Old 05-11-2012 at 12:29 AM   #12
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Used Skydrive for a while and then it started crashing randomly on me. So, I switched over to dropbox and it's SO much better! I only use DropBox and starting to use iCloud now too.
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Old 05-11-2012 at 01:05 PM   #13
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ive been using skydrive for about 3 or 4 years now and works great. the thing i liked about it since i have a desktop and a laptop is that it can sync the folders between each other and online. if you have many hotmails you get more free storage
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Old 05-11-2012 at 01:25 PM   #14
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ive been using skydrive for about 3 or 4 years now and works great. the thing i liked about it since i have a desktop and a laptop is that it can sync the folders between each other and online. if you have many hotmails you get more free storage
If you've been using sky drive for 3-4 years you should still have the 25Gigs (They dropped it down to 7Gigs but old users were able to upgrade their accounts back to 25Gigs for free when that happened). Do you really need to create more accounts to get more storage? XD
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Old 05-11-2012 at 01:34 PM   #15
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New on the scene too:

Chubby! Differences:
> You can sync any folder—not just your main "cubby" folder—to the cloud and your other machines. Just right-click any folder and tell it to sync with Cubby. No symlinks, checkbox menus, or other tweaks necessary.

> You get 5GB of storage in the cloud (that is, accessible from your browser), but you can sync an unlimited amount of data between your computers. That means if you want to sync your giant iTunes library, for example, you can do so without paying a cent.

http://lifehacker.com/5907654/cubby-...ve-got-invites



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