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oziman Jan 14, 2014 3:17 am

SugarSync is good, if more expensive.
SpiderOak is fantastic if you value encryption.

dtsm Jan 16, 2014 9:46 am


Originally Posted by IsleOfMan (Post 22147028)
I've been using Box since getting 50gb free for downloading the app on an LG smartphone.

Now available for iOS and apple devices :)

CraigWatson Jan 16, 2014 5:00 pm

I use three different services (all free I might add) for three different things! :)

Google Drive - 15GB (Photos)
DropBox - currently up to 5.9GB (Documents)
Box - 50GB (Music)

Grudgingly have to admit that my favourite is DropBox - I use Linux at work and have both a Windows desktop and a MacBook at home, so total cross-compatability is needed, and the lack of native Linux clients for Box and Google Drive is painful (but not unsurmountable).

Dropbox, for the most part when they don't have outages, "just works". A close second is Google Drive, and although Box seems to be making huge strides in their offerings (they used to just offer an "upload" feature without a "sync" app), the total lack of Linux support left me scrabbling around using Samba/CIFS.

deltalirious Jan 18, 2014 3:27 pm

Tried them all and this is the best by far
 
Try "Copy"; 15 GB for free, and you will automatically get 20 if you use this referral link below (disclaimer: I also receive an additional 5GB)
Use on Windows, Android, etc without difficulty; you my install a folder on any or all of your device(s) and in the cloud.
Believe me, they beat Google, Skydrive and Dropbox (and I have accounts with all of the above).
Enjoy!

https://copy.com?r=GsEX8J

I have absolutely no affiliation with this company, or any of the others referenced.

jtrader Jan 18, 2014 10:48 pm

Syncplicity
 
I've been using Syncplicity for a few years. They were acquired by EMC a year or two ago. I found them a little more business like than Dropbox when I first signed up. Inertia has kept me there.

maxim730 Jan 20, 2014 7:57 am

Google Drive.. integrates with Gmail and works pretty well.

sama Jan 26, 2014 9:54 pm

I`m using 2 different providers.
Dropbox for local syncing between the laptops and tableīs.
Amazonīs S3 and Glazier for the photos, which I just need to back-up. Mainly all photos are on external disks, but this is so cheap that I stored everything there in case something happens (dog eats the drive or similar)

Dropbox has been working fine for past 3 years, only once it deleted some files, but with re-store option everything was saved.

dtsm Jan 27, 2014 5:36 am


Originally Posted by deltalirious (Post 22179257)
Try "Copy"; 15 GB for free, and you will automatically get 20 if you use this referral link below (disclaimer: I also receive an additional 5GB)
https://copy.com?r=GsEX8J

The extra free 5gb required me to download the Mac app. And iPhone/iPad apps on iOS also available.

So far looks good as extra storage space....^^

Camarones Jan 28, 2014 11:28 am


Originally Posted by sama (Post 22229347)
I`m using 2 different providers.
Dropbox for local syncing between the laptops and tableīs.
Amazonīs S3 and Glazier for the photos, which I just need to back-up. Mainly all photos are on external disks, but this is so cheap that I stored everything there in case something happens (dog eats the drive or similar)

Dropbox has been working fine for past 3 years, only once it deleted some files, but with re-store option everything was saved.

How are you interfacing with Amazon's storage services? Are you using a third-party client program?

star_world Jan 28, 2014 12:03 pm


Originally Posted by Camarones (Post 22239486)
How are you interfacing with Amazon's storage services? Are you using a third-party client program?

I use Goodsync for this - works extremely well. Several hundred Gb of photos in S3, with a policy that converts these to the Glacier storage class after 1 day.

TRAVELSIG Jan 29, 2014 8:40 am


Originally Posted by maxim730 (Post 22187497)
Google Drive.. integrates with Gmail and works pretty well.

Also has two factor authentication which I like.

Google Drive is very stable.

I use the apple "iCloud" for photos only as it doesn't seem nearly as stable.

fmastr Jan 30, 2014 7:39 am

SpiderOak ...... all files encrypted on the host ......

sama Jan 30, 2014 10:03 am


Originally Posted by Camarones (Post 22239486)
How are you interfacing with Amazon's storage services? Are you using a third-party client program?

I actually use the old fashion way and upload those via the Amazon internet page. I zip all files what I put there in one file and then upload that. I took one program to use, but this is not so difficult either. Of course if you are doing the uploads often, this is not so fast and easy solution.

For me this is 100% back-up, so if I really need those, then I will just download the whole zip file. Files are per year and topic.

I have also the Glazier, I think I put that running automatically after 30 days.

sama Feb 17, 2014 1:06 am

Back to the topic, I downloaded Cloudberry Explorer (free version) and it seems pretty easy to operate, just pull from folder to folder and it uploads on the background.

There is also option which you can use for making the the scheduled backups and you can see the used capacity easier than from Amazonīs statements.

richard Feb 17, 2014 8:19 pm

I love, love love Bitttorrent Sync

It's free and you can make your own cloud kind of.

Much better in a way.

And it runs very well on all platforms.

Check it out at http://www.bittorrent.com/sync


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