Browse & Locate Your iCloud Files From Your Mac Using Cloud Mate & Plain Cloud
Apple's iCloud is pretty much an unobtrusive cloud storage service that works well for syncing files between Apple supported devices and supported applications. One shortcoming is that it doesn't easily enable you to access iCloud stored files in your Mac Finder, as you can with files stored in your Dropbox or Google Drive account. For this purpose, Cloud Mate ($6.99) or Plain Cloud (donationware) may just do the trick. These two Mac OS X apps can see all of your iCloud-compatible apps and can reveal their respective folders in the Finder.
How To Copy Data From A Laptop
Laptops have a particularly short lifetime. While it is possible to upgrade laptop hardware, one day the time will come when that is just not possible or worth it any more. This is when you will want to copy your data from your old laptop to a new device. How you can do this essentially depends on how much data there is to back up and whether or not the old laptop is still booting.
Save and Reopen Your Web & Document Sessions With Cupcloud
Ever find yourself with a ton of tabs and Word documents open, but then have to reboot your computer? Whether it's an update or a new app that requires a reboot, rather than put it off, or bookmark a bunch of tabs you only need for the time-being, Cupcloud will actually temporarily save your tabs, documents and more, and restore them with a simple click of the button. Cupcloud goes beyond saving just website tabs in your browser and extends to the desktop itself.
ownCloud: A Cross-Platform, Self-Hosted Alternative to Dropbox & Google Calendar
The NSA and PRISM scares demonstrated that governments can and will access the various popular online cloud services. This means that now is one of the best times to consider creating your own cloud solution. With your own cloud, you can get the same benefits of accessing various services such as file storage and calendars that you find with commercial solutions, but instead, all of that data is under your control.
Disaster-Proof Your Data! 4 Offsite Backup Solutions
Laptops, desktops and tablets are ultimately trivial items that can be replaced and hold little value, but the same might not be true of the data they contain. Losing a project you’ve worked years on because of a fire or flood would just be salt in the wound and could even disrupt your livelihood. Fortunately, there are some ways to prepare for the unthinkable, be it a personal tragedy or a natural disaster.
Cloud Service Minbox Sends Large Files Super Fast [Mac OS X]
If you've ever had to send a large file over the internet, you probably know it's not always easy. Most email clients and servers, as well as cloud services like Dropbox have file size limits, and the process can be rather slow to upload and send. Minbox brings the process directly to your Mac as a lightweight app that rests in your menu bar. The developers who also founded the popular digital journal web application Penzu, even claim that their service is twice as fast Dropbox.
OneDrive vs Google Drive - Which Is Best for Office Productivity?
As the push towards web apps has evolved, we're now met with two powerful cloud solutions -- SkyDrive and Google Drive. These two options offer all the tools needed for file synchronization and office productivity. However, while both of them can be great, only one of them can be the best solution for office productivity. In order to objectively evaluate which solution is more ideal, we will take a close look at both. Who shall be the winner?
Kloudless: Two Way Access To Files In Gmail, Dropbox, Google Drive And More
Kloudless closes the gap between email and cloud-storage, creating a link that makes perfect sense, is incredibly convenient, and is one of those features that you won't know how to live without once you get it set up. Kloudless serves several functions - one of which is to automatically back up your email attachments to cloud-based storage accounts.
From Pirate Darling To Dropbox Alternative: BitTorrent Sync Lets You Keep Your Files Synchronized Across Machines
Cloud-based file sync services are easy to use and work well, but your privacy may or may not be your first priority. Not to mention the fact that these services always come with a storage quota, which you can work to maximize maximize, but a quota is a quota. If you're longing for an alternative, you should check out BitTorrent Sync.
Access, Create, and Share Your Google Drive Documents On the iPad [iOS]
Google Drive is similar to the popularly used cloud storage service, Dropbox, but Drive includes built-in document creation features that are missing in Dropbox. And though Dropbox integrates with dozens of third-party applications, Google Drive contains convenient document sharing and collaboration features that Google and iPad users should be taking advantage of. Chris Hoffman has already reviewed Google Drive for Android, and in this review I will cover the iPad version.
SugarSync 2.0 Sports New Look, Even Easier to Use [Giveaway]
Today, SugarSync 2.0 has been redesigned to be even easier to use. It's more intuitive than ever before and provides better control over shared files and folders compared to its major competitors, including Dropbox. I'll take you through the new interface in just a second. You'll also stand a chance of winning one of 25 SugarSync annual plans (first year free), with 30 GB of storage.
Top 10 Creative Uses For Dropbox Or Other Cloud Storage
The agility, flexibility, and low-cost scale ups turn cloud storage options into more than an online vault to back up your documents and files. But cloud storage is more than these important but mundane uses. As users across the world prove, cloud storage gives us so many creative uses to try out. What’s also attractive is cloud services like Dropbox, SkyDrive, Google Drive, Sugar Sync etc. come with free options.
How To Get The Most Free Space On Dropbox, Box, SkyDrive & More - The Complete Guide
Cloud storage services offer a minimum amount of free space to everyone who signs up, but you can often get more. You can upgrade your cloud drive with gigabytes and gigabytes of free space in a few easy steps, often just by referring friends to your service of choice. The free space you can get using these methods doesn’t expire. You’ll have the space forever.
Can You Recover Data Deleted From Your Cloud Drive?
We put our files in the cloud to make things easier – we can access them anywhere and it’s our cloud storage provider’s job to keep them safe, not ours. But it doesn’t matter how reliable a cloud storage service is if you delete a file from your cloud drive and want it back later. Luckily, there are several ways you can restore deleted data. None of these methods are completely foolproof.
Share Movies, Photos, And Documents From Windows Phone With SkyDrive
One of the improvements delivered with Windows Phone 8 is enhanced support for SkyDrive, Microsoft’s cloud storage system that enables users to upload and sync photos, music, video and more between different devices. Up against competition from cloud storage services such as Box, Dropbox and Google Drive (although of these, only Box has an official app), how does SkyDrive stand up?
Double The Cloud Power: How To Sync Files Across Storage Services
Being able to sync from our many devices to the Cloud is an awesome benefit of modern computing. We’re able to take our files with us on mobile devices, access them from other computers without the need of a device like a flash drive or SD card, and it’s an excellent solution for backing up that data that we can’t live without. Speaking of backing up that data, one of the best, but seldom used, ways to use cloud storage services is to create a redundancy backup system.
5 Great Cloud Backup Tools & Services That Fully Support Linux
If you ask any power user for one good piece of advice that applies to any operating system, it would be to back up your files regularly. As much as technology can be helpful, it can also cause problems or even fail at the worst possible times. Therefore, it is important that you are able to identify different backup methods for your system. With Linux, you have a good amount of reliable options at your disposal, but it may not be quite as obvious as with other platforms.
Better Than The Default: 5 Fantastic Dropbox Apps [Android]
I'm a huge fan of Dropbox. I have been using it extensively for team collaborations, to transfer files between platforms, and for backup purposes. Dropbox' key to success is its ease of use, which is firmly rooted in its nearly flawless integration across different platforms. The native Dropbox Android app is great for basic access to files and downloading, but it is lacking some features essential for power users.
How To Host a Simple Website Using Dropbox
If you're looking to create a simple website, but don't want to spring for hosting, you probably already know how challenging it can be to find free and decent hosting. One possible option to look into is to use the online backup service Dropbox to host your website. We've already taken a brief look at how you can use Dropbox to host a website, but if you're looking for an in-depth guide, you've come to the right place.
eBooks, Remote Control & Other Creative Uses For Dropbox That You Haven't Thought Of
Do you think you've thought of every possible use for Dropbox? You haven't. Neither have I. Writers like me will never get sick of dreaming up new ways to use Dropbox, because this seemingly simple tool can be used to accomplish so much. It's a program that provides a simple service - sync a particular folder on your computer with all of your other computers and a web service.