![]() ![]() All of the services I mentioned offer Windows, Mac, and/or Linux clients to install to your computer. They don’t offer an auto-backup feature, but I can still upload/download files when I need to. EStrongs File Manager on Android, and File Brick on Windows 8 are my favorites. There are some great apps on Windows 8 and Android that allow you to manage multiple services in one location. However, it all really breaks down to the services you need, and how you use them. However, if I ever get around to getting a Drobo, I can install the Drobo Copy App, and use it for auto-redundancy backups between the backup system, to the service. I just have yet to establish a purpose for it. Copy hasn’t really found a purpose for me…just yet. Box and Dropbox act as sharing points for various Chrome Apps I make for GeekBeat.TV, and a couple other document redundancies. It isn’t as tightly woven into Windows 8 as promised, so I tend to overlook it, but when apps use it, I use it. We recommend Backupify Australia for those using Google as their data storage backup. Pictures on my phone and tablet automatically back up to my Google+ account. Google Drive is also used for all of my Google services (minus YouTube). Google Drive is for documents that I regularly work on, as I use Google Docs for a lot of document creation. I use SugarSync and Tresorit as my “catch all”, honestly. Now, with these accounts, you the user can choose which service will be used for what purposes. This takes away the headache of random folders. Tresorit and SugarSync let you select your OWN folders to sync automatically. No, these pictures will sync to a “Mobile Pictures” folder in my Pictures folder within my user folder on Windows! Now, syncing like this is standard across the board, but you almost ALWAYS have to use the services “default” folder for syncing…which is a headache. Best of all, it isn’t just a default folder labeled “SugarSync”. What do I do with each? Well, I have SugarSync installed on my phone and tablet so that all pictures and videos I shoot automatically sync to the cloud, AND my laptop/desktop computers via its client. So, with so many accounts, how much space have I accumulated? 156GBs for free! Here is the current run down… Box.50 In doing so, it is a great way to get a “little bit extra” without having to put much work, or funds, into it. Now, I have taken advantage of a few free offers here and there with a couple of these accounts, plus I have invited friends and family to using these services to get extra space. I have accounts with Box, Dropbox, SugarSync, Ubuntu1, Tresorit, Google Drive, SkyDrive and Copy. So, what can one do to have more space, without spending a dime? However, not everyone wants to purchase these packages for whatever their reasons, but also want to have enough space in the cloud to back up their important stuff. Then they encourage you to buy subscriptions for services larger than the usual 5 to 15 GB introductory packages. ![]() Cloud storage sites, like Box, Dropbox and SugarSync offer free packages to get you into using their services. ![]()
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