Google Drive out

[Red Storm]

Lol...You're giving up on Dropbox, but yet you're using Box?

Yeah Box is pure fail, their "50GB" is the most useless 50GB ever.

 

[PottedMeat]

Your Google Drive is not ready yet

well, hurry up!

i think i remember signing up for a free 50gb box. i know i used it for a single file and haven't used it since.

 

[amdhunter]

No iOS app...

 

[cronos]

Yeah Box is pure fail, their "50GB" is the most useless 50GB ever.

Agreed. I didn't even remember to include it up there when I listed all my cloud storage space.

 

[destrekor]

Lol...You're giving up on Dropbox, but yet you're using Box?

I have like 0 things in Box.
It's counts as space though.

At this very moment:
0 files in Box
1 file in SkyDrive (onenote notebook )
a handful of random shit in Google Drive (was there from Docs)

I have a few random things in dropbox. Usually, cloud storage for me has been like a remote USB drive to dump things temporarily.

I haven't looked, but hopefully there will be a sync ability with Google Drive on Android. I'll be able to sync things between desktop and laptop using either Drive or SkyDrive, but I'm really pulling for a sync capability on phone.
OneNote syncs with SkyDrive, but that's thus far the only real sync that is happening.

 

[amdhunter]

Pricing is better on Skydrive too. Ugh. I wanted to use Google but whatever.

 

[dwell]

I really hope Dropbox reacts to this and Skydrive and ups the free space, not that they have to or anything. I'm using 5% of my 22GB but for no reason other than mongering... MOAR!

 

[Red Storm]

So I uploaded an episode of the Daily Show to test. Downloaded it to my Android phone and I noticed the quality went way down, but apparently so did the file size.

Google, please let me decide how and when quality should be sacrificed. Until I get that option this service is not very useful to me.

 

[EvilYoda]

So for those of you extolling the virtues of the other cloud storage suppliers...can you list some of the ways you use them? I was in with Dropbox pretty early on but never had a good use other than occasionally sharing stuff.

What about uses that only involve yourself? Maybe I'm missing out on some cool stuff.

 

[Red Storm]

So for those of you extolling the virtues of the other cloud storage suppliers...can you list some of the ways you use them? I was in with Dropbox pretty early on but never had a good use other than occasionally sharing stuff.

What about uses that only involve yourself? Maybe I'm missing out on some cool stuff.

Store photos, documents, etc. that you want to be able to access on the go and from multiple computers.

 

[Dominato3r]

Pricing is better on Skydrive too. Ugh. I wanted to use Google but whatever.

Yea all this stuff baffles me. I though Google was the king of the internet

 

[Glitchny]

I have like 0 things in Box.
It's counts as space though.

At this very moment:
0 files in Box
1 file in SkyDrive (onenote notebook )
a handful of random shit in Google Drive (was there from Docs)

I have a few random things in dropbox. Usually, cloud storage for me has been like a remote USB drive to dump things temporarily.

I haven't looked, but hopefully there will be a sync ability with Google Drive on Android. I'll be able to sync things between desktop and laptop using either Drive or SkyDrive, but I'm really pulling for a sync capability on phone.
OneNote syncs with SkyDrive, but that's thus far the only real sync that is happening.

Yes it syncs, pretty sure they mention that on their blog. It syncs Android/cloud/pc just like dropbox. It is being integrated into a bunch of their services as well.

 

[cronos]

So for those of you extolling the virtues of the other cloud storage suppliers...can you list some of the ways you use them? I was in with Dropbox pretty early on but never had a good use other than occasionally sharing stuff.

What about uses that only involve yourself? Maybe I'm missing out on some cool stuff.

Personally I actively use many different computers (3 desktops, 2 laptops, phone, tablet) and it's nice to have access to all of my work files from everywhere without worrying about carrying flash drives or taking care of the upload/download process. The syncing process is automated, and everything will be accessible to me at any time.

 

[EvilYoda]

Yeah, that I can see...I don't have a traditional job, so I have very little use for documents these days. That seems pretty basic, I was hoping there were some "cool" uses that I was missing out on.

 

[Red Storm]

Yeah, that I can see...I don't have a traditional job, so I have very little use for documents these days. That seems pretty basic, I was hoping there were some "cool" uses that I was missing out on.

From an iPad (as an example):

RDP to machine, initiate TV episode download. It downloads straight to the Dropbox folder, so it gets auto synced as soon as it completes.

Use Dropbox or GoodReader to download file to iPad and then watch.

It's easier with Android devices because you can play almost any file type and open any file with any program.

 

[trmiv]

My account isn't ready yet. Is anyone's? Is there an actual program you install like Dropbox and Sky Drive that syncs a local folder?

 

[Glitchny]

Already some apps on the Chrome store that integrate into Google Drive.

chrome store link

Includes CAD software, video editing and others.

My account is already up and running, and yes there is an app for the desktop that syncs with everything online.

 

[amdhunter]

So I uploaded an episode of the Daily Show to test. Downloaded it to my Android phone and I noticed the quality went way down, but apparently so did the file size.

Google, please let me decide how and when quality should be sacrificed. Until I get that option this service is not very useful to me.

That sucks.

 

[EvilYoda]

Maybe it's just because I have a horrible upload speed - the time that it would take to upload anything of significant size is waaaay longer than what it would take to transfer it using some more traditional method.

 

[epidemis]

I have symmetrical fiber. I just uploaded a 1 gig file in 15 minutes.

 

[Glitchny]

Maybe it's just because I have a horrible upload speed - the time that it would take to upload anything of significant size is waaaay longer than what it would take to transfer it using some more traditional method.

If your upload speed is terrible wouldn't it make any online sharing you do take too long?

Or by "traditional method" do you mean a physical device to transfer the file with?

 

[ultimatebob]

Heh... Someone needs to develop an application that ties your DropBox, Skydrive, and Google Drive accounts together into one giant 500 GB "cloud drive"!

 

[EvilYoda]

If your upload speed is terrible wouldn't it make any online sharing you do take too long?

Or by "traditional method" do you mean a physical device to transfer the file with?

Yeah, physical device. My upload's like 100KB/s, so it'd take forever to just upload a TV show. Some music, fine, documents, no problem...but movies/TV...ehhh.

 

[dwell]

Heh... Someone needs to develop an application that ties your DropBox, Skydrive, and Google Drive accounts together into one giant 500 GB "cloud drive"!

Hmmmm. I wonder if you can spread a container like TrueCrypt across multiple folders so when it's open it would just be a huge 100GB volume.

 

[darkewaffle]

This cloud crap is hella overrated. I'd just as soon carry a USB drive in my bag and be done with it.