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Deduplication, encryption, security and... Dropbox

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phitsc:
Seems like there's no way around Dropbox if you're an iTunes-shunning, no-other-Apple-products using user :(. It seems to be the de-facto alternative to iCloud (which has no Windows client that can automatically sync documents at the moment).

So if someone still needs a Dropbox account and wants to help me get more free space, please use the following referral link:

http://db.tt/Z94sjE0

Carol Haynes:
What about MS SkyDrive?

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-GB/skydrive/home

I haven't tried it but it does include at least some sync features.

J-Mac:
I had set up a SkyDrive account a while back but didn't really use it. However now that I have both an iPad 2 and an Android "dumbass" phone, I wanted to view/add/edit my OneNote 2010 notebooks on them. I set them up to sync to SkyDrive and they are now auto-synced to all devices. Pretty coll and seems to work OK... for now!

BTW, has anyone tried Insync yet? No, no - not 'NSync or Justin Timberlake and all that! Insync is a service whose UI looks a lot like Dropbox and syncs to your GDocs. The buzz they're pushing hard is how much less expensive Google's data storage is than Dropbox. (E.g., $100 buys you only 50 GB with Dropbox, but 400 GB with Google Cloud storage.) Sounds very interesting! Of course the features available with GDocs and Dropbox are different but that price break sure is tempting. I just renewed with Dropbox in January so I'm going to have my 50 GB account there for another year anyway, but I think I might give Insync a try. If it works for me then bye-bye Dropbox.   :)

Some links for Insync articles/reviews:

Techcrunch:  http://techcrunch.com/2011/12/30/insync-dropbox-revamp-free/

Engadget:  http://www.engadget.com/2012/01/04/insync-wave-bye-bye-bye-to-dropbox/

Thanks!

Jim

phitsc:
Thing is: it looks to me like many iPad apps have Dropbox support built into them.

J-Mac:
Thing is: it looks to me like many iPad apps have Dropbox support built into them.
-phitsc (April 15, 2012, 04:15 PM)
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Yeah, but there seems to be a goodly number that can interface with GDocs also. At least some that I have. I still have my Dropbox account but I also installed Insync to check it out. First issue I see is that a lot of my GDocs are files I uploaded from my PC, so now I have those files in their original locations and also in the Insync folder. Doubled up on those files.

Jim

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