Seems that they've taken away the free storage and we're all back down to just 5GB. Wondering if i should give them my money per month or use an alternative such as dropbox. Liked it cos it was integrated. But willing to move, for the cheap take it away from us tactics they've just employed.
OneDrive or something else ?
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The only 'integrated' thing about OneDrive is that it's pre installed on Windows. Other than that its just 'another' app just like DropBox would be. In a Preview build of 10 they embedded it properly so by default all your Documents, Pictures etc were in OneDrive. But they scrapped that.
So, the fact its not really integrated aside, its really just a choice of what else you will use. I have Office 365 which comes with 1TB of OneDrive so I use that for my personal stuff. I have manually redirected almost all the folders in my C:\Users\username folder to OneDrive folders on my PC, Laptop and GFs laptop so everything is just automatically synced using the default save locations.
However, on my work laptop I've had all sorts of issues with OneDrive for Business, so scrapped it and use DropBox instead (we have an Enterprise subscription). The result is identical however. I have setup a personal folder on DropBox and then redirected all my C:\Users\username folders to use that. Exactly the same setup, same default save location being synced, just a different providers.
So, the fact its not really integrated aside, its really just a choice of what else you will use. I have Office 365 which comes with 1TB of OneDrive so I use that for my personal stuff. I have manually redirected almost all the folders in my C:\Users\username folder to OneDrive folders on my PC, Laptop and GFs laptop so everything is just automatically synced using the default save locations.
However, on my work laptop I've had all sorts of issues with OneDrive for Business, so scrapped it and use DropBox instead (we have an Enterprise subscription). The result is identical however. I have setup a personal folder on DropBox and then redirected all my C:\Users\username folders to use that. Exactly the same setup, same default save location being synced, just a different providers.
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Google Drive for the win!
can you install google drive or is it entirely web based ? i think they give 15gb for free don't they ?
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I have it as an app running under Chrome web browser on my main PC and under Chromium web browser on my Raspberry Pi. My Android tablet and smartphone are also synced to it which is very handy. I think it's still 15GB for free. That's what I have anyway.
Yeah it can be installed as an app like Dropbox/OneDrive and appears as a folder. Same option to redirect to it is then available.
All these things ultimately do the same thing. The only concern I have with Google Drive is its also used by Photos and other Google Apps so might get a bit messey.
All these things ultimately do the same thing. The only concern I have with Google Drive is its also used by Photos and other Google Apps so might get a bit messey.
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It all seems to be ending up in neatly arranged folders in mine (YMMV) and you can always create your own folders too if you like.
i ended up giving google drive a try out, given its 15gb and free ! and only $2 per month to go upto 1tb. installed on Win10, and will do on all my other devices. Annoys me, that M$ will end up making a fortune.. Bait and switch. Same as what they're doing with Win10 for free really..
This. Moved from iCloud to GD and have not looked back. When GD makes little videos of your uploads etc. Fantastic!
It's actually $2 per month for 100GB but that also doesn't include tax, it costs me about £2.50 ish I think for 100GB (not exactly sure without checking).
Stoner81.
I still have 25GB. It was possible to opt out of the downgrade, but they kept pretty quiet about it.
But I still use Google Drive mainly.I got offered 100GB OneDrive for "free" (lol) with a recent Samsung tablet purchase. About 3 seconds into reading the privacy policy and I was running for the hills.
They really need to stop calling these things "privacy" policies, they're the complete opposite lol.
They really need to stop calling these things "privacy" policies, they're the complete opposite lol.
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I don't know if they fixed it but I tried to make this work for two companies and it's a shocking pile of crap.. Hours to sync cripples the CPU vast amounts of ram used untold sync issues no easy way to see sync issues just shocked crap... Drop box just works, I don't know about Google drive
Was that OneDrive or OneDrive for Business? They are different, built on evolutions of different product branches (SkyDrive and Groove), and the latter is absolutely crap. It got to the point of making my work laptop unusable, and we have just all moved to an Enterprise DropBox account instead.
I've had no issues with the standard consumer OneDrive though, works fine.
I've had no issues with the standard consumer OneDrive though, works fine.
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Same here mines not gone down
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1TB with an office 365 subscription, pretty good value if you use office.