AoWW Posted 24 July 2012 Share Posted 24 July 2012 Ok, what I'm wanting to do it store a number of files 'virtually' so a number of people can access them from their own PCs, thus avoiding the need to email numerous attachments, physically pass round my external hard-drive, etc, etc. So I'm thinking using cloud synching would be the best option - yes? If so, does anyone have any suggestions re which service (free, for preference) is the best option? I was talking to a friend who uses dropbox and she was singing its praises but casually mentioned that her main annoyance with it is that once you move a file from your PC into dropbox it removes it from your PC - if so, this would drive me nuts - I still want to be able to access it from my PCs documents without accessing dropbox - is she really right in saying this? Any suggestions....?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Libertine Dream Posted 24 July 2012 Share Posted 24 July 2012 I use dropbox because I got 50gb free with my phone and its alright, does the job. If you just copy and paste instead of dragging you wont have a problem Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AoWW Posted 24 July 2012 Author Share Posted 24 July 2012 I use dropbox because I got 50gb free with my phone and its alright, does the job. If you just copy and paste instead of dragging you wont have a problem Ah, I was thinking that this was surely an option. I assume it's simply password-protected so if I was to give my password to others they'd also be able to access my files? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trav Le Bleu Posted 24 July 2012 Share Posted 24 July 2012 And the password is? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fox92 Posted 24 July 2012 Share Posted 24 July 2012 I assume it's simply password-protected so if I was to give my password to others they'd also be able to access my files? Yeah.. I used to use it last year with a couple of mates. So we could all access documents without sending them via email and usb etc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AoWW Posted 24 July 2012 Author Share Posted 24 July 2012 And the password is? If you really want to access all my lesson planning you're more than welcome Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foxhateram Posted 27 July 2012 Share Posted 27 July 2012 If you really want to access all my lesson planning you're more than welcome Password? I would love to see your lesson planning. For the record Dropbox is very good. Just c and p rather than drag and drop to avoid the issue you outlined. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rincewind Posted 27 July 2012 Share Posted 27 July 2012 Is this the sort of thing you mean? Me and my brother use it when he wants to look at my accounting and spending. http://www.teamviewer.com/en/index.aspx?utm_expid=60202728-11&utm_referrer=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2Furl%3Fsa%3Dt%26rct%3Dj%26q%3D%26esrc%3Ds%26source%3Dweb%26cd%3D2%26ved%3D0CGQQFjAB%26url%3Dhttp%253A%252F%252Fwww.teamviewer.com%252F%26ei%3DCugSUNOKPMuS0QWttYDwBw%26usg%3DAFQjCNGHCZ-GmRwuRFVdksOAVFXeCWTYwg%26sig2%3DgSrKbZHYFLRi79mkVv81kw Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danny. Posted 5 August 2012 Share Posted 5 August 2012 We use the 100gb Dropbox option heavily for work - fantastic and I would highly recommend. If you use a mac or linux, in addition to sync'ing your documents, you can also easily sync app preferences, inboxes etc. so you can use 3-4 computers and any changes on one affects all of them, really handy if you use a desktop and a laptop. Re: the moving files, dropbox just makes a folder in your home directory (not sure where on windows, probably 'my documents' if windows still has that?) and anything in there gets synced. I don't know why you would want to copy/paste though and not drag it as then you will have 2 copies to maintain, and every time you update the version outside of dropbox it would need manually updating, seems a lot of hassle and easy to accidentally overwrite changes. You can easily share folders with other people in dropbox too, so its *very* handy for sharing work on projects with colleagues and clients. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danny. Posted 5 August 2012 Share Posted 5 August 2012 I assume it's simply password-protected so if I was to give my password to others they'd also be able to access my files? You don't need to give out your password, you would keep your own individual dropbox accounts and just share a folder with one or more people. You just enter their email address to do this and it invites them to share the folder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daggers Posted 6 August 2012 Share Posted 6 August 2012 I thought you went Box, Fi? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AoWW Posted 6 August 2012 Author Share Posted 6 August 2012 I thought you went Box, Fi? I did in the end. The only thing that bugs me (with the free version) is that you can't download multiple files and need to do them one at a time. It's less of an issue for me (as I'm the one putting the files on there to share) but I'm sure I'd find it a pain in the arse if I was the one then downloading them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MC Prussian Posted 7 August 2012 Share Posted 7 August 2012 You might want to be careful with your stuff on the iCloud: http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2012/08/apple-amazon-mat-honan-hacking/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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