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Amazon Cloud Drive Now Includes Unlimited Cloud Storage Plans

dmylrea said:
Not anymore! Just got an email from Amazon stating my "free" 5GB plan is no longer available and that while I will be able to read files from my account, if I want to save files to it, I need to choose one of the pay-for plans!!

Thanks, Amazon. But it's really just principle for me...I don't use Amazon Cloud for anything...I'm on OneDrive now.
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are you a prime member? my email said i still have my 5 GB free (along with my unlimited photos)

what i don't like is that prime members pay the same price as non prime members for unlimited. for me, that's not such a great deal. since photos are already unlited for us, they should give us a break on the price to upgrade to completely unlimited.
 
Has anyone found any language specifying as to what constitutes as a "photo" under this plan?

For example, am I limited to just jpg files, or can I include RAW format files, PSD documents, vector images, etc?

As a photographer, this would make or break my decision. If I can get unlimited backup of my RAW files and my processed jpgs for $12/year. I am sold.
 
FSMBP said:
lol...okay, tell that to the iOS 8 upgrade problems people had when they didn't have space to upgrade OTA. Here's something you need to learn about Apple, they are all about customer experience. Selling devices with low storage makes a crappy experience when the customer can't upgrade to the latest iOS (which creates fragmentation).

Apple could offer a 1TB iOS device but that keeping their base flagship at 16GBs (which is really 12.4GB out of the box, and not to mention 4.5GB of free space needed to update your OS) doesn't make sense.

Even Apple fan-boy John Gruber agrees with this: http://daringfireball.net/2014/10/ios_8_storage_space

With your Logic, Apple should continue making 4GB iPhones as a base model.
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Any iOS device with storage that is almost full isn't going to be able to upgrade over the air. It doesn't matter if it's 16gb or the 128gb model. If it doesn't have the free space, it can't do it. Every time I go visit my parents I update their 16gb phones over the air for them. So again, get the storage you need, and stop complaining about the ones that don't fit your needs.
 
amazon won't work on apple lossess music files if I remember right. a bunch of my wife's music would not upload. I ripped in in apple losless. I was uploading so she could access it with sonos.
 
caligurl said:
are you a prime member? my email said i still have my 5 GB free (along with my unlimited photos)

what i don't like is that prime members pay the same price as non prime members for unlimited. for me, that's not such a great deal. since photos are already unlited for us, they should give us a break on the price to upgrade to completely unlimited.
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This is what was emailed to me: (and YES, I am a PRIME member)

What happens to my current plan?
Your 5 GB plan is no longer available and has been replaced with a free 3-month trial of one of the Unlimited plans. Access to your existing files has not changed. You can continue to download and view your content. In order to upload new files you will need to pick one of the free 3-month trials.
 
Felix01 said:
Well if you deal in info NSA is interested in, you probably shouldn't be considering unencrypted cloud storage from any vendor.
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I thought the main problem with the NSA is that they are interested in plain old everything, even if it is outside the internet? (look at all their equipment to infiltrate even airgapped computers...)

Anyway, I guess that your "point" boils down to the unsightly "if you have nothing to hide" thing?
 
ea9 said:
Heaven forbid you get robbed/flooded/fire.

I'm liking this cloud thing.
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I really distrust cloud services

I use a backup drive at my moms house in her basement in a corner that backups my main NAS at my house daily.

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Why dont anyone use amazon aws to backup?
 
The fact that so many questions about Amazon's service are being posted make the decision to avoid it easy.

Amazon is too complicated. Apple is too unreliable. Google, well, I just don't trust them. Microsoft is too finicky. Pretty much everyone else could sell out or go out of business at any moment.

"Cloud" storage is too risky, and quite frankly, too much of a P.I.T.A. for my taste. I do use COPY.com, and to some extent Dropbox. And of course I have TimeMachine backups for "oops, I didn't mean to delete that" file recovery.

But for backups, I just use external 1TB Seagate drives and toss them in the fireproof safe at home (plus a second copy at a relative's house less than 10 minutes from me).
 
Is it possible to have my photos in my icloud photo storage and NOT all locally on my iPhone 6, or is it all or none?

I have a lot of photos on my icloud storage where it automatically adds new pics to the icloud, but they are taking up a lot of my iPhone's storage space.

Thoughts?
 
Does amazon cloud drive support synchronization?

I wonder if there is an option to really use this as a backup. So that it scans my folders for changed files and keeps version of it: automatically !!

And can I use it for multiple systems? (servers, workstations and attached drives?)

I cannot find the info on the amazon website...

:eek:
 
longodesigns said:
Checked it out this morning... It doesn't mount in Finder (Like Dropbox and Chrome) That to me is the biggest advantage of DB. Plus, I have 90% of my clients on there, so Amazon Cloud Drive did not work out for me. Too bad. Great price.
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How did you mount Dropbox in Finder? AFAIK there is no supported method of doing this from Dropbox. ExpanDrive and others attempt to do it but the results are hokey.
 
Just made the jump from iCloud to Amazon Cloud Drive for my files and photos/videos. I know there is a new Photo app for Apple coming out but I simply couldn't handle the lack of family sharing. Not being able to view my families photos is a big deal since we have separate icloud accounts and separate macbook pro laptops. Dropped my iCloud storage down to basic. Apple took too long to get with the program.
 
Not outside us

I think it's kind of strange that this is limited to us based customers. I can imagine when you buy a car or something material that this might be necessary, allthough i would be able to export it to my country.
But a cloud storage ? I can buy other stuff from Amazon from all over the world, but cloud storage is free for US customers and for the same storage up to 800 € or £.
In that case I prefer to sponsor dropbox, box or buy Office with 1 Tbyte of space.
 
Steve121178 said:
Dropbox use Amazon's S3 infrastructure as they don't have their own, so I'd expect it to be at least as good as Dropbox when it comes to upload/download speeds.
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Dropbox are (for some reason) by far the fastest I've tried (although not cheap). Google are slow and software is still a resource hog on Macs, OneDrive is slow (but at least a good deal if you want Office). Apple is both slow and expensive.

Unless Amazon really are as fast as Dropbox you'd have to be nuts to go for such a limited service (and only then if you had a backup).
 
DirtySocks85 said:
Has anyone found any language specifying as to what constitutes as a "photo" under this plan?

For example, am I limited to just jpg files, or can I include RAW format files, PSD documents, vector images, etc?

As a photographer, this would make or break my decision. If I can get unlimited backup of my RAW files and my processed jpgs for $12/year. I am sold.
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I'm curious about this as well. I did find information in the Prime FAQ's:

About RAW Photo Files

RAW photo files are proprietary file formats developed by each camera manufacturer. Many RAW photo files are identified by Amazon Cloud Drive as photos and will not count against your storage limit if you're a Prime member.

Some RAW photo files may not be recognizable to Cloud Drive as photo files; if they are not recognized as photos, they will not be included in the Prime photos benefit. However, all files that you upload to Amazon Cloud Drive are available for download even if they are not recognized as a photo.

Tip: If your RAW photo file is not being recognized as a photo, you may want to try converting the file into a DNG (Adobe Digital Negative). Amazon Cloud Drive recognizes Adobe Digital Negative (DNG) files as photos, so this may resolve your issue.
Supported RAW File Types
The following RAW photo files from the following camera models are recognized by Amazon Cloud Drive as a photo file; however, this is not a definitive list:

Nikon (NEF files) Nikon D1, Nikon D1X, Nikon D4, Nikon Coolpix A, Nikon E5700, Nikon AW1, Nikon D800, Nikon D50, Nikon D610
Canon (CR2 Files) Canon 5D, Canon 1D, Canon 1D MarkIIN, Canon Rebel SL1, Canon 60D, Canon 5D MarkIII, Canon 1D MarkIV
Sony (ARW files) Sony A7, Sony A7R, Sony A6000, Sony NEX-5T, Sony NEX-3N, Sony NEX-6
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I did upload a RAW (CR2 - 23.8MB) image. Upon downloading, I now have a TIFF file but the image size remained the same - 23.8MB.
 
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increase storage

Apple really needs to increase their free storage and reduce their pricing. If you have multiple Apple devices, the 5 GB is used up just by backups. I migrated to iCloud mail and am now regretting it because I am going to have to pay for increased storage while Google give 15 GB free (and cheaper upgrade) and Microsoft and Yahoo give virtually unlimited space for email. I am reaching the 25,000 limit on Match (would be over but at least the items bought from Apple don't count to that limit. And with over 250 GB of pics, there is no way at current pricing that I would even think of syncing them.
 
mjdindc said:
Apple really needs to increase their free storage and reduce their pricing. If you have multiple Apple devices, the 5 GB is used up just by backups. I migrated to iCloud mail and am now regretting it because I am going to have to pay for increased storage while Google give 15 GB free (and cheaper upgrade) and Microsoft and Yahoo give virtually unlimited space for email. I am reaching the 25,000 limit on Match (would be over but at least the items bought from Apple don't count to that limit. And with over 250 GB of pics, there is no way at current pricing that I would even think of syncing them.
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You are the perfect example as to why Apple charges a premium...because you buy their hardware, which is tied to iCloud for functionality, you have no other choice but to buy their overpriced cloud storage! People already pay a premium for Apple hardware (and don't complain), so why complain about overpriced iCloud storage? (rhetorical question not directed at you but everyone in general...)
 
I am a big user of Amazon's products. My only gripe with their cloud storage, is the iPhone,iPad app.
You cannot create albums, and share multiple photos, and albums.
You need to be at a pc to do something that should be included with the app.
I don't mind paying for storage, but not all of us have Macs or Pc's.
 
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