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Microsoft Boosts OneDrive Cloud Storage to 1TB for Office 365 Subscribers, 15GB Free for All
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For the people complaining about DropBox being too expensive, it's important to remember that they don't have lucrative 'main businesses' to subsidise cloud storage as a sweetner for another product.
I'm sure a lot of people know this but don't care. It's about how things affect them.
If you're afraid of the NSA getting your files, keep them localized only. This isn't me saying it's right, but me saying that Microsoft isn't any different than Apple or Google or DropBox in that situation. :\
Considering there hasn't been much posted due to the week end, it would have to be.
Oh please
iCloud is limited.
It doesn't just work. Talk to developers
They hate iCloud
Get out of here with that talk. 5 Gbs.. Useless
If I haven't cared about what developers think before, why would I start caring now?
iCloud is perfect if you have certain needs, and you're all Apple. It will "just work" on iDevices. Seriously. There are bad things I can say about it, but it has just worked for me for the things I use it for.
Yeah, this is the one place where Apple are truly skinflints. 5G of storage isn't enough. Having a 16G option for mobile is stupid. I dunno what it is with them and storage. At first I thought that maybe they wanted to cloud focus the storage, which is why the devices had such small storage capacity, but M$ doing 1TB, and Flickr having done it too makes me wonder what the heck is Apple's issue. Give your customers the storage they need, dammit.
Still get the message they don't allow folder uploads, doesn't really bother me though since it's built into Win 8.1
I definitely like this. 5TB of storage. I shouldn't run out anytime soon. Although, this is just another reason for my teenage daughter to collect more of "the most important stuff in my life that I could never live without".
I keep a few things on dropbox, google drive, sky drive, usually just things I want to share with other people.
I really have no use for online storage because it takes up the same amount of space on my HDs as it does there.
I use BitTorrent Sync for my real work.
My three Macs, 2 PCs, all are set up to sync the document folders. I can sit down at any of them and all of the files are the same all the time. AND THATS NICE.
I really have no use for online storage because it takes up the same amount of space on my HDs as it does there.
I use BitTorrent Sync for my real work.
My three Macs, 2 PCs, all are set up to sync the document folders. I can sit down at any of them and all of the files are the same all the time. AND THATS NICE.
As a member of the military, I'm not particularly worried about whether the NSA can read my files - I'm confident that my service speaks for itself should some government agency decide they really have to have them. Even if localized, the NSA and other agencies can get them if they really want them, and Apple's firewall and FileVault might slow them down for a second or two.
As a citizen, I find it abhorrent and counter to the oath I've taken that the NSA, or any other government agency, can access anything I write, produce, speak, etc., without a public search warrant based on demonstrable probable cause.
Microsoft may not be able to encrypt and protect private information from the NSA, et al. As someone who has been a harsh critic of Microsoft (for a variety of reasons) I have to recognize that it is at least trying to appear as if it is trying to protect private data, as well as to finally begin to react to market forces.
Technically, Apple gives you unlimited amount of storage for music and videos and books through iTunes Match for $25/year and that also includes ad free iTunes Radio. So the free 5Gig is just for Pages, Numbers, Keynote and iDevice backup. I agree that even here 5 Gig is a bit small. I have a Time Machine so I have all my backups there (although I would like to have an offsite backup as well). I usually do not keep too many documents on the cloud, just what I am actively working on. So I am actually okay with the 5Gig for now, but if they offered something that would integrate with Time Machine to extend my local backup to a cloud backup, I think that would be awesome. For those that do a lot of collaboration and those that prefer to have everything on the Cloud (and exposed to the NSA and Google), having more free storage from Apple would be good I guess.
If you want to back up your iDevice without plugging in you need iCloud. If you want to use the new features in iOS 8 you'll need iCloud.
And you'll have to pay for it. There is no reason for Apple to offer cheaper rates or more storage when they design their devices and OS so the user really has no other option.
Microsoft and Google could offer 100TB for $25/year and Apple wouldn't flinch.
And you'll have to pay for it. There is no reason for Apple to offer cheaper rates or more storage when they design their devices and OS so the user really has no other option.
Microsoft and Google could offer 100TB for $25/year and Apple wouldn't flinch.
I was more pointing out that, sadly, we're in an era of "if you have nothing to hide, you have nothing to worry about" style of thinking. I think a bunch of companies are fighting it, though, Apple and Microsoft both included.
I might, MIGHT pay $40 a year for the individual subscription. But not a dime more. $70 is ludicrous.
iCloud's online storage in Yosemite seems to work more like Dropbox - hopefully when it goes live Apple will also announce an increase in free capacity
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That's true, but it's not the consumer's job, nor should it be, to concern themselves with the competitive challenges faced by a company.
Actually, not quite clear how it's going to work yet (and it may change before public release) but the new Apple model could end up being more expensive, even if you use iTune Match (which I do). Seems all of your pictures will be cloud based pictures, rather than the free 1000 images that are out there now, and that they are going to count the space used to store them against your free 5GB.
Just goes to show that Apple really are unreasonably tight with cloud storage space. We should be getting 1TB of space for £20/y not 200GB or whatever they're offering for that price. Even when it comes to RAM, Apple is always way, way over priced.
Heck, even Flickr offers every user 1TB of space! I imagine Apple have more server space than Yahoo! and Microsoft.
Heck, even Flickr offers every user 1TB of space! I imagine Apple have more server space than Yahoo! and Microsoft.
