Provenance Question(S)

[Colin G.]

Well thats a bugger, its the NSA, not the CIA you Need to watch out for

You don't know the sort of stuff I get up to

[Accumulator]

I have to admit I have tried a couple of external methods. I do back up across my own network, but have tried Just Cloud, who were an absolute nightmare, it was so cumbersome and difficult to use. I have recently given Microsoft Sky Drive a go and have been very impressed. It runs in the background and updates files in realtime. The original files remain on your PC and are backed up to the cloud, It also allows me to view and edit my files on my iphone and ipad and then updates them on my PC. Cost is also very good you get 8GB free, Then I think it was about £30 a year for an extra 100GB. And you can literally back up anything.

Support has been very good...and if the CIA want to have a browse through my files they are welcome

That's pretty much how Carbonite works, so I can access any files on my iPhone or iPad too. It also costs about the same. I currently have 35GB backed up.

[Peckris]

I have to admit I have tried a couple of external methods. I do back up across my own network, but have tried Just Cloud, who were an absolute nightmare, it was so cumbersome and difficult to use. I have recently given Microsoft Sky Drive a go and have been very impressed. It runs in the background and updates files in realtime. The original files remain on your PC and are backed up to the cloud, It also allows me to view and edit my files on my iphone and ipad and then updates them on my PC. Cost is also very good you get 8GB free, Then I think it was about £30 a year for an extra 100GB. And you can literally back up anything.

Support has been very good...and if the CIA want to have a browse through my files they are welcome

Yeah, but that depends on having Windows, right? Dropbox works across all platforms, and even though you only get 2GB free, you get 250MB extra for each person you introduce to Dropbox. It also works quietly in the background updating files, and syncs across all your devices. Also it's been around for years and has a top-notch reputation.

Edited May 1, 2014 by Peckris

[Colin G.]

No it can be web based, and also available as an app or download for PC or Mac. I have previously used drop box but it did require files to be in a specific sync folder, whereas with one drive, you just select which folders you want included, so there is no requirement to change folder paths which would have been a nightmare for me.

[Peckris]

No it can be web based, and also available as an app or download for PC or Mac. I have previously used drop box but it did require files to be in a specific sync folder, whereas with one drive, you just select which folders you want included, so there is no requirement to change folder paths which would have been a nightmare for me.

Yeah, that's the one bit about Dropbox that really did p*ss me off. Then I discovered 'symbolic links' (symlinks) which means you can just put those into the Dropbox folder and it will update/sync the original.