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  • mineistaken
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    • Apr 2007
    • 29656
    #1

    dropbox, google drive etc - for what do you use it?

    Is it for backups? If so don't you feel safer keeping backups by yourself instead of "at someone's else house"?
    I know its good for sharing files with other people, but what else?
    I was reading that people use as much as 48GB of space, what do they keep there? Videos?

    So if you are dropbox/G drive user - shed some light
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    • pgmorin
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      • May 2012
      • 399
      #2
      I dont use them but I can explain the 48GB just a couple of pictures set in raw and a couple of hd video and you already over that. 15 shooting use 118 gig on my hard drive so people that been around for a long time have tera of data.
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        • woj
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          • Jul 2002
          • 47880
          #3
          I bet ya it has something to do with piracy or some other shady activity, you probably upload content there, then with a single click can upload it to a bunch of file sharing sites, or just share it with people directly...

          cause obviously using it for backups isn't very practical: 50G is fuck all, upload/download speeds are at best one tenth of what can be achieved with a local hard drive...
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            • Trax
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              • Aug 2001
              • 14486
              #4
              i backup all my wordpress sites into dropbox with a neat little plugin

              working on have my custom sites pushed there daily as well... works like a charm

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                • mineistaken
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                  • Apr 2007
                  • 29656
                  #5
                  Originally posted by Trax
                  i backup all my wordpress sites into dropbox with a neat little plugin

                  working on have my custom sites pushed there daily as well... works like a charm
                  Now that sounds like a real reason to use it. You are one of the 1% here

                  ps: is plugin available for us to use or was it custom made by/for you?

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                    • TrashyGirl
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                      • Apr 2010
                      • 1401
                      #6
                      Originally posted by mineistaken
                      Now that sounds like a real reason to use it. You are one of the 1% here

                      ps: is plugin available for us to use or was it custom made by/for you?
                      http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/...up-to-dropbox/

                      I use it...

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                        • Jakke PNG
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                          • Nov 2001
                          • 20306
                          #7
                          In the real world in my current job (outside of adult), we use dropbox to share marketing material etc between different markets (where for example there's no access to Intra, vpn, whatever etc).. so it more or less mirrors our intranet when it comes to powerpoints, pdf's etc. It's updated when intra is too
                          ..and I'm off.

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                            • madtwin
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                              • Aug 2009
                              • 274
                              #8
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                              I'm storing my encrypted backups on extrernal HDD and Dropbox

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                                • candyflip
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                                  • Jul 2002
                                  • 43069
                                  #9
                                  Syncing files across machines, moving files easily to my phone, backup.

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                                    • Chosen
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                                      • Aug 2001
                                      • 63151
                                      #10
                                      I don't

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                                        • JamesM
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                                          • Nov 2012
                                          • 732
                                          #11
                                          i dont either, never used it yet.


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                                            • HomerSimpson
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                                              • Sep 2005
                                              • 13826
                                              #12
                                              Using Dropbox - don't want Google spying on me that much...
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                                                • Aric
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                                                  • Sep 2002
                                                  • 1209
                                                  #13
                                                  I don't really use it for storage.

                                                  I use it mostly to sync project files between my office and home PC, and laptop.
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                                                    • Killswitch
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                                                      • Oct 2012
                                                      • 2576
                                                      #14
                                                      I have 18GB of space on my Dropbox and I have my MacBook and iMac setup so that my home directory is in it, and any documents I save on one computer are on the other computer along with Dropbox's version control.

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                                                        • Donny
                                                          As you wish...
                                                          • May 2002
                                                          • 13754
                                                          #15
                                                          I have 200GB on Google Drive. I back up important files and photos on it.

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                                                            • GrantMercury
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                                                              • Jul 2012
                                                              • 1626
                                                              #16
                                                              Dropbox is friggin' great. We have about 15 PCs at work. I often need to access shit from any one of them, and it beats running around with a USB flash drive.

                                                              Google docs is great for working on papers wherever I am. As long as I have a net connection, and a keyboard, I can get shit done. Love it.
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                                                                • BIGTYMER
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                                                                  • Nov 2004
                                                                  • 17066
                                                                  #17
                                                                  Stay away from Google.

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                                                                    • mineistaken
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                                                                      • Apr 2007
                                                                      • 29656
                                                                      #18
                                                                      Originally posted by Donny
                                                                      I have 200GB on Google Drive. I back up important files and photos on it.
                                                                      Thing is - why would you better trust your important files to someone else (+in unlikely but possible case of spying/info stealing) instead of managing backups yourself at home or in safe place.
                                                                      Last edited by mineistaken; 01-01-2013, 10:44 AM.

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                                                                        • Killswitch
                                                                          REVOLUTIONARY
                                                                          • Oct 2012
                                                                          • 2576
                                                                          #19
                                                                          Originally posted by mineistaken
                                                                          Thing is - why would you better trust your important files to someone else (in case of spying/info stealing) instead of managing backups yourself at home or in safe place.
                                                                          Because sometimes, it's just easier letting someone else deal with it instead of making a back up system of your own.

                                                                          How many here have their custom solutions setup so all they have to do is save their documents in a folder on their computer and it has version control? Not many.

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                                                                            • Dcat
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                                                                              • Aug 2003
                                                                              • 1607
                                                                              #20
                                                                              Storing my private data in the cloud (making it easier for the CIA, and other assorted alphabet soup agencies to snoop through) sounds like a great idea to me!

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                                                                                • Klen
                                                                                  • Aug 2006
                                                                                  • 32234
                                                                                  #21
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                                                                                    • Killswitch
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                                                                                      • Oct 2012
                                                                                      • 2576
                                                                                      #22
                                                                                      Originally posted by Dcat
                                                                                      Storing my private data in the cloud (making it easier for the CIA, and other assorted alphabet soup agencies to snoop through) sounds like a great idea to me!
                                                                                      If the CIA or any other agency wants your data, storing it on the cloud or on your personal network won't stop them from getting it.

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                                                                                        • Donny
                                                                                          As you wish...
                                                                                          • May 2002
                                                                                          • 13754
                                                                                          #23
                                                                                          Originally posted by mineistaken
                                                                                          Thing is - why would you better trust your important files to someone else (+in unlikely but possible case of spying/info stealing) instead of managing backups yourself at home or in safe place.
                                                                                          What happens if your house burns down and all your backups are destroyed? Sure, I could backup to a disk and store it in another location, but it's far more convenient to backup to Google Drive. Once it's there, I can access it from any computer with an internet connection.

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                                                                                            • srockhard
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                                                                                              • Jul 2011
                                                                                              • 1978
                                                                                              #24
                                                                                              I use dropbox for tons of stuff including insurance cards, library card, costco card and high school diploma...full of tons of shit I don't want to keep in my wallet. I can pull them up on my phone, tablet, laptop or pc in an instant.

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                                                                                                • BIGTYMER
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                                                                                                  • Nov 2004
                                                                                                  • 17066
                                                                                                  #25
                                                                                                  Originally posted by Dcat
                                                                                                  Storing my private data in the cloud (making it easier for the CIA, and other assorted alphabet soup agencies to snoop through) sounds like a great idea to me!
                                                                                                  Encryption.

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                                                                                                    • Donny
                                                                                                      As you wish...
                                                                                                      • May 2002
                                                                                                      • 13754
                                                                                                      #26
                                                                                                      Originally posted by BIGTYMER
                                                                                                      Stay away from Google.
                                                                                                      Why? It's far less likely to go out of business than DropBox. That's why I use google: peace of mind, knowing it's not likely to go away.

                                                                                                      EDIT: And Google's cheaper, too.
                                                                                                      Last edited by Donny; 01-01-2013, 11:59 AM.

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                                                                                                        • Killswitch
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                                                                                                          • Oct 2012
                                                                                                          • 2576
                                                                                                          #27
                                                                                                          Originally posted by Donny
                                                                                                          Why? It's far less likely to go out of business than DropBox. That's why I use google: peace of mind, knowing it's not likely to go away.

                                                                                                          EDIT: And Google's cheaper, too.
                                                                                                          It's because Google is evil!!

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                                                                                                            • acctman
                                                                                                              Confirmed User
                                                                                                              • Oct 2003
                                                                                                              • 2840
                                                                                                              #28
                                                                                                              dropbox: for iOS image/vid backup and icons/vector image repository for designing.
                                                                                                              skydrive: office docs, pdf, logo and psd/ai backups (anything business)
                                                                                                              SugarSync: random drop for files to share movies and mp3
                                                                                                              Cubby: new just got it free the free space
                                                                                                              Amazon: doing nothing with it yet.

                                                                                                              my main is Skydrive and Dropbox though. I know a lot of people swear by google drive and apps but I like to keep my personal docs and files away from google.

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                                                                                                                • Dcat
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                                                                                                                  • Aug 2003
                                                                                                                  • 1607
                                                                                                                  #29
                                                                                                                  Originally posted by Killswitch
                                                                                                                  If the CIA or any other agency wants your data, storing it on the cloud or on your personal network won't stop them from getting it.
                                                                                                                  That's why I said "making it easier."

                                                                                                                  Just because the CIA can steal your data doesn't make it any less right. Also, when you store in the cloud, rules governing your data can get re-written at any point in time. Never forget that. Instagram tried to modify their TOS only weeks ago in that very manner:

                                                                                                                  Instagram says it now has the right to sell your photos

                                                                                                                  Sure, cloud storage is convenient, but ultimately you are exposing your data to a wider audience. Low hanging fruit always gets picked first.

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                                                                                                                    • georgeyw
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                                                                                                                      • Jul 2005
                                                                                                                      • 9865
                                                                                                                      #30
                                                                                                                      Originally posted by woj
                                                                                                                      I bet ya it has something to do with piracy or some other shady activity, you probably upload content there, then with a single click can upload it to a bunch of file sharing sites, or just share it with people directly...

                                                                                                                      cause obviously using it for backups isn't very practical: 50G is fuck all, upload/download speeds are at best one tenth of what can be achieved with a local hard drive...
                                                                                                                      I'm not sure if you are taking the piss or not.

                                                                                                                      Dropbox is fantastic, use it to share files with all my devices.
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                                                                                                                          • 12234
                                                                                                                          #31
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                                                                                                                            • TwinCities
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                                                                                                                              • Oct 2003
                                                                                                                              • 492
                                                                                                                              #32
                                                                                                                              The same privacy paranoid idiots that say those who use cloud data services are idiots are the people that probably obliviously pass all their EMAIL through gmail, yahoo, or hotmail servers.

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                                                                                                                                • woj
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                                                                                                                                  • Jul 2002
                                                                                                                                  • 47880
                                                                                                                                  #33
                                                                                                                                  Originally posted by georgeyw
                                                                                                                                  I'm not sure if you are taking the piss or not.

                                                                                                                                  Dropbox is fantastic, use it to share files with all my devices.
                                                                                                                                  I was half kidding, but people were drooling about 50G or whatever limit in the other thread, I'm still not really convinced what it could be used for, the only appealing use is like some suggested in this thread, sharing work files between devices/coworkers and for that 2G is usually more than enough...

                                                                                                                                  If you need more than that then just use your own server and get 100s of Gigs of space for free and avoid every government agency or some bored dropbox geek combing through your data... even dropbox themselves is probably combing through the data, I wouldn't be surprised if they index everything in your dropdox, and then sell that info to ad companies...
                                                                                                                                  Last edited by woj; 01-01-2013, 04:13 PM.
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                                                                                                                                    • trevesty
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                                                                                                                                      • Aug 2006
                                                                                                                                      • 3810
                                                                                                                                      #34
                                                                                                                                      We use it at the office and I also use it to keep pertinent work-related files easily accessible from the home office and actual office. Just save 'em to my Google Drive rather than My Documents for example.
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                                                                                                                                        • rowan
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                                                                                                                                          • Mar 2002
                                                                                                                                          • 17393
                                                                                                                                          #35
                                                                                                                                          Backups should be local first, then cloud as a secondary backup.

                                                                                                                                          If your hard drive dies how long will it take you to download gigs or even terabytes of data from "the cloud"?

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                                                                                                                                            • Porndex
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                                                                                                                                              • Oct 2012
                                                                                                                                              • 28
                                                                                                                                              #36
                                                                                                                                              Mainly syncing files but I also encrypt and store some important backups there. But I don't use it for anything too sensitive. I use around 1.5GB.
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                                                                                                                                                • epitome
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                                                                                                                                                  • Jun 2009
                                                                                                                                                  • 12156
                                                                                                                                                  #37
                                                                                                                                                  I use it all of the time for when someone doesn't have access to our servers for something I just drag to Dropbox and give them the share link.

                                                                                                                                                  Also, some tubes get our promo clips via Dropbox.

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                                                                                                                                                    • k0nr4d
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                                                                                                                                                      • Aug 2006
                                                                                                                                                      • 9231
                                                                                                                                                      #38
                                                                                                                                                      im trying out google drive right now, dropbox has some syncing issues for me (in that it doesnm't sync unless i do it manually, making it completely useless)
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                                                                                                                                                        • leg4
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                                                                                                                                                          • May 2003
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                                                                                                                                                          #39
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                                                                                                                                                            • Petra
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                                                                                                                                                              • Jul 2007
                                                                                                                                                              • 515
                                                                                                                                                              #40
                                                                                                                                                              I use dropbox mostly as an easy way for our remote guys to get me their screenshots or whatever I have them working on. Easier than getting the tech guys involved to set them up with vpn or whatever.

                                                                                                                                                              Also, there's a few sponsors that regularly use it to get me content.

                                                                                                                                                              Then outside work, my friends and I use it to store character sheets and whatnot for our roleplaying games. Gives me one centeral place where I can go grab the stuff, or they can grab it if they forget their print outs at home. And of course if we're somewhere and take pictures/video, it's an easy way to share that stuff among ourselves.

                                                                                                                                                              I'd never put anything on there that I don't care about someone else seeing since it does have some security issues.
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                                                                                                                                                                • docputer
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                                                                                                                                                                  • Jun 2006
                                                                                                                                                                  • 1103
                                                                                                                                                                  #41
                                                                                                                                                                  I use Box.com with 50 gig plan. I keep my wp plugins and themes there and sync them on my pc's with box sync.

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