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Which Online Storage Is Best For You?

Posted by Henry Dallow on Fri, Aug 22, 2014

Google Drivewhich online storage is best for you?

Initially this started with Google Docs, and has now become Google Drive, a complete office suite with cloud storage. Google Drive offers you MS Office type apps in the form of a word processor, spreadsheet, presentation app, and an illustration app. Google Drive also carries 15GB of free storage space when you sign up.

Your Data And The Cloud

One of the benefits is that if you already have a Google account, you can already access Google Drive. Within the 15GB limit you can upload any document, photo or video file to the service however, you have to share that with your Gmail account, photos you upload to Google+, and any documents you create in Google Drive which is in turn helping Google's integration between their apps and services.

There is a Google Drive app you can download to your desktop which works like Dropbox. A specific folder is created where you can create other folders and access your data/documents. When you edit or create a new file it is synced to your Drive account automatically. Also when you start up your device/PC it will automatically sync. Like other cloud storage services, Drive has apps for iOS and Android, so you can manage your files from your phone.

Google Drive has the benefit of a built-in office suite, where you can edit documents, spreadsheets, and presentations, even if you created the document in another program.

A great feature Google Drive is that you can drag and drop files into the Drive Web site and they'll be uploaded automatically. You can also preview attachments from Gmail in Google Drive, and save those files to your cloud.

Which Online Storage Is Best For You?

Pros

Google Drive requires very little setup if you already have a Google account. What's more, if you use Gmail, it's easy to save attachments from your e-mail directly to Drive with just a few clicks.

Cons

While you can organize your files and photos in Google Drive, there's no way to automatically upload photos from your phone directly to the service. Instead, Google has an Auto Backup feature in the Google+ mobile apps, which sends your photos to your Google+ profile.

Yes/No/Maybe? People who use and love Google will get a kick out of this, also a must for anyone who wants office tools within their cloud storage.

 

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