Questions tagged [online-storage]
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Is Amazon music cloud the salvation? Do I "own" the music afterwards?
As far as I understand, at Amazon music cloud for 30 dollars a year you can upload all your mp3 music that you have.
Even if you never payed for some of the mp3s, after those uploads, they are ...
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Does Dropbox or any other similar solution ignore files based on regexp? [closed]
I want to setup ignoring policies using syntax similar to .gitignore. Does any of “Dropbox-like” services allow this?
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Reached Google Apps email quota, what now?
One of our organisation's Google Apps email inbox is 96% full on its 25GB cap. It seems Google doesn't let you buy any more: http://support.google.com/a/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=1047457.
I am ...
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How do I make shared folders on SkyDrive sync to my Mac via the client?
Windows Live Skydrive has a Mac client that downloads files from the SkyDrive to my computer. However, this is only the files I've uploaded, not the ones shared with me.
So I end up having to ...
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How much storage space in Trello?
How much storage space do I have in Trello? Also, is there a professional version for companies with 200 employees?
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How to share large files between users [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
What is the best site for sharing large files among a specific group of people?
I want to be able to share files between a small group of people. Each has about 100 files that ...
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With Google Drive, how can I have a single document in multiple folders/collections?
I tried Google Drive today and promptly noticed that the "organize" feature of Google Docs went from a multi-selectable checkbox (in which you can check multiple collections for a document to be "in"):...
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Is Dropbox the best choice for hosting a collection of video files? [closed]
I want to share a folder of private videos with another group of viewers. Two schools are twinned with each other, and want to send and view data back and forth.
To allow every child to see every ...
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How to use cloud sync and keep privacy?
So you can block ads that track your every movement on the net. However, this is useless, because if you're signed in to Google Chrome for sync, they can still track your every movement through the ...
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How can I tell which programs have access to my Dropbox?
I remember giving some program access to my Dropbox account, but I don't remember which program.
How can I see which programs have read/write power on my account?
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Is there a way to store some files in Gmail?
I'd like to store some files in Gmail, in order to easily attach them to letters, without the need to upload them over and over again. Maybe you know of such a service? Of course there are always file ...
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Can Google Docs converted .ppt files be reverted
After uploading a .ppt file onto Google Docs (and converted),
How am I able to "unconvert" it (retrieve the original version) ?
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What's the storage limit of Diigo?
Anyone uses Diigo here?
I've heard it can store pictures, docs, notes, bookmarks, songs, and I was thinking of trying it.. but does anyone know what's the storage limit ?
Nowhere did it state it's ...
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Online Service That Duplicates another Data from another Online Backup? [closed]
Having all information backed up in one place in the cloud is risky since should anything happen with that place, your data will be gone. I use only Dropbox and i am risking it. I could also use Box ...
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Can I share my files through Amazon Cloud Drive?
I don't have Amazon Cloud Drive but I think of having one.
My question is if I can share my files on Amazon Cloud Drive with others. Let's say give them a URL or something like that.
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Is there a way to give Google storage to another user as a gift?
Google offers additional storage for its services (currently Gmail, Picasa Web, Google Docs). Is there a way to give this to another user as a gift?
I.e. I'd like to pay for it for a year, enter the ...
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Need messages in Gmail Trash to last longer
Is there a way to make Gmail store messages up to three (3) years in "Trash" before they really remove it?
Currently, emails sitting in Trash are automatically deleted after 30 days. I would like ...
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How to share cloud stored folders intelligently
I have a paid 50GB cloud storage account and a coworker uses a free 2GB account.
I shared a big folder from the 50GB accont with him, but now he runs out of space on his account and he would have to ...
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Is there a way to have Dropbox remember the last page I was on in a PDF file?
I like to store my PDF files in the Dropbox cloud.
I like to access these PDFs from my PCs, laptop and Android 'phone.
When I open a PDF it always starts on page 1 no matter what page I was on ...
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Check how much storage space I have left on Google Docs
How do I check out how much storage space I have left with my Google Docs account?
Is there a page or indicator that will show me the quota I have remaining?
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How to create an "invalidation request" on Amazon CloudFront? [closed]
I am using Amazon S3 with CloudFront. I have some images that I have updated on S3 but the updated versions are not showing up.
It looks like I need to do "invalidation requests" for them but I can't ...
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Saving my Word documents online
I can't quite believe this isn't possible, though I fear it may not be.
I have Windows 7, Office 2010 (or whatever the latest version is) and a Windows Live account.
I want to write a document in ...
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Buying extra storage from Google for more than one year
Is it possible to buy Gmail extra storage for more than one year at once?
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Can I use Live Mesh with my Live Groups account?
I have a Windows Live account and use the Mesh drive to synchronize some various files and photos from work and home.
I recently setup a Live groups account, which includes 5GB of storage for the ...
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What storage space / daily storage is available in messages on Facebook?
Gmail storage space is ~ 7000 MB for me. What can I expect for Facebook.
Can I send projects/videos across the platform without any holdup?
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Can I trust on DropBox as a resource? [closed]
After Ma.gnolia Major Data Loss in 2009, I believe only Google, Microsoft and Yahoo services. Can I trust DropBox as my resource host? I would like to use my website's static content in DropBox and ...
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What apps are there to backups/share photos and videos online? [closed]
I'm currently using Picasa but its very limited in space and I think doesn't handle videos.
What other apps are there with similar functionality ?
Please no duplicates
Dropbox is already listed.
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Does Microsoft Office offer you free online storage like Google Docs?
Does Microsoft offer anything in terms of online storage, something similar to Google Docs?
I'm thinking of just keeping a few essential files on the "cloud", so I'll need as little as 50MB.
Is ...
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How do I free up my Gmail's storage? [duplicate]
I've used up 30% of my storage already.
With the rate I am going, this might reach the limit soon. I want to free up some of the useless or duplicate stuff (mostly attachments) that I have on my ...
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Is there any folder synchronization service? [closed]
I know you can synchronize folders using online storage services, but is there any of such sites that offer a synchronization tool? I would like to keep my folder identical to its cloud copy, in more ...
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Looking for a cloud type replacement for local FTP and e-mail file transfer [closed]
I've have done some research and a found a lot out there:
Internal FTP / PHP web based file transfer
This works ok, I've been using it for a while but I am finding that I spend to much time with ...
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How does an app like GMail handle attachments?
If I attach something to a mail which I send to 100 people and then each of them might then forward it again somewhere, how many copies of the attachment are the on the servers?
When would a new copy ...
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