Onedrive is shrinking
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@dafyre said:
@scottalanmiller Right. My question was more along the lines of does it Sync files like Drop Box?
With DropBox when I log into the client from another computer, it immediately starts downloading everything... I'd rather have something that will just let me keep dumping files into it, or download just the ones I need.
Dropbox has an option called selective sync. During your initial setup, the wizard has an option to select what you want to sync from your dropbox to the machine. I have a 1TB account that i've been using for several years, my home devices has all media files synced and work machines only documents that i need to be used in both home and office.
I was interested in the Amazon cloud due to the unlimited option, but reading through the posts here, i think i will stick with dropbox!
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@johnhooks said:
http://www.engadget.com/2015/12/11/microsoft-caves-and-gives-15gb-back-to-legacy-onedrive-users/
You can keep the 15GB free if you go to the link in the article.
thanks!
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Yay!
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@scottalanmiller said:
It's just storage, not a backup system.
Why does a storage system that syncs not qualify as storage?
I wouldn't consider a syncing program to be backup at all.
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@BRRABill said:
@scottalanmiller said:
It's just storage, not a backup system.
Why does a storage system that syncs not qualify as storage?
I wouldn't consider a syncing program to be backup at all.
Huh? I think you just repeated what I said asking for clarification on something I did not say. I'm confused.
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Someone asked if Amazon Cloud Drive syncs like OneDrive, and you said no, because it was storage not backup.
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@scottalanmiller said:
@dafyre said:
Hmm... Food for thought...
Still thinking about this... If my hard drive dies and I re-install Amazon Cloud Drive (ACD), will it download all the files back to my computer, or can I just leave everything parked in ACD and just start adding stuff back to it?
It's just storage, not a backup system.
This is what I said. Nothing about OneDrive or ODfB in here.
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@BRRABill said:
Someone asked if Amazon Cloud Drive syncs like OneDrive, and you said no, because it was storage not backup.
That was me. I was asking if Amazon Cloud Drive did its syncing ike DropBox or if I had to manually move my files up.
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ah, and I was saying that it doesn't have a "restore" function. It's not backup NOR is it a sync. It is designed to hold files it is told to hold. It does not "mimic a local file structure" and have a method for restoring that.
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@scottalanmiller said:
ah, and I was saying that it doesn't have a "restore" function. It's not backup NOR is it a sync. It is designed to hold files it is told to hold. It does not "mimic a local file structure" and have a method for restoring that.
So you are also not classifyinig OneDrive, ODfB, or Dropbox as "backup", then, right?
You've mentioned "storage" and "backup" a few times in various threads. I was just saying I think there is a third class, into which OneDrive and DropBox fall into.
I would actually consider them storage. It functions the same as Amazon Cloud Drive, it's just easier to access your files.
Or since those program tap into the local file system, do you not agree with that?
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@BRRABill said:
@scottalanmiller said:
ah, and I was saying that it doesn't have a "restore" function. It's not backup NOR is it a sync. It is designed to hold files it is told to hold. It does not "mimic a local file structure" and have a method for restoring that.
So you are also not classifyinig OneDrive, ODfB, or Dropbox as "backup", then, right?
You've mentioned "storage" and "backup" a few times in various threads. I was just saying I think there is a third class, into which OneDrive and DropBox fall into.
I would actually consider them storage. It functions the same as Amazon Cloud Drive, it's just easier to access your files.
Or since those program tap into the local file system, do you not agree with that?
I would call OneDrive and DropBox and Amazon all storage - definitely not backups. OneDrive for Business is an edge case since it's part of SharePoint.
OneDrive doesn't really tap into local storage other than keeping a sync'ed copy of files local. Normal Apps access those files through OneDrive, not directly to the file path, at least by default.
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@Dashrender said:
OneDrive doesn't really tap into local storage other than keeping a sync'ed copy of files local. Normal Apps access those files through OneDrive, not directly to the file path, at least by default.
Is that how it works? I always assumed it did the stuff all local, and then just synced the changes.
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@BRRABill said:
@Dashrender said:
OneDrive doesn't really tap into local storage other than keeping a sync'ed copy of files local. Normal Apps access those files through OneDrive, not directly to the file path, at least by default.
Is that how it works? I always assumed it did the stuff all local, and then just synced the changes.
I'm sure you're exactly right - it works locally, but the applications don't see it working that way.. that's a technical thing that end users and apps don't understand or care about.
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@BRRABill said:
@Dashrender said:
OneDrive doesn't really tap into local storage other than keeping a sync'ed copy of files local. Normal Apps access those files through OneDrive, not directly to the file path, at least by default.
Is that how it works? I always assumed it did the stuff all local, and then just synced the changes.
Nope, because a lot of those apps don't talk to anything local and the online ones don't even have that option.
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@scottalanmiller said:
Nope, because a lot of those apps don't talk to anything local and the online ones don't even have that option.
I am thinking local apps, again because that is what I use.
For example, I am sure Word 2007 has no idea what OneDrive is.
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@BRRABill said:
@scottalanmiller said:
Nope, because a lot of those apps don't talk to anything local and the online ones don't even have that option.
I am thinking local apps, again because that is what I use.
For example, I am sure Word 2007 has no idea what OneDrive is.
Only works because you are using old versions. Word doesn't have this option, just Word from a different era does. Assuming this decade, current systems.
Why do you have all these ancient apps? Office 2007 is seriously old.
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@scottalanmiller said:
Only works because you are using old versions. Word doesn't have this option, just Word from a different era does. Assuming this decade, current systems.
Why do you have all these ancient apps? Office 2007 is seriously old.
It works for what I need.
I could use a typewriter, probably.
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Something I've always wondered, and is probably worth a thread, is I get why people use expensive software and I get why we use free but I rarely see a value in picking expensive software that we can't keep updated. Office makes sense to me, but if you are stuck on 2007, why not move to LibreOffice and be able to keep updated?
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@scottalanmiller said:
Something I've always wondered, and is probably worth a thread, is I get why people use expensive software and I get why we use free but I rarely see a value in picking expensive software that we can't keep updated. Office makes sense to me, but if you are stuck on 2007, why not move to LibreOffice and be able to keep updated?
Cost of retraining users can be prohibitive for small companies.
Also, is it 100% compatible with all the funky macro's and lord knows what other garbage our users have created?
Will it still be there in 10 years? If we invest in the training will this company still be around making and updating it?
