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appledes7

macrumors 6502a
Jul 12, 2011
756
0
I don't pay for cloud storage (outside of iCloud). This is what I've got for free:

-Box = 50GB
-Copy = 20GB
-Drive = 15GB
-Skydrive = 7GB
-DropBox = 6GB

Right now, I only use DropBox, but since my 6 GB is almost used up I'm thinking about switching to something different. Or perhaps splitting up what I save on each service. For instance, Copy could be used for photos because I have more storage, whereas DropBox can be used for documents.

Get your referral link out and you can get so much more free space on Copy ;)
 

alphaod

macrumors Core
Feb 9, 2008
22,183
1,245
NYC
My Dropbox hasn't really ever been done that I've noticed. I do have a Pro account, so I don't know if that makes a difference.

Anyways, you said you're using it to upload media and to share files with other computers.

Are the media files the things you want to share or are you using Dropbox as a box for them?

I use Amazon Glacier storage for archiving media. Sure it costs money to retrieve, but my odds are retrieval are low; for storage it is very cheap.
 

roadbloc

macrumors G3
Aug 24, 2009
8,784
215
UK
I recommend SkyDrive. Its been faster than Dropbox for me and you get much more free space.
 

TacticalDesire

macrumors 68020
Mar 19, 2012
2,286
23
Michigan
I still don't know why Dropbox still offers a paltry 2gb of storage while others companies are practically throwing data at us.

Currently as a base line they offer:

Google Drive-15gb
Box-10gb
Onedrive-7gb
iCloud-5gb

I have 75gb on my primary google account, and 30gb each on my other two.

I have the grandfathered 25gb Skydrive and got an addition 3gb the other day just for signing into Onedrive.
 
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appleofmy"i"

macrumors regular
Feb 2, 2010
174
57
I have:

6gb with Dropbox

65gb with Google Drive (Multiple Moto Xs helped)

I use Google for photo backup because I like having it integrated with Google+ and Dropbox for all else. Dropbox handles TrueCrypt files better (delta uploading) which I use for work.
 

Truefan31

macrumors 68040
Aug 25, 2012
3,589
835
I use google drive but it shows it taking up 2.5 gb On my phone. Why so much when my photos only use 2.3 gb on my phone? Looking for an option that doesn't take up so much space.
 
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