Dropbox Alternative => CloudMe

[flatjuba]

While I looked around for the Dropbox for my G4 machines (Powerbook G4 1.5, MDD 2 x 1Ghz & Powermac G4 1.2Ghz), since @Czo had stopped updating his Dropbox magic, I found two alternatives that can sync what I type in my Powerpc realm to the current world of two-way aunthentication.

1. I use free storage from either ADrive.com or swissdisk.com. Connect them with WebDav
2. Use MultCloud (multcloud.com) to create a task of syncing files on those storage to my Dropbox.

However, the caveat is MultCloud is a web based, you have to schedule it, or sync it manually in your current technology device. And, it doesn't have mobile apps with it.

AND, BUT

There is a direct way, something like dropbox, but not quite.
Register yourself in CloudMe (cloudme.com), a European based cloud company, it can do WebDav from the OS (Leopard or Sorbet) or use WebDav client, to connect to directory. And, install desktop version, or mobile version (iOS or Droid), just to make sure that what you type in Powerpc realm is being synced.

Well, any other Powermac user used this? Or do you have any other way?

 

[eyoungren]

Well, any other Powermac user used this? Or do you have any other way?

I mainly use my Intel Macs now, which can use Dropbox natively.

However, when I do use my PowerPC Macs, I simply connect to a Mac or PC that uses Dropbox and then work directly inside that computer's Dropbox folder.

It helps that with at least two of my Macs the Dropbox folder resides on a separate drive.

 

[Dronecatcher]

I use pCloud, 4Shared and SwissDisk via their own apps, WebDAV, FoxBox and browser.

WebDAV is great as it spans a lot of technology - I can even use it on my Nokia E72

 

[barracuda156]

While I looked around for the Dropbox for my G4 machines (Powerbook G4 1.5, MDD 2 x 1Ghz & Powermac G4 1.2Ghz), since @Czo had stopped updating his Dropbox magic, I found two alternatives that can sync what I type in my Powerpc realm to the current world of two-way aunthentication.

1. I use free storage from either ADrive.com or swissdisk.com. Connect them with WebDav
2. Use MultCloud (multcloud.com) to create a task of syncing files on those storage to my Dropbox.

However, the caveat is MultCloud is a web based, you have to schedule it, or sync it manually in your current technology device. And, it doesn't have mobile apps with it.

AND, BUT

There is a direct way, something like dropbox, but not quite.
Register yourself in CloudMe (cloudme.com), a European based cloud company, it can do WebDav from the OS (Leopard or Sorbet) or use WebDav client, to connect to directory. And, install desktop version, or mobile version (iOS or Droid), just to make sure that what you type in Powerpc realm is being synced.

Well, any other Powermac user used this? Or do you have any other way?

There are chances we can make maestral work for Dropbox.

 

[galgot]

As alternative, there is also Koofr. You get 10 Gb for free, a sync app that works on modern MacOS, and WebDav working from 10.6. I've tried in 10.4, but the Finder client wouldn't find the address, and CyberDuck shouts a protocol_version alert :/ Note a specific password must be set for WebDav in you Koofr user prefs.

But, accessing my account works fine with InterWebPPC So a box should work too.


Tried with Goliath on OS 9, but as expected I get an SSL error.
Does anyone knows of another Webdav client that would run on 10.4 I could try ?

 

[Dronecatcher]

Does anyone knows of another Webdav client that would run on 10.4 I could try ?

MyDrive - Ihr Schweizer Online-Speicher

Mit MyDrive können Sie Ihre Daten sicher speichern und bequem darauf zugreifen, wo immer Sie sind.

www.mydrive.ch

Connect with Goliath or Finder at http://webdav.mydrive.ch

Even works on Windows 98!

 

[galgot]

MyDrive - Ihr Schweizer Online-Speicher

Mit MyDrive können Sie Ihre Daten sicher speichern und bequem darauf zugreifen, wo immer Sie sind.

www.mydrive.ch

Connect with Goliath or Finder at http://webdav.mydrive.ch

Even works on Windows 98!

Thanks. yet another to try, I must have now more than half a dozen cloud services to play with 😂.

 

[galgot]

So, tried something else with Koofr. As they offer Webdav support, but legacy clients for Leo or tiger would not connect, I've tried Cadaver cmd line webdav client, and it works On Leopard at least.



It's in Macports repos, needs openssl3 and other things.
As you can see it warns of some errors when launching and during connection, but from the small tests I've done (creating folders, deleting...), it seems to works fine.
Not too bad, Koofr offer 10Gb free.

 

[barracuda156]

So, tried something else with Koofr. As they offer Webdav support, but legacy clients for Leo or tiger would not connect, I've tried Cadaver cmd line webdav client, and it works On Leopard at least.

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It's in Macports repos, needs openssl3 and other things.
As you can see it warns of some errors when launching and during connection, but from the small tests I've done (creating folders, deleting...), it seems to works fine.
Not too bad, Koofr offer 10Gb free.

Potentially some of these may work (totally untested as of now, but I could try building them):

GitHub - ColumPaget/fileferry: file transfer app with a focus on scripted transfers

file transfer app with a focus on scripted transfers - ColumPaget/fileferry

github.com

GitHub - ltworf/weborf: Shares files using the HTTP protocol. Provides CLI and GUI. Allows using webdav.

Shares files using the HTTP protocol. Provides CLI and GUI. Allows using webdav. - ltworf/weborf

github.com

 

[galgot]

Potentially some of these may work (totally untested as of now, but I could try building them):

GitHub - ColumPaget/fileferry: file transfer app with a focus on scripted transfers

file transfer app with a focus on scripted transfers - ColumPaget/fileferry

github.com

GitHub - ltworf/weborf: Shares files using the HTTP protocol. Provides CLI and GUI. Allows using webdav.

Shares files using the HTTP protocol. Provides CLI and GUI. Allows using webdav. - ltworf/weborf

github.com

Thanks, will check that.
Also found out that Koofr support Rclone :

Learning the basics of Koofr with rclone

How to use rclone with Koofr as an alternative to the old and slow Webdav? This open-source tool lets you manage and sync files to and from Koofr, and much more. Follow this easy setup guide to get started.

koofr.eu

Which can mount remote volume with rclone-mount.

Rclone is in Macports repos, alas -> "Error: rclone cannot be installed for the configured build_arch 'ppc' because it only supports the arch(s) 'arm64 i386 x86_64'."

Note, I'm in no way affiliated with Koofr Just find 10Gb and webdav support for free handy .

 

[barracuda156]

Thanks, will check that.
Also found out that Koofr support Rclone :

Learning the basics of Koofr with rclone

How to use rclone with Koofr as an alternative to the old and slow Webdav? This open-source tool lets you manage and sync files to and from Koofr, and much more. Follow this easy setup guide to get started.

koofr.eu

Which can mount remote volume with rclone-mount.

Rclone is in Macports repos, alas -> "Error: rclone cannot be installed for the configured build_arch 'ppc' because it only supports the arch(s) 'arm64 i386 x86_64'."

Note, I'm in no way affiliated with Koofr Just find 10Gb and webdav support for free handy .

It is written in Go, which is broken, so no surprise. For something to work, we need it to be in C/C++, less likely Python. Rust and Go are more or less hopeless.