You can tweak how fast it uploads and downloads files, which is great if you don't want it to steal bandwidth from other important things, and if two devices are on the same network they will sync much faster over LAN. Performance-wise Dropbox offers more flexibility than most competing services. Famous for its simplicity and ease of use, Dropbox doesn't fall behind when it comes to features either, with a version tracking system, easy sharing, collaboration options, and more. Make an edit and everything synchronizes instantaneously. We took them for a spin to see how well they stack against each other, first with a brief overview on the table below and later in better detail, with impressions and commentary to give you a better idea of which one may fit your needs best.ģ00MB via browser, unlimited from desktopĭropbox wasn't the first cloud-based storage service in the market, but it certainly was the one that pioneered the seamless one-folder synchronization approach that everyone is following now: toss any file into a preset folder and it automatically appears in any other device connected to your account. The market suddenly got much more competitive perhaps even before we all realized it was necessary.Īlthough there are many more options out there, some serving specific niches, we've hand-picked what arguably are the most high-profile and consumer-friendly cloud storage services currently out.
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A simple relaunch fixed this each time, but it it’s definitely annoying.It's cloud storage week, with Dropbox rolling out an update that improves how its users can share things, Microsoft's SkyDrive getting dedicated desktop apps and a revamped feature set, and Google Drive finally making its long-awaited debut. From time to time, when I went to to the central “Files” screen, instead of the groovy swirl-laden graphical overview of all the different places you can browse files from, I was encountered with a solid black screen. I did encounter occasional oddities within the app. And while the in-app address book includes all your iPhone’s contacts, it doesn’t necessarily respect your iPhone’s settings for your preferred sort order for contacts it always sorts by contact first name. Sending files isn’t as seamless as it should be, I’m afraid: There’s no auto-completion as you type your contacts’ e-mail addresses. Whether SugarSync can open a file or not, it will always offer to let you send the file to someone else. You also can’t delete files that you no longer need, although renaming them is possible. Unlike Dropbox’s iPhone app, however, SugarSync doesn’t let you watch synced videos from within the app. MP3s can stream right from SugarSync’s servers, and played on my iPhone 3GS without stuttering.
You’re forced to wait while those new photos get synced, and it does take a few long seconds, even via Wi-Fi.
Photos load instantly, and you can snap new pictures right from within SugarSync. Scrolling through PDFs feels notably slower than in other apps, unfortunately. Some document types-PDFs, Word documents-can be read right from within the app. Once you start syncing documents from your computer, they’ll become visible in the iPhone app. SugarSync’s feature set is fairly robust.
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