![]() Cloud storage, especially for mobile devices, is only truly useful when it has two-way syncronization. There is no Skydrive app for Android devices and no word from Microsoft as to when or even if they will make one available.įor the moment Microsoft says you can access Skydrive via an Android browser, which is true but deliberately avoids the point. There’s a proper Skydrive program for the Mac with similar features to the Windows version. Click on a Word, Excel, PowerPoint or OneNote document in Skydrive and you’ll be taken to Office Web Apps.įor the moment go here to download the preview Skydrive program.ĭuring the installation there’s an option to share the files on that computer from other computers (after you’ve logged into your Skydrive account). Unlike Google Drive, Skydrive is directly compatible with Microsoft Office documents. Like Google Drive, Skydrive comes with browser based ‘Office’ apps to edit and view documents stored online. Update the phone number and alternate email address. It’s a good idea to check your Live Account security (click on your name on top right, choose Account then Account Security ‘Manage’ link). The limited remote access features of Skydrive have additional security protection. ![]() You’ll need a Windows Live login to use Skydrive, if you don’t have one already go to. Extra storage is available for reasonable annual fees (20GB for $10, 50GB for $25 and 100GB for $50). The free Skydrive offers 7GB of storage (with an extra 18GB for past Skydrive users). Both offer browser based editing as well as online storage of files. It’s the Microsoft version of Google’s new Drive service. ![]() Skydrive from Microsoft has been around for some time, but now they’ve finally released software to synchronize the cloud storage with your PC and some other devices. What if I accidentally deleted some files or folders, or they got lost some other way? Thank god I also backup everything to an external hard drive.How to use the latest incarnation of Microsoft’s Skydrive. Fortunately, I only paid $5 for the first year, and have disabled automatic renewal.īesides which, even when my main system is online with IDrive, the dashboard still doesn't work. I will have to look for another backup service. Maybe they have a collection of music or photos they'd like to download from the cloud.and doing it one by one is tedious, to say the least. ![]() I imagine that personal, non-business users would benefit by the ability to batch download from the cloud, when they have a second system they travel with. But I can only download one file at a time.I tried downloading a folder instead, but that's not doable either. I restore old laptops with Linux for other people, and there are files I have backed up to facilitate the process. I am required to install IDrive to every laptop I want to download a batch of files from, then download many gigabytes just to get a batch of files? Can't use the dashboard in this case. I agree with you though, it would be a simple task to implement multiple file download from the Cloud Backup page so why don't they just do it?! Of course, the target computer has to be online! You don't have to use the Desktop app, you can select multiple files to restore from the online Dashboard. ![]()
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