Sync your OneDrive folders automatically The free Skydrive/OneDrive program is available for Windows and Mac. Windows 8.1 users don’t need OneDrive software because it’s ‘baked into’ the operating system itself. It will synchronize your cloud storage with local folders, saving you the hassle of manually uploading/downloading each file. All the file transfers happen in the […]
A simple guide to sending files via Skydrive / OneDrive There are many ways to send files that are too big for email (usually over 20MB). In this article we’ll look at how to do that with Skydrive. Skydrive, soon to be called, OneDrive is Microsoft’s public cloud storage service. Microsoft Office 2013 and Windows […]
If you put a file up on Dropbox, how does anyone know it’s there? If you put a file up on Dropbox, how does anyone know it’s there? Obviously you can tell them, by email, phone or even face-to-face! Or they can check the shared folder for anything new. Happily there are better options. Dropbox […]
Use Dropbox for sharing Office documents and collaboration on editing, but it’s not ideal. Another use for Dropbox is sharing Office documents and collaboration on editing, but it’s not ideal. With Office 2013 you can do this better with Skydrive because Microsoft’s own cloud storage allows simultaneous collaboration – in other words more than one […]
A simple guide to sending files via Dropbox. There are many ways to send files that are too big for email (usually over 20MB). In this article we’ll look at how to do that with Dropbox either sending a ‘one-off’ file or regularly exchanging files with someone else. Dropbox is very popular, generally free and well […]