Comments on: Google Drive is real: here’s what it means

By: Craig

Craig — Mon, 14 May 2012 20:34:40 +0000

Afternoon-

So I have images stored on Picasa Web and have a music library in iTunes. Is there one entity where I could backup both and recall without drama should I need to? Thanks-Tech novice.

By: Jim

Jim — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 23:35:30 +0000

Carbonite is cheaper and unlimited. about 55 a year. and it has ios apps

By: Josemon Maliakal

Josemon Maliakal — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 07:44:01 +0000

what about the Google users who only use Linux based operating systems…will they have any choice from google?????

By: Kfir Pravda

Kfir Pravda — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 05:50:55 +0000

Om, great post. I’d love to hear more about your workflow, as it is similar to ours. We use Google Apps internally, and Dropbox for file storage and multi device access. I agree with your point that collaboration is disjointed when working in this setup. In fact, I started using InSync to download and sync my Google Docs to my local drive. I’ve added InSync folder to my Dropbox, so now I have all the back up in the world. However, it is far from an optimal experience.

By: Brian

Brian — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 04:18:43 +0000

I’m not sure if search on the site is broken and if the article is just hard to find, but where is your coverage on Microsoft’s Skydrive? It release before Google Drive, offers more free storage and better pricing at similar storage tiers than Google. There’s a huge user base as well. Can you point me to your coverage on Skydrive and comparison across cloud storage offerings?

By: Brian

Brian — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 04:11:55 +0000

This is cloud storage and syncing across multiple devices with files you need to access often and from anywhere. For straight backup, you are better off with unlimited storage offers from places like CrashPlan or Carbonite.

By: deeceefar2

deeceefar2 — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 02:16:03 +0000

As I understand it the $5 you are paying now is for Google Storage, which is the previous version of Google Drive. You are grandfathered in to that price so the service you use now will probably just be renamed Google Drive. Though I wouldn’t be surprised if they try to push picasa users toward Google + in the near future.

By: deeceefar2

deeceefar2 — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 02:14:12 +0000

That seems like exactly what we were looking for. I have been contemplating adding a file drop to dropbox, but Google Drive is a far more attractive location for such a thing. Time to get rid of Filesanywhere

By: deeceefar2

deeceefar2 — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 02:09:35 +0000

The issue is you don’t really have a reliable backup. They are offering you the opportunity to have those files for as long as you pay the monthly premium, and simply put with only a single raid system as your backup solution you will lose those at some point.

By: Ronak Mallik

Ronak Mallik — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 02:06:03 +0000

but an SDK so you can roll your own… http://j.mp/I8f34e