What are people thoughts? Only used the Android version so far, but I see no folders Or way to see my items without just showing all... Free space x my 4 gmail accounts will be good. It's 5gb free for anytime wondering.
I really like how they implemented it.
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Does this require an invite? If it does can someone pop me one at [email protected] or send me a link to it?
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Does this require an invite? If it does can someone pop me one at [email protected] or send me a link to it?
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No invite needed just go to https://drive.google.com/
frigidazzi said:
What are people thoughts? Only used the Android version so far, but I see no folders Or way to see my items without just showing all... Free space x my 4 gmail accounts will be good. It's 5gb free for anytime wondering.
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It takes awhile to sync the first time then you will see all your stuff
I'm really enjoying it. I've been getting my Android back stuff on there and my photos. You can't hide folders but they are set to private with access granted by other users email addresses being added to view your folder.
It looks alright, but I alraedy have 50 gbs of storage on Box :/
I was browsing the Nexus S forums and found this in a thread about google drive, you guys might find it interesting..
http://www.zdnet.com/blog/btl/how-far-does-google-drives-terms-go-in-owning-your-files/75228
The terms that scare me, also from the Nexus S thread:
Google Drive — Terms
“Your Content in our Services: When you upload or otherwise submit content to our Services, you give Google (and those we work with) a worldwide licence to use, host, store, reproduce, modify, create derivative works (such as those resulting from translations, adaptations or other changes that we make so that your content works better with our Services), communicate, publish, publicly perform, publicly display and distribute such content.
The rights that you grant in this licence are for the limited purpose of operating, promoting and improving our Services, and to develop new ones. This licence continues even if you stop using our Services (for example, for a business listing that you have added to Google Maps).”
Wow, those terms are pretty scary...
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Looks like is not so private
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When I tried to go to the site the day I asked for a referral, it said it was not open to me. I downloaded the app from play and it installed and I got an email saying I was now using Drive. Go figure. That clause does scare me.
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It looks alright, but I alraedy have 50 gbs of storage on Box :/
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Yea i have the 50gb from box. But i do enjoy drive. google is on point with their stuff
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50 GB from drive is nice I agree, but I rarely use it because of the file size limitation...
So on Drive the problem I have with is the android app kind of sucks. I don't need the alphabet showing me where I'm at between files. It makes it show a lot fewer files at a time.. I want just a file explorer kind of view. I need the ability to add folders. And the worse thing is where are the files after I make them available offline? Like if I store android files and then make them offline for phone use I can't access them outside of the drive app unless I'm missing something.
Things that will change in time I'm sure, but for now since I primarily use my android devices over PC I have still been using drop box mostly other than to est stuff.
I like sugarsync.
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Yea i have the 50gb from box. But i do enjoy drive. google is on point with their stuff
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Yeah you can't beat the 50Gb from box i do like drive though i'm just going to use it for storing my photos
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I was browsing the Nexus S forums and found this in a thread about google drive, you guys might find it interesting..
http://www.zdnet.com/blog/btl/how-far-does-google-drives-terms-go-in-owning-your-files/75228
The terms that scare me, also from the Nexus S thread:
Google Drive — Terms
“Your Content in our Services: When you upload or otherwise submit content to our Services, you give Google (and those we work with) a worldwide licence to use, host, store, reproduce, modify, create derivative works (such as those resulting from translations, adaptations or other changes that we make so that your content works better with our Services), communicate, publish, publicly perform, publicly display and distribute such content.
The rights that you grant in this licence are for the limited purpose of operating, promoting and improving our Services, and to develop new ones. This licence continues even if you stop using our Services (for example, for a business listing that you have added to Google Maps).”
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Wow, those terms are pretty scary...
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Yes, they are. Very Billy The Kid from Bill And Ted's Excellent Adventure -
"What I win, I keep, what you win, I keep."
-- click accept TOS --
"Sounds good, Mr. The Kid!"
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Is it possible to upload files straight from phone to site? If so explain how please, tried advanced options for ' quick reply', but couldn't get past choose file screen. I have two leaked Galaxy S 2 lwp that are pretty cool. Windmills and beach that change with time of day and weather.
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Try using dropbox that's how I do it at least. It will let you upload pretty much whatever. You can get it in the market free!
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Try using dropbox that's how I do it at least. It will let you upload pretty much whatever. You can get it in the market free!
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I agree, Dropbox is great. I've been thinking of upgrading to a paid account when I get a little more money saved (I just went on an app buying/dev donation spree, so definitely over my online quota right now). I just found out the hard way that there's a 10 gig/day bandwidth limit for public links, but it's definitely a great site.
If you're talking about on xda, I haven't found a way to do it yet. Even with the user agent set to desktop, it won't work. I think this is because it doesn't integrate Android file explorers. You can always use Dropbox or another hosting site and link others to the file. With Dropbox, I just use the mobile app. Once you've uploaded whatever you want to share to your "Public" folder, long press the item, choose share, and then "copy a link". This will result in a direct download, which I prefer over other sites.
If you want extra space, sign up with my referral here:
http://db.tt/7wtj3Nc
EDIT: First link was wrong, so I fixed it. I believe you have to install Dropbox as well to get the extra space.
Thanks for your help...uploaded both live wp in the Themes and Apps section.
I'm looking for a cloud storage app for my phone, I need to be able to get access to pics and other media files?
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I'm looking for a cloud storage app for my phone, I need to be able to get access to pics and other media files?
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Erm. Dropbox?
There are a host of threads on this bud.
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if security is a must take a look at wuala, not as user friendly as dropbox but it is secure.
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For non-personal data (video,photo) -> Dropbox/Boxee/Skydrive depending on your need.
For personal data (personal documents) -> Wuala (Secured, none except you can access your files, not even Wuala. Files get encrypted before sending to server).
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For non-personal data (video,photo) -> Dropbox/Boxee/Skydrive depending on your need.
For personal data (personal documents) -> Wuala (Secured, none except you can access your files, not even Wuala. Files get encrypted before sending to server).
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Let's face it. Depending what you are tyring to secure, nothing is unbreakable. Whoever develops the encryption, generally has a back door. Be sure NSA, has a way.So nothing is safe. You have to develop other ways to be secure.
This is from Wuala's "About us"
"Nobody - not even we as storage provider - can access your data without your authorization. "
Your authorization is the key word here.
Then read in fine detail in the EULA what you Agreed To, when you accepted the use of their software.
+1 for Wuala, even hosted my ROM there, but I'll also be using Dropbox a bit more now thanks to HTC
Bottom line, they're both very good in my experience.
In my opinion Dropbox gives a really good service with an awesome integration on our Android phones. If you've got a data plan there are more possibilities, for example you can share a photo/video/data with your friends in a public folder so your friends can check out this folder whenever they want.
Definitely, Dropbox is gorgeous
Dropbox for me is better than sugarsync or box.net, the weak point only give 2.5 GB
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Let's face it. Depending what you are tyring to secure, nothing is unbreakable. Whoever develops the encryption, generally has a back door. Be sure NSA, has a way.So nothing is safe. You have to develop other ways to be secure.
This is from Wuala's "About us"
"Nobody - not even we as storage provider - can access your data without your authorization. "
Your authorization is the key word here.
Then read in fine detail in the EULA what you Agreed To, when you accepted the use of their software.
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I'm not saying it unbreakable, just less breakable then Dropbox. Which is important if there are some personal documents in it.
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I'm not saying it unbreakable, just less breakable then Dropbox. Which is important if there are some personal documents in it.
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But what kind of documents are we talking about here? A shopping list? A degree certificate? A CV? People really fuss about personal security nowadays. I believe dropbox when they say that they're not giving out information without a court order and even then inform the user first. Why? Because if there was a single substantial case that they provided information with less than that, they'd soon be out of business. Hello anonymous-and-whatever-else-backed ****storm.
Let's face it, 99.98% of us aren't important enough to be spied upon in a cautiously planned and we'll executed manner. And even then we should be rather worried about our post, calls and home.
A social security number? Credit card pin? Dropbox + Keepass ftw.
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But what kind of documents are we talking about here? A shopping list? A degree certificate? A CV? People really fuss about personal security nowadays. I believe dropbox when they say that they're not giving out information without a court order and even then inform the user first. Why? Because if there was a single substantial case that they provided information with less than that, they'd soon be out of business. Hello anonymous-and-whatever-else-backed ****storm.
Let's face it, 99.98% of us aren't important enough to be spied upon in a cautiously planned and we'll executed manner. And even then we should be rather worried about our post, calls and home.
A social security number? Credit card pin? Dropbox + Keepass ftw.
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Nah It's not because I'm paranoid, I just prefer my documents like college stuff, bank account stuff (not the login info obviously), bills, contracts to be encrypted before they are uploaded.
If you can encrypt your documents for free anyway, why don't do so? (You never know if Dropbox/Wuala get hacked, I rather have a little layer of security then).
besides wuala is cheaper
In my opinion Dropbox, Box, Google Drive, and SkyDrive will be the perfect fit for the mentioned task. From the box android app when you signup you get 50 GB free space for life time. It a free app and easy to use and with Dropbox, you will get 5GB of storage free. You may also browse some useful information on best cloud storage providers!
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Dropbox for me is better than sugarsync or box.net, the weak point only give 2.5 GB
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I use Dropbox heavily, friends around Australia all share through it so have access to all our photos and videos (we 4wd quite a lot )
Carry out as many space earning things as you can, I got 4 or 5GB doing that, plus 25GB for the one x deal and 50GB for the S3 LTE deal so currently have 80GB storage space
Just unlocked my HOX and saw that their was an update notification.
It was Google Drive!!!
Apparently, the Docs app has been updated to Google Drive.
Still exploring. More to follow.
Update 1: You get 5 gigs of storage space to begin with.
Update 2: It is ICS optimized (no annoying 3 dots). Why the Docs app wasn't optimized becomes clear now.
Update 3: The app is a bit rough around the edges. Stuttery scrolling and some low-res graphics.
Update 4: Drive supports upto 30 different file formats. Some (like PSDs) cannot be previewed by the app but can be in the web version.
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Just unlocked my HOX and saw that their was an update notification.
It was Google Drive!!!
Apparently, the Docs app has been updated to Google Drive.
Still exploring. More to follow.
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I can confirm I have the same update on my LeeDroid 4.0 HOX
Me too, but when you have 49GB for free on Dropbox, why bother?
qpop said:
Me too, but when you have 49GB for free on Dropbox, why bother?
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It's free cloud space!
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qpop said:
Me too, but when you have 49GB for free on Dropbox, why bother?
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75GB through Box and dropbox
Any file size limits?
qpop said:
Me too, but when you have 49GB for free on Dropbox, why bother?
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Simple - Docs. That's my primary office suite. And I'm sure it will have a lot of other (free or otherwise) goodies to offer as well. Basically the ability to sync with all of Goog's services.
Also, Collaborative editing - A boon for people like me.
Support for 30 different types of file in the browser – including Photoshop and Illustrator files
Upto 16TB of purchasable space
It could go on and on... ;-)
http://www.theverge.com/2012/4/24/2...erms-of-service-comparison-avoid-google-drive
You will open your files, and will have a ad on blank lines of your excel
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Me too, but when you have 49GB for free on Dropbox, why bother?
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How is this accomplished, I need this.
Not to get off topic, but I will probably be getting Google Drive, as I do use Google docs quite extensively when working with teams. Looks pretty cool!
You mention that only 30 types of files are "compatible" with Google Drive. Do you mean that only 30 file types are viewable, or only up-loadable?
Look at http://www.google.com/policies/terms/ in "Your contents and our Services"
Hi everybody;
My G-Drive does not display my content on my GSII? anyone has this issue? It shows on my PC...
Tried Drive but it is not a patch on the dropbox app.
yeah i didnt want to get off topic but i thought we only got 25gb with dropbox, how did you get the other 25gb?
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Hi everybody;
My G-Drive does not display my content on my GSII? anyone has this issue? It shows on my PC...
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no issues at all here with my G-Drive the HTC One X. think you might be in the wrong forum my friend..Galaxy s2 is on a different forum stop drinking that whiskey
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no issues at all here with my G-Drive the HTC One X. think you might be in the wrong forum my friend..Galaxy s2 is on a different forum stop drinking that whiskey
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Ok. but i am not a drinker !
with box, dropbox and skydrive, with least 10gb of space, why would you go use google drive when it is only 5gb?
its out 2day if you dont have it yet.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/...DEsImNvbS5nb29nbGUuYW5kcm9pZC5hcHBzLmRvY3MiXQ..
dropbox only gives u 2gb. u have to get people to register to get more space. check out cx and minus, also.
i've got 4.6gb on dropbox, after playing with the beta and uploading lots of stuff for the increased space...
got 50gb on box.net, but 100mb file limit sux.
I have a box 50gb account but that is very hard to fill up with the 100mb max single upload limit so I'm all for Gdrive
Edit: has anyone actually gotten to use this yet it tells me mines not ready yet. I WANT lol
Ninja Edit: Just got an email
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pvtjoker42 said:
i've got 4.6gb on dropbox, after playing with the beta and uploading lots of stuff for the increased space...
got 50gb on box.net, but 100mb file limit sux.
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I've over 13gb on dropbox, all from referrals and the quiz they had. No size limit on files on dropbox seals it for me.
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I have a box 50gb account but that is very hard to fill up with the 100mb max single upload limit so I'm all for Gdrive
Edit: has anyone actually gotten to use this yet it tells me mines not ready yet. I WANT lol
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i got the same message that it is not ready and will notify me when ready. did not get an email saying ready but when i went back into the app it is working. just uploaded some pdf to test and no problems.
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i got the same message that it is not ready and will notify me when ready. did not get an email saying ready but when i went back into the app it is working. just uploaded some pdf to test and no problems.[/QUOTEw
what message is that. i just find it in the play store after reading that it was coming out 2day. i uploaded the miui fileExplorer, that was an quick upload but the new gapps-ics-20120422 that was an 15min upload. and you only email ppl with an link to view or edit.
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I've got unlimited on marcusant.com
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s89281b said:
i got the same message that it is not ready and will notify me when ready. did not get an email saying ready but when i went back into the app it is working. just uploaded some pdf to test and no problems.[/QUOTEw
what message is that. i just find it in the play store after reading that it was coming out 2day. i uploaded the miui fileExplorer, that was an quick upload but the new gapps-ics-20120422 that was an 15min upload. and you only email ppl with an link to view or edit.
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after installing the first time i opened drive there was a pop up message that said drive is not ready and ask if i want to be notified when it is ready.
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earlier there was a news posting about a developer that found a work around to start being able to use the service via the app, but now i can't find it. before you do though, i thought you may want to read something important.
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-57420551-93/who-owns-your-files-on-google-drive/?tag=cnetRiver
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earlier there was a news posting about a developer that found a work around to start being able to use the service via the app, but now i can't find it. before you do though, i thought you may want to read something important.
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-57420551-93/who-owns-your-files-on-google-drive/?tag=cnetRiver
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Its all friggin propaganda, read the WHOLE tos
"Some of our Services allow you to submit content. You retain ownership of any intellectual property rights that you hold in that content. In short, what belongs to you stays yours. When you upload or otherwise submit content to our Services, you give Google (and those we work with) a worldwide license to use, host, store, reproduce, modify, create derivative works (such as those resulting from translations, adaptations or other changes we make so that your content works better with our Services), communicate, publish, publicly perform, publicly display and distribute such content."
The first 2 sentences have been conveniently removed to stir up distrust. It only grants them the power to take your stuff and modify it better to fit in their services for you (keyword translation).
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most google products say that at one time or another. havnt find the unlocked one but did find one with an transparent widget only.
found the workaround for the ppl that get the not ready message:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=25263597#post25263597
In case anyone hasn't noticed, Google Drive seems to be rolling out automatically to Android devices. I have the app on both my tablet and my phone, but according to google my drive isn't ready yet.
Anyone else had theirs activated yet?
Memoreks
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memoreks said:
In case anyone hasn't noticed, Google Drive seems to be rolling out automatically to Android devices. I have the app on both my tablet and my phone, but according to google my drive isn't ready yet.
Anyone else had theirs activated yet?
Memoreks
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Hello here its works great
Just to clarify: It doesn't roll out automatically, it is an updated version of the Google Docs app. If you have Docs installed, it will be replaced by Drive. If you don't have Docs, you'll need to install Drive manually.
memoreks said:
In case anyone hasn't noticed, Google Drive seems to be rolling out automatically to Android devices. I have the app on both my tablet and my phone, but according to google my drive isn't ready yet.
Anyone else had theirs activated yet?
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The reason why you have a "Google Drive" app is because it was just an app update to Google Docs.
The apps update automatically, but people (myself included) are still waiting for Drive to get "turned on" for our accounts.
martonikaj said:
The reason why you have a "Google Drive" app is because it was just an app update to Google Docs.
The apps update automatically, but people (myself included) are still waiting for Drive to get "turned on" for our accounts.
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Weird. I turned it on via the web, downloaded the PC installer and the Android app.
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Weird. I turned it on via the web, downloaded the PC installer and the Android app.
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Yeah not everyone got that experience unfortunately. I had to click "notify me" and the web page and apps both tell me to wait until "your google drive is ready".
martonikaj said:
Yeah not everyone got that experience unfortunately. I had to click "notify me" and the web page and apps both tell me to wait.
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How lame.
adrynalyne said:
How lame.
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Tell me about it. I'm interested to see the integration vs. Dropbox, because honestly I have 9.25gb of free Dropbox storage and it integrates with OSX and Android perfectly, so it really needs to be good for me to check it out.
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Tell me about it. I'm interested to see the integration vs. Dropbox, because honestly I have 9.25gb of free Dropbox storage and it integrates with OSX and Android perfectly, so it really needs to be good for me to check it out.
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I can tell you right now that the integration is nowhere near the level of Dropbox. I was disappointed.
Although the price per GB if you pay for it is a lot better than Dropbox.
I'm getting the "wait until your google drive is ready"message also...
I'm from Spain BTW
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I can tell you right now that the integration is nowhere near the level of Dropbox. I was disappointed.
Although the price per GB if you pay for it is a lot better than Dropbox.
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Tbh they're both about the same integration, just a couple of things missing here and there from GDrive.
Personally I prefer GDrive purely because of how you can create, edit and share documents, as well as use it as an online storage service. You can't use Dropbox to edit documents. If Google gets around to integrating some of their other services into GDrive then it can really take off.
At the end of the day, it's been less than 24 hours since the birth of GDrive. Give it time to settle and mature.
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How lame.
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Totally
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I can't stand that it replace my Google Docs app. I don't associate my paper with backing up data. >__> and when I open "Drive" it still has the Docs icon.
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... and when I open "Drive" it still has the Docs icon.
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Mine doesn't. Try clearing the cache.
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Mine doesn't. Try clearing the cache.
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No need I restored Google Docs and disabled auto updating.
Thank you thou~
Meaple said:
Tbh they're both about the same integration, just a couple of things missing here and there from GDrive.
Personally I prefer GDrive purely because of how you can create, edit and share documents, as well as use it as an online storage service. You can't use Dropbox to edit documents. If Google gets around to integrating some of their other services into GDrive then it can really take off.
At the end of the day, it's been less than 24 hours since the birth of GDrive. Give it time to settle and mature.
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With dropbox, I can share a link very easily. Not so with Google Drive. There is no integration with context menus in Windows, and there is no Mac or Linux client. I am aware it is new, but what I said is still pretty true.
adrynalyne said:
With dropbox, I can share a link very easily. Not so with Google Drive. There is no integration with context menus in Windows, and there is no Mac or Linux client. I am aware it is new, but what I said is still pretty true.
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There's an OSX client.... no Linux tho.
My drive activated about 30 mins after I installed it. Haven't tested it fully yet, but it is somewhat limited from initial impression. Also, it is a Google app so it needs some time to mature. I thought everybody knew that we are perpetual beta testers by now.
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There's an OSX client.... no Linux tho.
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Mah bad.
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My drive activated about 30 mins after I installed it. Haven't tested it fully yet, but it is somewhat limited from initial impression. Also, it is a Google app so it needs some time to mature. I thought everybody knew that we are perpetual beta testers by now.
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You know what it reminds me of? Remember the old Gmail hacks to use it as storage?