Tomas Chlebek "Hey, iPhone users… now you can get 30 GB of free storage with OneDrive" - that's the headline of the latest article on Microsoft's blog. The rest of the article is no less sarcastic, although the offer is indeed potentially interesting from the user's point of view. Its only drawback is that it requires a Microsoft account. Of course, it can be set up easily and for free, but the bottom line is that it is simply another opportunity to fragment the user's cloud storage.
Although the offer is valid for iOS, Android and Windows Phone users, Microsoft is mainly responding to the problem of many users who, excited to install iOS 8, had to deal with a lack of space on their device.
iOS 8 is not only the biggest in terms of new options, but also in terms of free space for installation (after that, the system does not take up significantly more space than iOS 7). One solution is to perform the update while connected to a computer that requires less free space. The second is to upload some data to OneDrive.
The free storage here is divided into two parts – the basic one is 15 GB for any type of files, the other 15 GB is for photos and videos. For free access to the second part of the storage, it is necessary to turn on the automatic upload of photos and videos (directly in the OneDrive application) until the end of September. For those who already have automatic uploads turned on, the storage will of course be expanded as well.
With this move, Microsoft is not only helping iOS users (and others) free up more space on their devices, but also gaining new and potentially paying customers. If you don't have a problem with such an approach, and even in light of the recent leaks of private photos of celebrities, you're not worried about your data, then go ahead.
The rule applies, I don't put anything on the cloud that I would have a problem with someone else seeing.
I also wondered what the "celebrities" were able to take pictures of and send. What normal woman thinks of taking a picture of her vagina and uploading it to the cloud :)
Well, I don't really believe that these are iCloud photos, taken with an iPhone. iPhone has one of the best camera, and most photos were around 100k. Is not it strange?
I'm not talking about a certain phone and a certain cloud service. This is generally true. Those ladies had personal photos stored somewhere in such a format that I wouldn't even think of taking such a photo :)
Well, I think another company has a problem with the attack on celebrity photos :) Otherwise, Microsoft is the best in terms of cloud storage. If you really need more space, it's worth buying office 365, which you get 1 TB per user, i.e. a family plan of 5 TB in total! And as a bonus, office is available on a computer and tablet :)
I see a capacity of 30GB without activating automatic upload.
“…but it also acquires new and potentially paying customers. If you don't have a problem with that kind of attitude…” What kind of attitude?! What problem?!
Yeah, I better read that part twice to make sure I got it right. Mr. Chlebek is quite a philosopher, isn't he :)
Does icloud also back up videos? OneDrive can do that. I once came with everything on my iPhone and thought I had photos and videos backed up on Photostream. Unfortunately there were no videos.
Not in the photo stream of the video, but if you create a shared album and put them there, then yes .. there are some limits, but usually it's enough ..
Hm... great... but the basic thing of how to use a different MS account for OD on an already logged-in PC with 8.1 is NOT-RE-SI-TEL-NY problem :o(
Example: own MS account with OneDrive on X PC and NB at home ... and the need to use this store, for example, at work with an MS domain and a different login.
I don't really understand that. Anyone can log in to onedrive.com and it doesn't matter what account the PC is currently logged into.
Yes, that's right... I meant the client integrated into the OS, drive a separate app.
So, of course, the application integrated into the system is tied to the account to which the PC is connected. But if I need to access OneDrive from a PC where I can't log in, I can use the web interface. So it's an easily solvable problem and I can access photos and videos from anywhere. Maybe even at work :)
It is tied to the account under which you are logged into Windows. It is enough to log into Windows under a different account.
of course ... I understand that and everyone who solves it on the forums ... but there is no way to talk about the synchronization of those folders. I hope they read that it is not user-friendly. As long as it was possible to log in separately as DropBox, OwnCloud, etc., it was useful. If a group of people wants to create a shared storage for fun, work, etc., then they are in trouble... everyone is logged into their MS account at home.... and that it is possible to share some folders vim. ;O)
Why should a group of people be bothered when items are shared between multiple accounts? I have my own account, my wife has her own account and my daughter has her own account. We all see each other's photos, videos, documents, etc... (that is, only those we want the other to see), me and my wife can even edit them at will. We all have different PC login accounts, we all have different systems on our phones. And I kind of don't care if I'm working in File Explorer or the OneDrive.com web interface. I really don't see a major problem why anyone should be bothered!?!
A group of people need shared storage on one computer for what? If it's not a pissed-off attempt to have more capacity using several accounts, which Microsoft rightfully opposes.
A group can work on a joint project. Not everyone just stores tons of photos, you know? The days of FTP are gone ;o) hence the cloud. MS simply changed the way of use in 8.1. And this is a sigh of relief over the senseless restriction. No one has a solution = in this case the only option is to leave OD. Accusations of being out of date are laughable :o) you know, when several people use one account, they share this capacity and they really don't have "more", but I understand that you are thinking in "Czech" :o))) even if you don't know what you are talking about. So thanks for the answers, web access is the only thing to help, otherwise it's a solution, searching why it's great that it doesn't work :o)))))) just MS access. ;O)
I guess I don't get it somehow. That's what shared folders are for, after all, and they sync normally.
The data leaked from iCloud and not from OneDive, so I don't have any problems with OneDrive and I can easily access it from a PC at work, from a Mac at home and when traveling from an iPad, iPhone, or Windows Phone. Just a parade, as I have important documents, a complete family library of photos/videos with me at all times.