Re:Ask HN: What's your cloud storage option?
by ladberg on Wednesday January 10, 2018 @12:21PM
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I use a bunch of providers for different use cases:
My photos are all stored in iCloud because of the great integration between all my Apple devices. I have 2TB free from an old job but will have to switch to the 50gb for $0.99/month when that runs out. Also, I store my third-party password manager keychain in iCloud (I personally believe it has the best security).
The files I actively work on or have worked on semi-recently (school stuff, personal programming projects) are all in my Dropbox because I often need the files actually stored on my computer but also easily accessibly online from somewhere else. I only have 2.2 gigs of space, but it's fine because I'm usually storing plain text documents.
I use Google Drive for backups and any large files I don't need stored on my computer because I get unlimited space through university. This is usually an "upload and forget" type thing where I almost never go back and access the files, but still want them saved somewhere.
I use Youtube for saving video (I have a lot of drone footage). I upload hundreds of gigs of video to a private playlist. I don't need the original full quality videos, and would rather have ease of access from anywhere, so this works well.
My photos are all stored in iCloud because of the great integration between all my Apple devices. I have 2TB free from an old job but will have to switch to the 50gb for $0.99/month when that runs out. Also, I store my third-party password manager keychain in iCloud (I personally believe it has the best security).
The files I actively work on or have worked on semi-recently (school stuff, personal programming projects) are all in my Dropbox because I often need the files actually stored on my computer but also easily accessibly online from somewhere else. I only have 2.2 gigs of space, but it's fine because I'm usually storing plain text documents.
I use Google Drive for backups and any large files I don't need stored on my computer because I get unlimited space through university. This is usually an "upload and forget" type thing where I almost never go back and access the files, but still want them saved somewhere.
I use Youtube for saving video (I have a lot of drone footage). I upload hundreds of gigs of video to a private playlist. I don't need the original full quality videos, and would rather have ease of access from anywhere, so this works well.