Hi Pascal, Just looked at Wuala in more detail and see that it does offer 5gigs free so might be of interest. I'll use the link you gave me if I download it!
Pete lcSQL Software <http://www.lcsql.com> On Thu, Jul 18, 2013 at 10:13 AM, Pascal Lehner <tat...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Pete, > > I also used Google Drive for a while, but when starting to scan all my > stuff I actually switched to Wuala about 2 years ago ( > http://www.wuala.com/en/) > - I only have one small paper-based folder with diplomas and stuff by now. > > Wuala offers about the same features including team options as the other > apps, but with one (for me) important feature: end to end encryption. So do > not loose your password! And since Wuala is a Swiss company based in > Switzerland (now owned by French LaCie), there actually is some laws > protecting my data from being opened without any court order by someone > else (apart from the fact that Wuala cannot access my files at all since > they are only stored encrypted). They offer clients for Win, Mac, > Linux, iOSand Android; some sort of web-based access is also possible, > but due to the > encryption it basically runs a install-free client when starting web-based. > Wuala offers backup, selective sync and lots of other stuff as well. The > only thing I sometimes miss when setting up a new computer is a > LAN-internal direct sync, since that would be quicker.. > > I spent quite some time finding the perfect solution for me back then and > am still absolutely happy with my selection. Support is also very quick. > > Wuala might be a bit higher priced than other services, but depending on > the amount of data you actually have it is absolutely worth it. > > Best regards, > Pascal > > P.S. I know this sounded like a sales pitch, but I am just one happy user > without any ties to them.. Only thing I gain is if you chose to click this > link ( http://www.wuala.com/referral/KBH7MG6PG3GJHMBCBP6H ) instead of the > above when signing up since this will give me a gigabyte for free for a > year ;-) > > > On 18 July 2013 17:50, Peter Haworth <p...@lcsql.com> wrote: > > > I've been using Google Drive for quite a while but have started having a > > lot of problems with it resulting in complete re downloading of all my > > files on several occasions - that takes a couple of hours and Drive chews > > up 100% of my CPU while it's happening. > > > > Just installed Skydrive to see if it works any better. All is good so > far > > except that it seems to have the WIndows file naming restrictions in it > - I > > got some files that couldn't be sync'd because they included characters > > like period or colon - not good for Mac users. > > > > I can probably live with that but wondering if anyone on the list uses > > Skydrive and would share their experiences with it. > > > > Pete > > lcSQL Software <http://www.lcsql.com> > > _______________________________________________ > > use-livecode mailing list > > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > > subscription preferences: > > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > > > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > subscription preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
