Online storage... new kid on the block

[jmilica]

Originally Posted by Ripplinger

It's odd that it works with SugarSync for individual files, but not with Copy. Still 20GB is very very nice indeed even without being able to back up a single file. I'm hoping to get enough space through signups to back up my photos too.

Well you can back up single file if you upload it through browser or if you put a copy of it in the Copy folder.
Maybe later on, when they create a base of users, they will make possible shortcuts for individual files as well.
Or
It might be I am wrong and just don't know how to do it.

[Sarah Rielle]

Hi All

Copy sounds very like google drive which I discovered last year and absolutely love! I think you get 5MB free and can share, have private etc

[kyteflyer]

Originally Posted by Sarah Rielle

Hi All

Copy sounds very like google drive which I discovered last year and absolutely love! I think you get 5MB free and can share, have private etc

Oh dear... its nothing like Google Drive at all. Apples and oranges. for one, it gives you 3x the space straight away, and through their system of referrals, the possibilities are almost endless. You cant get extra space at google without paying for it.

On copy, I am (so far) on 255GB. Try doing a comparison on that, with google, or any of the others.

[kyteflyer]

Originally Posted by treadlightly

Ok thanks, aliases only work for the app then, I was looking for confirmation of that. Currently my Calibre library is stored on Dropbox, so if I want to keep them synchronized, instead of keeping a back-up, I would have to upgrade my OS it seems.

Unless you have a really old Mac that can't take Lion and Mountain Lion, you'd be silly not to. I think you'll need to get Lion first, and thats through the app store. Make a copy of the file (put the copy in your downloads folder or an external drive) *before* you install, because it self deletes after install. You never know when you might need to reinstall and its a PITA to have to download again, esp if your data allowance is restricted.

[kyteflyer]

Originally Posted by Ripplinger

It's odd that it works with SugarSync for individual files, but not with Copy. Still 20GB is very very nice indeed even without being able to back up a single file. I'm hoping to get enough space through signups to back up my photos too.

Of course you can back up single files. All you have to do is drop one into the Copy folder on your computer, which the app created.

[Blossom]

Originally Posted by Sarah Rielle

Hi All

Copy sounds very like google drive which I discovered last year and absolutely love! I think you get 5MB free and can share, have private etc

Google Drive now gives you 15GB.

Competition is driving the free space up. Dropbox hasn't yet try to compete with Copy yet but they're going to have to soon.

[kyteflyer]

Originally Posted by Blossom

Google Drive now gives you 15GB.

AHHHHHH! *That* explains why my mailbox seems to have grown!!

Competition is driving the free space up. Dropbox hasn't yet try to compete with Copy yet but they're going to have to soon.

I think so... they were the first, and they havent increased the allowances much. That said, even though I was in one of the first groups to get it, so was everyone I know, so I didnt get many referrals, darnit. There's much about Dropbox that I prefer, but with my Copy allowance being so big now, I can afford to backup my photographs online, where I never could, before (over 90GB of Photos) In fact I am contemplating to reverting to Dropbox only for books, and using Copy exclusively for photography.

[Blossom]

Originally Posted by kyteflyer

AHHHHHH! *That* explains why my mailbox seems to have grown!!



I think so... they were the first, and they havent increased the allowances much. That said, even though I was in one of the first groups to get it, so was everyone I know, so I didnt get many referrals, darnit. There's much about Dropbox that I prefer, but with my Copy allowance being so big now, I can afford to backup my photographs online, where I never could, before (over 90GB of Photos) In fact I am contemplating to reverting to Dropbox only for books, and using Copy exclusively for photography.

I maxed out my Dropbox referrals thanks to MobileReads and Google search! Didn't take long at all but my Calibre Library is 12 GB! That's on top of my ebook library for books ready to sent to my Kindles. I also use DB for backups to my websites which are nightly and other personal files. It's getting crowded. I have 19.5GB and I have to say I really dislike the last update to the Dropbox desktop app. Now when I right click on it in my system tray I get a pop window that shows recently change files instead of the info I am use to looking for.

Copy's so far I uploaded my Calibre Library to. It didn't take long at all. The folder shortcut makes it easier to keep both Dropbox and Copy working together without losing more space.

[SeaWolf]

Thanks for this one. I've signed up and had a little play and it looks quite good.
If anyone is still looking to sign up, here's my referal link:
https://copy.com?r=gYmYLb

[kyteflyer]

Originally Posted by SeaWolf

Thanks for this one. I've signed up and had a little play and it looks quite good.
If anyone is still looking to sign up, here's my referal link:
https://copy.com?r=gYmYLb

Suggest adding your link to your signature as well, it will get exposure everywhere on site.

[JChip]

Thanks for all your posts!
I just signed up and uploaded 1GB files in no time
Now to find how to put my link in my signature

[jmilica]

Originally Posted by JChip

Thanks for all your posts!
I just signed up and uploaded 1GB files in no time
Now to find how to put my link in my signature

Just go to User Control Panel, go to Edit Signature and put the referral link there. If you don't want the whole link to appear (like in my signature) just put

[url=...........place for your real link]text you want to put[url]
in the last [url] put sign "/" before url but inside []

[Ripplinger]

Has anyone with a Kobo Glo (or any Kobo reader) able to connect to Copy.com to download books directly? When I try it, I can login, get to the Calibre Library directory, but when I try and go deeper into the individual author folders to grab a book, that's when the Glo just locks up. It eventually will pop up a message that a script is running do I want to cancel it or continue, but the reader is completely unresponsive at that point. My only option then is to do a soft reset with a paperclip to unfreeze it.

I can download from SugarSync which has the same exact directory structure without any problems.

[AnemicOak]

Originally Posted by Ripplinger

Has anyone with a Kobo Glo (or any Kobo reader) able to connect to Copy.com to download books directly? When I try it, I can login, get to the Calibre Library directory, but when I try and go deeper into the individual author folders to grab a book, that's when the Glo just locks up. It eventually will pop up a message that a script is running do I want to cancel it or continue, but the reader is completely unresponsive at that point. My only option then is to do a soft reset with a paperclip to unfreeze it.

I can download from SugarSync which has the same exact directory structure without any problems.

Tried it on the Aura and locked it up just as you described. I thought maybe using a mobile version of their site would work, but they don't appear to have one. No problems using DropBox.

[Loosheesh]

It locks up with my iPad as well (but it works fine with the Galaxy Player). Now I just simply search for a book by title and take it from there.