Icloud or dropbox

Dan82

Guys

Someone might be able to help me , im looking at buying cloud space, ive a macbook, ipad and iphone 4s just wondering from people using them out there which do you think is better when buying one, icloud or dropbox

Be handy yo have the info before i buy



Thanks

Graham

Aren't they both free upto a pre-defined storage limit? Try them both see which you prefer.

Dan82

Graham wrote: »

Aren't they both free upto a pre-defined storage limit? Try them both see which you prefer.

I know they are but it isnt a huge limit and i dont have the time to try both moving stuff around so i said id ask someone that could advise that has used them in past

whiterebel

2 totally different products. You need to do some research on iCloud, as it's. It storage space per se.

Graham

I use both, iCloud for all the Automatic stuff, dropbox for larger files.

Kurn

Dan82 wrote: »

I know they are but it isnt a huge limit and i dont have the time to try both moving stuff around so i said id ask someone that could advise that has used them in past

I'd consider these two different products, in that you can dump any file you like on Dropbox for easy access on another PC/mac, but you can't on iCloud.

Am I wrong here? so if you need to do that iCould wont help.

RobbieTheRobber

Dropbox would allow you to share items with other people and non apple devices.

What are you looking to use it for mainly?
If its just backing up apple devices then icloud might be the easiest most integrated.

jakdublin

I use both but if I was paying for one, I'd go for Dropbox. It's easier to organise your stuff into folders. You only get 2gbs free space but over the weekend I bought 18gb extra space from some Asian supplier on Ebay for around €2.50. Between that and a few other free GBs I earned from Dropbox over the years I now have 25GB of space.

keith_d99

Totally different products - iCloud is used for storing iOS backups (including your camera roll by default).

Dropbox is used for anything.
I use both - phone backups (including photos) go to iCloud.

You can also hook your dropbox app with your camera roll - and all photos get backed up to dropbox also.
You also earn 3gb free extra storage space on dropbox allowing the Dropbox app to backup your camera roll.

When you run low on iCloud storage - delete old photos and videos from your iphone. You can still access these old photos through the Dropbox app.

Keano

jakdublin wrote: »

I use both but if I was paying for one, I'd go for Dropbox. It's easier to organise your stuff into folders. You only get 2gbs free space but over the weekend I bought 18gb extra space from some Asian supplier on Ebay for around €2.50. Between that and a few other free GBs I earned from Dropbox over the years I now have 25GB of space.

Asian supplier?!

jakdublin

Keano A Legend wrote: »

Asian supplier?!

Well, supplier from Asia then. Not sure where can you can buy Asians these days. Parnell Street maybe.

Keano

jakdublin wrote: »

Well, supplier from Asia then. Not sure where can you can buy Asians these days. Parnell Street maybe.

Is it legit? Will Dropbox not just spot it and remove it?

Dan82

keith_d99 wrote: »

Totally different products - iCloud is used for storing iOS backups (including your camera roll by default).

Dropbox is used for anything.
I use both - phone backups (including photos) go to iCloud.

You can also hook your dropbox app with your camera roll - and all photos get backed up to dropbox also.
You also earn 3gb free extra storage space on dropbox allowing the Dropbox app to backup your camera roll.

When you run low on iCloud storage - delete old photos and videos from your iphone. You can still access these old photos through the Dropbox app.

Sorry Mate but icloud is not just used for back ups, you can use it for spread sheets, docs, presentation and alot more, it just means you can only use between apple products.

It will do pics, music, apps, and back ups but far more to icloud than just that

iggy

Keano A Legend wrote: »

Is it legit? Will Dropbox not just spot it and remove it?

I bought 18gb Dropbox space for $5. That was a few months ago and all is good.
He uses your referral link and gets lots of accounts to use your referral .
If u have 2 accounts its $5 and this gets you an extra 18gb on each account.
Not sure if I can link to it here

Gergirl

Keith,
Can I ask you a question please?
I have iCloud and all my photos from my iPhone are up there now-can I delete them off my phone or do I need to use something like Dropbox.
I'm confused about the sync and am worried that if I take the pics off my phone they will also come off iCloud.
Thanks for your help,

keith_d99

GerGirl,

If you delete the photos from your phone, they will also go from iCloud. Within iCloud there is photostream - it keeps your last 100 photos (not sure of exact number), but they will disappear from there eventually. For that reason you need to back up somewhere else (harddrive or something like Dropbox). I

I find Dropbox the handiest. If you have installed on a PC - every time you plug your phone into USB - it will automatically back up any new photos.

Keith

keith_d99

Dan82 wrote: »

Sorry Mate but icloud is not just used for back ups, you can use it for spread sheets, docs, presentation and alot more, it just means you can only use between apple products.

It will do pics, music, apps, and back ups but far more to icloud than just that

True Dan - I guess the point I was getting at is that you can't just store anything in iCloud - in that way it's very different to something like Dropbox.

Gergirl

keith_d99 wrote: »

True Dan - I guess the point I was getting at is that you can't just store anything in iCloud - in that way it's very different to something like Dropbox.

Thanks do much Dan and Keith-the fundamental flaw in my plan is plain to see.....