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Google’s new file-syncing service is finally available, and it looks pretty great. But how does it stack up against the current king of file syncing, Dropbox? Here’s where each app shines (and falls short).
File-syncing service Dropbox is magical — even if it’s got a fresh new competitor. It syncs files between your computers and the web hassle-free… except when the file’s taking too long to sync. If you’ve ever stared impatiently at Dropbox, waiting for a file to sync, there’s likely an easy solution.
Google Drive, the long-rumoured web-based file storage tool, launches for real today. It’s a little Dropbox, a dash of Google Docs, all with the amazing organisation and search power you’ve come to expect from the people that created Gmail. Here’s what it has in store.
Chrome: Heavy Google Docs users know it can be a pain when you get an email with an attachment — even if it’s in Gmail — and want to save it in Google Docs for later. You have to view the attachment first, and then click to save it in Google Docs, and even then it only works if it’s one of a few file types. With the Gmail Attachments to Docs extension for Chrome, saving one or all of your attachments is as easy as clicking a single link.
Desktops aren’t meant for clutter, but they often end up as a repository for our daily work until piles of icons make it nearly impossible to find anything at all. As insurmountable — or at least time-consuming — as this problem may seem, you can get your desktop under control pretty quickly with the help of these three icons.
Mac: The Photo Stream feature in iCloud is a handy way to keep your files in sync across devices, but it’s lacking an easy way to pull a single image out of a folder for quick use. If you’d like a truly simple and seamless way to pull your photos from the cloud directly to your desktop, designer John Marstall has a simple trick.
Mac only: iPackr is a free Mac app that, unlike many other unarchivers for OS X, gives you the option to preview and manually extract the files in an archive.
Windows does not have very many options for quick file uploading, and the ones that do exist aren’t fantastic. The best of the pack is probably FluffyApp, which uploads to the previously mentioned CloudApp service via drag and drop.
The Mac is a lucky platform because it has so many great ways to quickly upload files with a simple drag and drop or stroke of the keyboard. Among all the options, Dockdrop is our favourite thanks to its simplicity and versatility.
Mac: iOS blog iDownload Blog found a hidden feature in Apple’s new Messages app that allows you to send any file type between your Mac and your iPhone instantly. The iPhone can open video, text, photos and music, but the files are stored in a folder that can be accessed on a jailbroken device.
