cloud storage
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How to Download Your Samsung Cloud Data Before It Disappears
The Samsung Cloud storage service is on its way out. The shutdown is happening in phases depending on where you live — but one of the first deadlines has already passed for the U.S., Australia, UK, and most of Europe, aka “Group 1“. Group 1 users had until Wednesday, March 31 to directly sync their…
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Where to Back Up Your Smartphone Photos Online (and Why You Should)
A botched Adobe Lightroom app update on iOS accidentally deleted users’ photos and editing presets. Adobe responded to the widespread-bug reports and issued a patch to fix it so others won’t be affected, but it can’t recover any of the lost files.
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Check Your Android Right Now To See If Your Automatic Google Backup Is Broken
Google Drive’s automatic device backup feature is apparently busted for a number of Android users. So far, the bug has been reported on Google Pixel, Samsung Galaxy/Note, Motorola, OnePlus, and Huawei devices, and across both Android 9 and Android 10. That’s a large cross-section of Android devices, but the issue could be even more widespread.
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Is Dropbox Transfer Better Than Other Free File-Sharing Services?
Sharing files over the internet is nothing new, but the process has evolved since the halcyon days of finicky FTP servers and dodgy P2P programs. Now, it’s easy to send large files with a simple web app or cloud service, like Dropbox, and the latter is planning to make this even easier with a new,…