Several unusual applications Dropbox and other cloud services
Web Services Technologies / / December 19, 2019
Cloud storage services such as Dropbox, SkyDrive, Yandex. Drive and others become part of our reality and the computer have taken a worthy place in the arsenal of any user. One can argue about which of these services is the best, but in general, their utility has no one no doubt. Especially, that the scope of these cloud services already goes far beyond simple file storage. Today we want to introduce you to a few unusual usage scenarios Dropbox, SkyDrive, GoogleDrive and other similar services.
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Using portabelnyh applications
application portability allow to solve almost any problem that you need without clogging up your computer registry marks and other unnecessary files. Initially, these applications are stored and run from the usb-stick, but no one bothers you try to use this to Dropbox. So you on all your computers you can maintain the same current set of software.
Receive files from all users
If you need to get a few files from different users, you can use a special service
DropItToMe. You need to register with this service, then you will get a special page address and password. E-mail this information to the right people to you, you give them the ability to upload your files to a specific folder in your Dropbox. Read more in our review.Information on a rainy day
We have repeatedly heard the advice, recommending us to be sure to make copies of important documents, serial numbers valuable audio, video and computer equipment, contact information for emergencies and other useful information. This is especially important when preparing for a trip abroad, where they are lost or stolen can ruin your whole trip. Make scans, photos and the necessary entries and then save them in a special folder in your cloud storage. So you can access them from anywhere in the world, even if you were in some swimming trunks on the beach.
Storage of offline maps to route traffic
Google Chrome browser has a very useful function printing files in PDF format, about which we wrote here. Open Google Maps on your computer, run the route you want and send it to print and save to PDF format in your Dropbox folder, SkyDrive or GDrive. Thus, you will be able to prepare a collection of his route before the trip, which will be available to you from any device. Before leaving the hotel just upload to your smartphone or tablet today's route and he will not let you get lost, even in the absence of mobile phones.
Hosting for your website
If you are looking for a place to put unpretentious site, it is not necessary to look for hosting in one of the free or the more paid, services. You can use this to their cloud storage files. Here You will find instructions for Dropbox, and here - for Google Drive.
Search for her missing device
Dropbox client automatically communicates with the server when the device is connected to the network. Thus recorded ip-address of the connection. This can be used in the event that you have lost / you stole a laptop or smartphone.
To do this, go to your account in the menu in the upper right corner, select Settings. Go to the tab Security and Table My devices You see the list of sessions. And most importantly - when you hover the cursor on the icon you will be prompted with the network address of the last connection.
And what unusual scenarios using cloud storage had to use you?