As wisely dispose additional gigabytes in OneDrive

Many of our readers have followed the advice of the this article and received an additional 200 GB of cloud storage OneDrive. But here in front of them, a new problem: what to do now with all this wealth? Layfhaker help deal with this scourge and give you some tips where to spend extra gigabytes from Microsoft.

Storing backup copies of system settings and Windows applications

Open the configuration of Windows 8 or 8.1, and move on OneDrive tab. Here you can fine-tune the data to be stored in the cloud and how. Turn the background back up your documents, photos, system preferences, the list of installed applications and their data, and even passwords with bookmarks. Because of this you will be able to quickly recover everything you need when buying a new computer or access to the relevant documents from any computer connected to the Internet.

Backup applications and their data on Android

For the Android operating system, there are several programs to backup data to the cloud. One of the most powerful and at the same time is simple Easy Backup. She knows how to make backup copies of your installed programs and data, as well as contacts, ringtones, log calls, messages, browser bookmarks, and so on. You can customize the performance of scheduled backup after certain events or in manual mode. Along with saving on SD-card application can work with cloud storage, including OneDrive.

Thus, when flashing or buying a new phone, you only need to install a new device software Easy Backup, connect it to your account OneDrive, and it will be able to restore all your applications and data is in the form in which they were on the old phone.

Organization of general photographic archive

If you have a few different mobile devices, then sooner or later, before you have a question about the organization of the general fotohranilischa in which images will be merged with all gadgets. OneDrive for this could not be better. Firstly, you have there now is enough space, and secondly, it has a special section "Photos", which is designed to store and view photos.

Gallery OneDrive is able to show pictures in chronological order to show the slide show and detailed data about each image, allowing rassharivat pictures on social networks and send them via email mail. And yet it employs a very clever algorithm for automatic tagging, which is able to recognize the genre, location, people in the photo and other important parameters, so you do not have to do it manually.

To automatically download photos to devices running Android is convenient to use a popular program QuickPic. In recent versions, she has learned to automatically upload images taken by the camera of your device to the specified cloud service, including OneDrive.

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On devices running Windows and Windows Phone, this feature is provided at the operating system level, you only need to activate it in the settings.

Strimingovy own music service

If none of the existing online music services, you are not happy, then why not create your own? Places in OneDrive is enough to download even the most extensive music collection (well, not all, but the most favorite fit exactly), and special client applications provide her audition for the different platforms.

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As you can see, the options are the use of free gigabytes of free cloud service OneDrive, you can come up with more than enough. Or I forgot something and you can suggest other options?