Author Topic: SkyDrive for desktops app is here (Read 7249 times)

MCD · « **on:** April 23, 2012, 01:09:18 PM »

https://apps.live.com/skydrive

http://blogs.msdn.com/b/b8/archive/2012/04/23/the-next-chapter-for-skydrive-personal-cloud-storage-for-windows-available-anywhere.aspx
http://www.neowin.net/news/hands-on-the-new-skydrive

Old hotmail/live users get free 25 gig upgrade from 7 gig so make sure you login to www.skydrive.com click on Manage storage and get your free upgrade from there.

Bye bye Dropbox.

Tasty · « **Reply #1 on:** April 23, 2012, 01:19:20 PM »

Lame. Both will be crushed by GDrive.

MCD · « **Reply #2 on:** April 23, 2012, 01:20:56 PM »

>Trusting Google with your files

Oh Andrex.

Tasty · « **Reply #3 on:** April 23, 2012, 01:32:51 PM »

> Trusting Microsoft period

Reb · « **Reply #4 on:** April 23, 2012, 02:16:35 PM »

BlueTsunami · « **Reply #5 on:** April 23, 2012, 02:18:53 PM »

Andrex can't wait for WiiU's NDrive or Nintendo Drive. 250MB of storage for 10 Nintendo Coins a month. Mama Mia!

fistfulofmetal · « **Reply #6 on:** April 23, 2012, 02:27:55 PM »

box.com recently had a deal to get 50gigs for free when you signed up for an account on their mobile app. its pretty boss.

Tasty · « **Reply #7 on:** April 23, 2012, 02:35:04 PM »

Quote from: BlueTsunami on April 23, 2012, 02:18:53 PM

Andrex can't wait for WiiU's NDrive or Nintendo Drive. 250MB of storage for 10 Nintendo Coins a month. Mama Mia!

I really wish Google and Nintendo would collaborate more but Goog's in bed with Sony.

TEEEPO · « **Reply #8 on:** April 23, 2012, 03:52:02 PM »

doesn't skydrive and other similar services have a file size limit of around 50megs and will automatically compresses any audio or video files you upload even if its well under the said limit

that's how it at least worked with skydrive when i used it for the first time a few weeks ago. completely useless.

recursivelyenumerable · « **Reply #9 on:** April 23, 2012, 04:13:15 PM »

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Old hotmail/live users get free 25 gig upgrade from 7 gig so make sure you login to www.skydrive.com click on Manage storage and get your free upgrade from there.

This should really be the subject line

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doesn't skydrive and other similar services have a file size limit of around 50megs and will automatically compresses any audio or video files you upload even if its well under the said limit

from TFA:

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Starting today, we are now offering:

Ability to upload large files – up to 2GB – and folders using SkyDrive for the Windows desktop or SkyDrive for OS X Lion.

MCD · « **Reply #10 on:** April 23, 2012, 04:42:27 PM »

Quote from: Borys on April 23, 2012, 03:07:35 PM

MCD works for M$?

I like to pretend.

Positive Touch · « **Reply #11 on:** April 23, 2012, 05:01:40 PM »

a 25 gig hotmail account; just what ive always wanted

Cormacaroni · « **Reply #12 on:** April 23, 2012, 06:39:24 PM »

oooh, iOS app too, this is fuckawesome

The SkyDrive web app is really handy but the desktop one is gonna rule. I use Dropbox all the time but the size limit drives me nuts. Having said that, if SkyDrive still has the (50mb?) filesize limit, it could be annoying.

Cormacaroni · « **Reply #13 on:** April 23, 2012, 07:28:28 PM »

awesome. The web one def. stopped me from uploading things much smaller than that but if that has been raised, I will be using the crap out of this for moving stuff to and from the iPad.

Cormacaroni · « **Reply #14 on:** April 23, 2012, 08:30:02 PM »

:doh

This only seems to install to the OS drive, on which I will never ever ever EVER have 25gb free so a bit fucking useless? I suppose I can use junctions to workaround but how fucking stupid are they not to offer a choice of install directories like every program in the history of programs?

Tasty · « **Reply #15 on:** April 23, 2012, 08:34:04 PM »

Quote from: Cormacaroni on April 23, 2012, 08:30:02 PM

:doh

This only seems to install to the OS drive, on which I will never ever ever EVER have 25gb free so a bit fucking useless? I suppose I can use junctions to workaround but how fucking stupid are they not to offer a choice of install directories like every program in the history of programs?

Dropbox doesn't (didn't?), had to hack up a bunch of symlinks for that reason.

Cormacaroni · « **Reply #16 on:** April 23, 2012, 08:35:34 PM »

can't remember how I did it but I have always had Dropbox on my D drive rather than C (I have a tiny SSD for the OS, and like 7TB of various other drives...)

recursivelyenumerable · « **Reply #17 on:** April 23, 2012, 08:50:43 PM »

I haven't tried it myself yet, but it says in the article that

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You can also customize the default root of the synchronized folder (to use a different drive, for example), and this option is available during setup of the SkyDrive app.

was this not there for you?

Tasty · « **Reply #18 on:** April 23, 2012, 08:51:08 PM »

I think it does allow you to select a location for the Dropbox "folder," that's what I assumed you meant with SkyDrive.

I remember hosting all my podcast eps on SkyDrive in the yesteryear, when it was in that "Wow Microsoft has basically forgotten about all the Windows Live stuff."

Cormacaroni · « **Reply #19 on:** April 23, 2012, 09:07:18 PM »

Quote from: recursivelyenumerable on April 23, 2012, 08:50:43 PM

I haven't tried it myself yet, but it says in the article that

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You can also customize the default root of the synchronized folder (to use a different drive, for example), and this option is available during setup of the SkyDrive app.

was this not there for you?

no, it just stuck it on C: without asking. I'm all for simple installs but ffs.

Uninstalled and re-tried it but it did the same thing. It also creates a 'SkyDriveTemp' folder on C: as well.

Oh well, no biggie. Will try again when they get their shit together.

AdmiralViscen · « **Reply #20 on:** April 23, 2012, 10:03:20 PM »

Can you mark off existing folders as skydrive accessible, or do you have to drag stuff into the sky drive folder like Dropbox?

recursivelyenumerable · « **Reply #21 on:** April 23, 2012, 10:34:10 PM »

They Dropbox

Quote from: AdmiralViscen on April 23, 2012, 10:03:20 PM

Can you mark off existing folders as skydrive accessible, or do you have to drag stuff into the sky drive folder like Dropbox?

It's been de-Meshed and Dropboxified.

AdmiralViscen · « **Reply #22 on:** April 23, 2012, 11:08:28 PM »

Cormacaroni · « **Reply #23 on:** April 23, 2012, 11:13:19 PM »

don't worry, it'll be de-SkyDrived soon enough, this being Microsoft

I'm having no joy with this at all. Shame. It also sounds like there is no option NOT to sync, meaning that it will push your 25gb (or whatever) of files to any PC or Mac you install it on. Which might be exactly what you want, or might destroy your bandwidth for the month. Needs a little tweaking I think.

Momo · « **Reply #24 on:** April 24, 2012, 12:55:23 AM »

I'm done with my skydrive and dropbox. I'll be moving my data over to google drive when it launches, just easier to manage all my shit from one login.

Tasty · « **Reply #25 on:** April 24, 2012, 01:12:47 AM »

Quote from: Momo on April 24, 2012, 12:55:23 AM

I'm done with my skydrive and dropbox. I'll be moving my data over to google drive when it launches, just easier to manage all my shit from one login.

Momo you're now my favorite Bore poster.

For the next 12 hours at least. Then I'll probably forget why I liked you.

Momo · « **Reply #26 on:** April 24, 2012, 04:44:46 AM »

Google drive price tiers

Select a plan:
05 GB ($0.00 USD per year)
20 GB ($5.00 USD per year)
80 GB ($20.00 USD per year)
200 GB ($50.00 USD per year)
400 GB ($100.00 USD per year)
1 TB ($256.00 USD per year)

recursivelyenumerable · « **Reply #27 on:** April 28, 2012, 01:06:49 AM »

OK, I finally installed this. You CAN change the folder location and the button to do it is right there in the setup sequence, but the layout of the screen that prompts you to change it is a bit odd and I can see how you might go right on by it without noticing that you can change the folder location.

Cormacaroni · « **Reply #28 on:** April 28, 2012, 10:24:31 AM »

For me the install process is entirely automated once I run the .exe. I did it 3 times so pretty sure I didn't miss anything. Just goes straight into 'installing..' and then it finishes without asking for any input from me. This could well be because I already had Live Mesh installed and it just kept those settings I guess.

recursivelyenumerable · « **Reply #29 on:** April 28, 2012, 11:31:59 PM »

Hmm, I also had/have Live Mesh installed and it still prompted me.

BTW, anyone know of a good third-party replacement for Live Mesh? I like the SkyDrive app but some of the features it dropped (ability to selectively sync certain folders only on certain PCs) are features I'd still like to have for certain things. I can keep on using Live Mesh but not sure I want to if it's dead code walking.

MCD · « **Reply #30 on:** August 14, 2012, 02:16:32 PM »

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Over the past months, we’ve shared our approach to building versatile personal cloud storage that can scale to a billion people. Today, we’re excited to announce the next step towards that vision, and how this brings the SkyDrive desktop apps out of preview:

SkyDrive.com - New, modern design for desktop and tablet browsers with instant search, contextual toolbar, thumbnail multi-select, drag-and-drop organization, and HTML5 sorting
SkyDrive for Windows desktop & OS X - Faster uploads for people around the world and tons of bug and performance improvements under the hood
SkyDrive for Android - A new app that lets you access, upload and share from Android phones
SkyDrive for developers – Apps built using our SkyDrive API can now store or access any type of file in a person’s SkyDrive, plus there's a new, easy-to-use file picker API for websites (similar to our file picker for Windows 8 apps)

With these updates and continued improvements to our back-end infrastructure, we’re excited to leave preview and unlock new possibilities for a billion customers with the upcoming releases of Windows 8, the new Office, and tons of devices and apps that connect to SkyDrive.