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Originally Posted by OrangeBlossomBaby
Again, you MUST have internet access to use ANY cloud server. If you can't connect to the internet for whatever reason (like a hurricane when both cell service and internet service are down for awhile) then you CANNOT connect to the cloud, no matter which company is providing it.
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You must have internet in order to update files or to access files that are not already on your local drive. I use DropBox and every file in the cloud is already on my laptop’s drive.
If my primary device is my phone or iPad and the internet is not available then I’m simply out of luck. No USB drive or external drive will help get files to those devices.
So for me, a cloud drive is:
- Automatic - files I add or modify are automatically available on all my devices
- Universal - I have my cloud drives connected to a laptop running windows, an iPhone, an iPad, a Kindle Fire, and through a web browser on any device
- Available anywhere - I don’t have to carry a thumb drive and I couldn’t plug it into my phone anyway
- Relatively inexpensive - Some space on Google Drive is free, I pay for DropBox, I have some space on iCloud, and OneDrive comes with my Office 360 subscription
- Safe - I won’t lose it, drop it, fry it, and my cat won’t damage the port it needs
- Secure - I’m guessing here but I suspect I can block a stolen device from accessing the cloud drive