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Introducing Backup and Sync for Google Photos and Google Drive

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Re: Introducing Backup and Sync for Google Photos and Google Drive

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Post by moultano »

nkkollaw wrote: post #37

I bought some extra space from Google for photos (which I have backed up in many places), my credit card didn't work for some reason, and they immediately downgraded my account to the free tier, with no warning. It might have been because there were actually no files taking up the extra space, but losing all my pictures because my CC didn't work and they don't have their $1.99 or being paranoid that that might happen…

The behavior in this case is that new uploads are blocked but your existing files remain.

https://support.google.com/drive/answer/2736362?hl=en "If you cancel your storage plan or when your storage plan expires, your storage limits will reset to the free levels for each product at the end of your billing cycle. Everything in Google Drive, Google Photos, and Gmail will still be accessible, but you won't be able to create or add anything new over the free storage limit. If you reach or exceed the free storage limit"

Re: Introducing Backup and Sync for Google Photos and Google Drive

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Post by icebraining »

arondeparon wrote: post #9

What surprises me most is the fact that there seems to be very little interest in meta syncing. I have far more files to store than there is capacity on my SSD, and yet, most of the cloud storage providers seem to offer only full or selective sync capabilities. What I would like to have is the ability to browse my entire file repository and "pin" certain files to make sure I can have the most critical stuff offline,…

git-annex ftw. All files are visible, and you can selectively "get" them from a remote node (including cloud storage), and then drop them from local storage when you're done. There's no file streaming, though, you have to download them upfront.

Re: Introducing Backup and Sync for Google Photos and Google Drive

#43

Post by nkkollaw »

moultano wrote: post #41
nkkollaw wrote: post #37

I bought some extra space from Google for photos (which I have backed up in many places), my credit card didn't work for some reason, and they immediately downgraded my account to the free tier, with no warning. It might have been because there were actually no files taking up the extra space, but losing all my pictures because my CC didn't work and they don't have their $1.99 or being paranoid that that might happen…

The behavior in this case is that new uploads are blocked but your existing files remain. https://support.google.com/drive/answer/2736362?hl=en "If you cancel your storage plan or when your storage plan expires, your storage limits will reset to the free levels for each product at the end of your billing cycle. Everything in Google Drive, Google Photos, and Gmail will still be accessible, but you won't be able to cre…

Ah, that would make me a lot more confident.

Don't a lot of people archive terabytes of stuff and just leave after 1 month, though?

Re: Introducing Backup and Sync for Google Photos and Google Drive

#44

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Re: Introducing Backup and Sync for Google Photos and Google Drive

#45

Post by jobass »

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Re: Introducing Backup and Sync for Google Photos and Google Drive

#46

Post by jobass »

arondeparon wrote: post #9

What surprises me most is the fact that there seems to be very little interest in meta syncing. I have far more files to store than there is capacity on my SSD, and yet, most of the cloud storage providers seem to offer only full or selective sync capabilities. What I would like to have is the ability to browse my entire file repository and "pin" certain files to make sure I can have the most critical stuff offline,…

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Re: Introducing Backup and Sync for Google Photos and Google Drive

#47

Post by mavendependency »

nkkollaw wrote: post #43
moultano wrote: post #41

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The behavior in this case is that new uploads are blocked but your existing files remain. https://support.google.com/drive/answer/2736362?hl=en "If you cancel your storage plan or when your storage plan expires, your storage limits will reset to the free levels for each product at the end of your billing cycle. Everything in Google Drive, Google Photos, and Gmail will still be accessible, but you won't be able to cre…

Ah, that would make me a lot more confident. Don't a lot of people archive terabytes of stuff and just leave after 1 month, though?

Gmail would refuse to recieve mail until you either free up space or upgrade. They share the same storage space.

Re: Introducing Backup and Sync for Google Photos and Google Drive

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Post by olegkikin »

My biggest problem with Google Drive is its pricing. Why is your 1TB $100/year, when pretty much every major competitor charges $60?

$100/yr would buy me 5TB with Microsoft OneDrive.

Even Apple, which usually has crazy margins on everything, gives you 2TB for $10/month.

Re: Introducing Backup and Sync for Google Photos and Google Drive

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Post by dkonofalski »

arondeparon wrote: post #9

What surprises me most is the fact that there seems to be very little interest in meta syncing. I have far more files to store than there is capacity on my SSD, and yet, most of the cloud storage providers seem to offer only full or selective sync capabilities. What I would like to have is the ability to browse my entire file repository and "pin" certain files to make sure I can have the most critical stuff offline,…

iCloud does this and, in my experience, it's been pretty good about it. I have yet to run into a file that I needed that wasn't already downloaded locally. Since it uses files based on timestamps, it does it reliably. The only thing it's missing is the ability to lock a file so that it's always available, regardless of last access time/date.

Re: Introducing Backup and Sync for Google Photos and Google Drive

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Post by dkonofalski »

nkkollaw wrote: post #36
arondeparon wrote: post #9

What surprises me most is the fact that there seems to be very little interest in meta syncing. I have far more files to store than there is capacity on my SSD, and yet, most of the cloud storage providers seem to offer only full or selective sync capabilities. What I would like to have is the ability to browse my entire file repository and "pin" certain files to make sure I can have the most critical stuff offline,…

Same here. iCloud comes very close, but it's horribly unreliable, and there is no way to keep it from delete certain files you might still be working with. I had gigabytes to spare, and it deleted a pretty big file while I had it open in Photoshop, I couldn't figure out why Photoshop wouldn't save it, and it was because iCloud had deleted it while I was using it. Now, it's been stuck at uploading 200 files/200 for ab…

How did that even happen? Had you not saved the file recently? iCloud chooses what to delete based on size and last access. If you were working on the file and had saved it at least once, it would be impossible for it to delete it.
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