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Read the new DropBox Terms of Service, and consider opting out of the new “Forced Arbitration” section (via: @Consumerist)

Posted by jpluimers on 2014/02/26

If you use DropBox, you might want to consider to opt out from the new “Forced Arbitration” part of their revised Terms of Service.

This is why: Why You Should Opt Out Of Forced Arbitration, In 3 Sentences – Consumerist.

Or switch to copy.com which offers more storage, and not such a legal limitation in their ToS.

Though the 2 gigabyte Twitter promotion has ended, they do give you: Read the rest of this entry »

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Copy.com can recover files, not from the web, but from the Windows and Mac UI (via Can I recover deleted files? : Copy)

Posted by jpluimers on 2014/01/09

Didn’t know this was possible in copy.com. In DropBox this is a breeze in the Web interface (full history of all files is accessible) but I always try to be better safe than sorry:

The Windows and Mac OS X user interfaces of the Copy.com tool can undelete files though: Can I recover deleted files? : Copy.

Good to know, as eventually I’m probably going to need this.

–jeroen

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Some cloud storage / online backup providers compared (DropBox, Sugarsync, Bitcasa, …)

Posted by jpluimers on 2013/07/31

I’ve been using a few cloud storage / online backup providers for a while on Mac and Windows now, with the primary goals of

  • being able to sync data between machines
  • having a backup online

Here are some pros/cons. Read the rest of this entry »

Posted in Cloud Apps, Development, DropBox, Encoding, Internet, Power User, SocialMedia, Software Development, Unicode | 4 Comments »