[AccessD] DropBox alternatives

[Gustav Brock]

Hi John

I guess you already know: OneDrive.

It works. Indeed, it can be set to only _list_ large files, thus these don't download before needed.
For a free account, you have some GB diskspace. If paid, 1 TB or more.

/gustav

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Fra: AccessD <accessd-bounces+gustav=cactus.dk at databaseadvisors.com> På vegne af John Colby
Sendt: 25. januar 2024 14:24
Til: Access Developers discussion and problem solving <accessd at databaseadvisors.com>
Emne: [AccessD] DropBox alternatives

I apologize for using the group as a sounding board but we have a huge pool of experience.

My use case is two different laptops, both mine.  Both have DropBox on them.  I want to be able to use one machine while on the road and the other machine while at home.  It just rarely works as expected.  Half the time the files aren't synced.  Some files sync, others never sync (large TrueCrypt container files).

I started using DropBox years ago in an attempt to use its 'partial sync'
to speed up opening and updating large files.  DropBox claims to be able to figure out which specific blocks of a file have changed and update exactly and only those blocks, speeding up saving a large file.  The whole file no longer needs to be uploaded (in theory).  The issue of course is that updating a 100 mb file over a home internet with a mbit or two or ten upload speed takes minutes, or more.  Thus DropBox 'partial update' (which doesn't appear to work)

AFAICT that has never worked correctly and in most other metrics, drop box has been a constant PITA.  The UI is horrendous.  The locations on two computers don't match so, for example (and I do want this) opening a database with a linked BE doesn't work correctly since the 'path' to the BE is different on the two machines even though the BE is right there in the same directory as the FE.  And I have been unable to figure out how to uninstall DropBox on one machine and completely reinstall it, specifying a location on my D: drive (for example) .  DropBox seems to feel that it knows best where to place the local storage.

Anyway, I am about to move on and try to use something else.  Any recommendations?



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John W. Colby
Colby Consulting
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