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1. #DOWNLOADING FROM PCLOUD DRIVE HOW TO#
2. #DOWNLOADING FROM PCLOUD DRIVE FOR MAC#
3. #DOWNLOADING FROM PCLOUD DRIVE TRIAL#
4. #DOWNLOADING FROM PCLOUD DRIVE PC#
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From the Web app, you can view all your photos. Because Amazon Cloud Drive doesn't offer scheduled backups or file-syncing, you won't find any file-versioning.Īs mentioned, the Amazon Cloud Drive handles photos better than anything else. In the Web app, you can create folders to organize your files, rename files, move them around, and so forth. You can upload entire folders this way as well. I uploaded six short videos weighing in at 166MB together, and Amazon Cloud Drive sucked them up fast (I was using a wired Ethernet connection). The Web app has an uploader tool that supports drag-and-drop uploading, too. It's better to just use the Web app entirely and not bother installing the desktop apps at all.

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But you can get that functionality, plus a lot more, from the Web app. The app lets you drag and drop files into an uploader to make a copy of them in your Amazon Drive Account, and there's a one-touch button for downloading all your files from the cloud, should you need to restore them. I installed the Mac desktop app but found it to be pretty much useless, and the Windows application mirrors it in this. Amazon Cloud Drive is also built into Amazon Fire TVs ($69.99 at Amazon) (Opens in a new window) and the Amazon Instant Video app for other smart TVs and supported devices, so that you can see your photos on the very biggest of screens.

More importantly, Cloud Drive is built into Fire phones, similar to how Apple iCloud Drive is built into iPhones and iPads and OneDrive is built into Windows Phones.

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That's the same price as IDrive, which also offers unlimited space, but comes with many more features that really add value.Īmazon Cloud Drive has desktop apps for Mac and Windows computers, plus mobile apps for Android and iOS. Increase your annual Amazon Cloud Drive payment to $59.99, and Amazon removes the ceiling on all your limits: unlimited storage for everything. And by "back up," we're talking about putting a one-time copy of a file into the cloud, not continuous backup or scheduled backups, like you get with a dedicated backup program such as IDrive or SOS Online Backup (another PCMag Editors' Choice). All this space is for backing up your files, not syncing them. If you have an Amazon Prime account, unlimited photos plus 5GB is included in your membership. Note that a Cloud Drive account is always tied to an Amazon account.įor a mere $11.99 per year, Amazon will give you unlimited photo storage, plus 5GB of space for videos and other files.

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If you're interested in the new unlimited storage plans from Amazon, you can get a free three-month trial just by signing into your Amazon account and hitting up the Cloud Drive page. (Opens in a new window) Read Our SpiderOak One Backup Review Flickr has mobile apps with auto-upload features, too, just as Amazon Cloud Drive does. And if you'd rather upload your photos to a more photo-specific service, don't forget Flickr's ($0.00 at ) (Opens in a new window) free terabyte of space. If you want syncing and unlimited, automated backup, IDrive ($15.90 For First Year at IDrive) (Opens in a new window) can serve you well. But if you need a comprehensive file-syncing and backup solution with editing and collaboration tools built-in, you'll want Google Drive or Microsoft OneDrive, which are both Editors' Choices. If you're an Amazon Prime member for other reasons, you'll probably want to make use of all that included space. However, if you're in the market for a dedicated photo backup solution and nothing more, Amazon Cloud Drive has a sweet deal. Cloud Drive has limited sharing capabilities, no collaboration features, and a desktop application that's fairly worthless. It doesn't offer file-syncing, for example, so forget about having on-device access to the latest version of all your documents and images. But Amazon Cloud Drive is supposed to do more, and the problem is it doesn't-at least not nearly as well as many other cloud-based backup and storage solutions. Amazon Prime members get unlimited storage for images, and non-members can pay just $11.99 per year for the same privilege. Want enough space to store all those pictures from family birthday parties, vacations, and holidays? Amazon has you covered. If you think of Amazon Cloud Drive as a boutique service for backing up only your photos and nothing else, it's a wonderful and simple solution.

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