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From: Gwynne Harper on 23 Jun 2010 11:55 Peter Ceresole <peter(a)cara.demon.co.uk> wrote: > As she lives in London, cheapest and safest is to use my bus pass and > deliver it by sneakernet. Anybody got a better idea? Dropbox. Works a treat for this sort of thing and worth having as cloud storage in its own right. Gwynne -- My real email is net, not line.
From: Sara on 23 Jun 2010 12:06 In article <1912587465298983729.383918DannyTucsm-gmail.com(a)news.individual.net>, Danny T <DannyTucsm(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Ben Shimmin <bas(a)llamaselector.com> wrote: > > Peter Ceresole <peter(a)cara.demon.co.uk>: > > > I too was going to recommend Dropbox. I don't use it for sharing > > files > > externally -- just between my work computer and my laptop, and > > occasionally > > my iPhone or iPad -- but it's been a revelation. Great product. > > Another vote for Dropbox. > > I can't think of any reason why it wouldn't work in your case. > > I've been using a free account to send large TIFFs to a very non-techie > person. Works a dream. Another vote from here - I use it to keep folders in synch between home and work, and I did once use it to pass some printer software on to someone, it worked as well as anything else I've ever tried. -- Sara Run out of ideas for a sig for the moment
From: TOG on 23 Jun 2010 12:09 On 23 June, 15:53, real-address-in-...(a)flur.bltigibbet.invalid (Rowland McDonnell) wrote: > The Older Gentleman <totallydeadmail...(a)yahoo.co.uk> wrote: > > > Rowland McDonnell <real-address-in-...(a)flur.bltigibbet.invalid> wrote: > > > > Is there any way to tell if a site like that is safe, at all? > > > Use it until it's proved otherwise. > > > Simples. > > For those who like gambling with that kind of thing. > > For those who do not? > Whinging about it on Usenet.
From: D.M. Procida on 23 Jun 2010 13:49 Sara <saramerriman(a)blueyonder.co.uk> wrote: > > I've been using a free account to send large TIFFs to a very non-techie > > person. Works a dream. > > Another vote from here - I use it to keep folders in synch between home > and work, and I did once use it to pass some printer software on to > someone, it worked as well as anything else I've ever tried. I use it too, and it works beautifully. There are two things I don't like about it. One is that you need to put the items you want available on Dropbox to be in your Dropbox folder. This means moving them out of their usual place, where you'd like them to be. The second is more serious. From your Dropbox website, you can manage - and delete - items. That's OK, but it does mean that in effect all your Dropbox files are belong to Dropbox. If they screw something up at their end, it is possible that Dropbox could happily think all your Dropbox files are to be deleted - the ones on your computer. It's not likely, but it could happen. Daniele
From: Graham J on 23 Jun 2010 14:32
"D.M. Procida" <real-not-anti-spam-address(a)apple-juice.co.uk> wrote in message news:1jkjycm.z8b7jb11ke8o4N%real-not-anti-spam-address(a)apple-juice.co.uk... > Sara <saramerriman(a)blueyonder.co.uk> wrote: > >> > I've been using a free account to send large TIFFs to a very non-techie >> > person. Works a dream. >> >> Another vote from here - I use it to keep folders in synch between home >> and work, and I did once use it to pass some printer software on to >> someone, it worked as well as anything else I've ever tried. > > I use it too, and it works beautifully. > > There are two things I don't like about it. > > One is that you need to put the items you want available on Dropbox to > be in your Dropbox folder. This means moving them out of their usual > place, where you'd like them to be. > Can you not copy them to the Dropbox folder? -- Graham J |