{"id":582,"date":"2017-12-08T15:00:19","date_gmt":"2017-12-08T15:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.efolio.soton.ac.uk\/blog\/digitallearning\/?p=582"},"modified":"2020-12-02T11:54:29","modified_gmt":"2020-12-02T11:54:29","slug":"12-days-christmas-appbonanza-4-dropbox-google-drive-etc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/digital-learning\/2017\/12\/08\/12-days-christmas-appbonanza-4-dropbox-google-drive-etc\/","title":{"rendered":"The 12 days of Christmas – AppBonanza – 4. Apps for file sharing"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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In the modern world of hyper-tech, everybody has some type of mobile device be it iPhone, iPad, Windows mobile devices, and even more. Each of these devices uses a slightly different Operating System (OS), iOS, Windows, Linux, etc. the ability to pick and choose is great for individuality but there us one massive issue\u2026 Not all OS work together. Compatibility issues have always been a problem and moving documents from one device to another (or file sharing) is never as easy as you would like.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Along come online file sharing apps!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now, before we begin looking at some of the options available, a little disclosure. There are issues with the safety and privacy of these apps, especially with multiple attacks having been carried out on both Dropbox and Google Drive in the recent past. A lot of work is constantly being done by these companies to ensure that documents are safe and of course there are things you can do yourself to ensure the safety of your documents.
1. Change passwords regularly
2. Do not upload documents to the service from sites\/people you don’t trust.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Privacy issues aside, Online File Sharing apps can be extremely useful for productivity and the sharing of documents between OS.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Impact on your wallet:<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

FREE FREE FREE. You can get a personal account on all of these apps but they have limits on the amount of data you can store and nowadays even basic files can be quite large. But it gets even better. Most of these services provide unlimited (basically) data storage for education institutions!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Where to find it\/them:<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Once again, the usual places for mobile devices, on your choice of app store.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Key Features:<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Store any type of file online and have instant access to them anywhere, anytime, it almost makes it pointless to carry around a USB anymore. They also allow you to work on documents online as well as collaborating together on a single document. There is nothing stranger than seeing a document you are working on suddenly come alive with a team member working on it. It also means that if you are using Apple’s iOS (and don\u2019t have Office 365 downloaded, why not?) and want to work on a word document you are able to using the Online File Sharing app on an internet browser! Compatibility at last!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Store any type of file online and have instant access to them anywhere, anytime, it almost makes it pointless to carry around a USB anymore. They also allow you to work on documents online as well as collaborating together on a single document. There is nothing stranger than seeing a document you are working on suddenly come alive with a team member working on it. It also means that if you are using Apple’s iOS (and don\u2019t have Office 365 downloaded, why not?) and want to work on a word document you are able to using the Online File Sharing app on an internet browser! Compatibility at last!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What can I do with it?<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Apart from having access to any file, any time, any place. Collaborating with another team member where ever they are. There are a few interesting things you could do with these apps.<\/p>\n\n\n\n