Comments on: Copy vs Dropbox UPDATED: iOS and Linux https://gregladen.com/blog/2014/04/19/copy-vs-dropbox/ Thu, 17 Sep 2015 13:52:03 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.8 By: Jhon https://gregladen.com/blog/2014/04/19/copy-vs-dropbox/#comment-479868 Thu, 17 Sep 2015 13:52:03 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/?p=19409#comment-479868 Dose anyone have problem appeared in this post:
http://www.psytky03.com/2015/04/copycom-vs-dropbox.html

]]> By: Greg Laden https://gregladen.com/blog/2014/04/19/copy-vs-dropbox/#comment-479867 Wed, 03 Dec 2014 14:50:23 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/?p=19409#comment-479867 In reply to Craig Whitmore.

Both dropbox and copy can have problems when there is an OS change. Dropbox on iOS Yosemite had a problem (working with Finder), for example. Is your app for copy totally up to date?

]]> By: Craig Whitmore https://gregladen.com/blog/2014/04/19/copy-vs-dropbox/#comment-479866 Wed, 03 Dec 2014 04:56:21 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/?p=19409#comment-479866 I’m currently running into a problem with Copy – it won’t sync my files to my iPhone 5S. Started out using Dropbox, switched most of my data over to Copy last year. Copy syncs well with my home / work computer (both OSX), but I can’t get it to update the files on my phone. Not sure if it’s an IOS 8 app problem or something more troubling. I may switch everything back to Dropbox and pay the $10/month for the sake of my sanity. Is anyone else having this problem with Copy?

]]> By: aroy https://gregladen.com/blog/2014/04/19/copy-vs-dropbox/#comment-479865 Sat, 22 Nov 2014 17:42:37 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/?p=19409#comment-479865 Here’s referral link for anyone interested to try Copy. Starting at 20GB for you and another +5GB for me.
https://copy.com?r=LMDyx2

]]> By: Fatih https://gregladen.com/blog/2014/04/19/copy-vs-dropbox/#comment-479864 Mon, 03 Nov 2014 03:27:33 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/?p=19409#comment-479864 Been trying Copy for a while and I’m pretty satisfied with its simplicity and function.
Here’s referral link for anyone interested to try Copy. Starting at 20GB for you and another +5GB for me.
Win-win!
https://copy.com?r=LMDyx2

]]> By: Damir https://gregladen.com/blog/2014/04/19/copy-vs-dropbox/#comment-479863 Sun, 03 Aug 2014 03:30:57 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/?p=19409#comment-479863 Guys, COPY is unfortunately shyte. I have tested it thoroughly and it suffers from consistent Time Out issues and very unreliable slow uploading. Just to show I am not the only one please go to the COPY forum on the link below and see for yourself, the thread was started over 1 year ago and still today there are people complaining abut the very same thing with very poor to no support at all.

https://copy.zendesk.com/entries/24998906-Copy-s-upload-VERY-slow

I did a test last night and dropped my work folder into the COPY desktop account, it has many folders inside it and the size is about 6.7Gig. I left the laptop on and went to sleep, today excited I went to check the progress and it showed me that COPY stopped copying after 50mb ‘Time Out Error’

DropBox has NEVER ever done this EVER!

I was testing the new awesome MEGA service also which gives 50Gig free to start with, its really awesome but I preferred COPY as it was the closest in features to DropBox, however its painfully slow as you can read from their very own thread and 12 months later nothing has changed. I did a test with a single zip file 35mb, it took the same time about 5:30min on MEGA, COPY and DropBox was actually about 1 minute longer my connection is not a fast upload.

I think if you have single files then upload them to Google Drive or MEGA, but if you have folder structures and depend on perfect accuracy then there is nothing better than DropBox I’m afraid. I mean I didn’t really want to spend $100p/yr on dropbox but after seeing the unreliability of the other providers, well, what price do you out on a peace of mind?

I just want stuff to work, also thought that Google Drive offered unbelievable service, I have 130gig with them for just under $2 per month, however if you have lots of folders with subdirectories and want to work on files stored in those folders GDrive might not be the best option, also seems slow to upload such a folder structure.

So for me, as I literally keep my current work folders inside DropBox and work on them, and need this synced to my Laptop and Work computer I will continue to use DropBox for that.

As soon as the project is finished I then make a zip and upload as a single file to Google Drive or MEGA from where I can send a download link to the client as well as leave as backup.

Long live DropBox! COPY is just not worth the hair on my head.

]]> By: Mosaji https://gregladen.com/blog/2014/04/19/copy-vs-dropbox/#comment-479862 Thu, 24 Jul 2014 18:27:49 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/?p=19409#comment-479862 Very good cloud service. I really love it

]]> By: Greg Laden https://gregladen.com/blog/2014/04/19/copy-vs-dropbox/#comment-479861 Mon, 07 Jul 2014 21:09:19 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/?p=19409#comment-479861 I’m learning that one problem with Google Drive is this: For data that exist in “packages” …. these are sets of files that look to an operating system like separate files but that look to a particular piece of software like a single “project” or file … it is essential that cloud services don’t mess with the files while they are being worked on. Software can “lock” files to prevent this, but Google Drive ignores “locking” and thus causes havoc with certain data.

I believe Dropbox is good at this, and I suspect Copy is too, but I’ve not determined that for certain yet.

]]> By: August Berkshire https://gregladen.com/blog/2014/04/19/copy-vs-dropbox/#comment-479860 Mon, 07 Jul 2014 20:27:43 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/?p=19409#comment-479860 Dropping Dropbox: Exploring alternatives

http://www.macworld.com/article/2449854/dropping-dropbox-exploring-alternatives.html#tk.nl_mwdaily

]]> By: Gamer https://gregladen.com/blog/2014/04/19/copy-vs-dropbox/#comment-479859 Mon, 07 Jul 2014 19:01:07 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/?p=19409#comment-479859 Somehow Copy’s referral system has a bug. Registering from this link I foung on internet gove you +5 GB a total of 25GB at start:
https://copy.com?r=LMDyx2
Have fun!

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