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This isn't even an Apple specific use-case. There's real opportunity for Dropbox (if they stopped syncing everything everywhere), or Flickr (if they suddenly m
by buro9 14y ago
This isn't even an Apple specific use-case.
There's real opportunity for Dropbox (if they stopped syncing everything everywhere), or Flickr (if they suddenly made really great native clients) to sew this up.
Google probably hasn't a chance in hell given the neglect that they're showing to Picasa.
- threeseed 14y agoDropbox definitely knows about it. https://www.dropbox.com/features/photos https://www.dropbox.com/features/photos
- kmfrk 14y agoFlickr's new client is pretty bad all-around. I wouldn't bet on them to get it right, much as I would.
- mathias 14y ago> Dropbox (if they stopped syncing everything everywhere) Dropbox has offered selective sync for a while now.
- mtgx 14y agoIsn't Google+ pretty good for photos? You can even auto-sync photos to it. In fact it was one of the very first to do it, long before Dropbox and iCloud.
- twistedpair 14y agoI think it is the best design. I don't even think about uploading or sharing photo's. They're just there! Plus, set it to Wifi only and you'll not waste your precious 3/4G's.
- bjhoops1 14y agoGoogle+'s photo sharing/storing system is great. Unfortunately, right now you have to use a third-party app if you want your G+ Instant Upload album to automatically sync to a Google Drive folder. I'm surprised Google hasn't added this feature yet. Perhaps they are intentionally refraining in order to try to induce people to share on G+?
- josteink 14y agoGoogle probably hasn't a chance in hell given the neglect that they're showing to Picasa. Ironically enough, none of the ones you suggest handles this well yet, but this is already handled decently enough via your one rejected candidate: Google+/Picasa sync on Android.
- buro9 14y agoWith Picasa support for Linux dropped (what do Googlers with Goobuntu do?), this remains unsolved for me.
- josteink 14y agoI never used Picasa on Windows nor Linux, but all the pictures are available via Picasa Web as well, and you can download full albums there. Not a full on sync solution with client-PCs, but you do get access to the pictures (via the web) which means you don't get locked in like people using Apple-stuff.
- lucian1900 14y agoAnd picasaweb.google.com now redirects to Google+ Pictures.
- Andrex 14y agoYou can still get them all from Google Takeout: https://www.google.com/takeout/?pli=1#custom:picasa https://www.google.com/takeout/?pli=1#custom:picasa
- lucian1900 14y agoI wasn't criticising, I like Google+ Pictures since they're all private by default, but sharing is even easier than it was with picasaweb.
- tommoor 14y ago"Dropbox (if they stopped syncing everything everywhere)" THIS.
- orofino 14y agoThey do offer selective sync which can be configured on a folder level in the settings. I've been using this for a while now to save space on device like the MBA with limited space on solid state drives.
- fakeer 14y agoSelective sync as in I'm syncing one folder at ~/a/b/c, another at ~/g/h/j and at /whatever/ etc etc?
- jonknee 14y agoAs in on device X don't sync folder Y. If you have a photos folder with 100GB of images you can set it so that your MacBook Air does not sync that folder but does get your other Dropbox folders.
- itsybitsycoder 14y agoI'm pretty sure SpiderOak offers this feature, as well as an option to not sync specific folders on specific computers.
- nkorth 14y agoI have a Dell Mini with a tiny SSD, and I use selective sync to only sync my Documents folder. I then symlinked ~/Documents to ~/Dropbox/Documents. It works quite nicely. (and I do sync a few other folders, this is just an example)
- tommoor 14y agoIt's not the same, if you don't sync the folder then you can't easily add to it or view the contents? On mobile you can add and view files in unsynced folders easily - they just download on demand.
- Shorel 14y agoI think UbuntuOne already solves all those problems.