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Crazy that they don't mention Carousel. I've been really happy with it. Easy to send family links. Not tied to a social platform -- my wife and I share the s

Crazy that they don't mention Carousel. I've been really happy with it. Easy to send family links. Not tied to a social platform -- my wife and I share the same account with all iPhone photos uploaded/downloaded to family computer. Onedrive offers much of this, but its slow -- photos load relatively slowly on iPhone app, and videos constantly buffer. Carousel/Dropbox is instant. For me, the only missing feature is rotate/crop, but I can always do that on a desktop/laptop linked to Dropbox account, and all devices update.

hsshah 12y ago
+1 After few iterations, currently I too have landed with Carousel/Dropbox. It just works. Although, there are several features that it lacks related to editing. If Apple Cloud Photo service proves reliable, I might switch over (My family has all apple devices so makes it easy)
- hcurtiss 12y ago
  I admit Apple Photos and family sharing looks pretty slick. Unfortunately, while we use iPhones, iPads, an Apple TV, and several Airport Expresses (home audio), the home computer is still a Windows machine, and I use a Surface Pro 3 daily for work. I'm also wary of doubling down on Apple. Our next family machine may very well be an iMac, but I guess there's something attractive to me about keeping our data separate. I want to be able to pay Dropbox for a premium service that "just works" on every machine, no matter the OS. That way I can fluidly move to the next big thing without all the hooks (I struggled with a messy Google+ exit a year ago). Maybe I drank the Kool-Aid, but I'm one of those guys who think the Dropbox team is on to something. They need to work quick though. Google's move to decouple photos (and provide for auto desktop download) threatens to shake things up -- at least in our little household. My wife will love another transition . . .

hsshah 12y ago

+1 After few iterations, currently I too have landed with Carousel/Dropbox. It just works. Although, there are several features that it lacks related to editing. If Apple Cloud Photo service proves reliable, I might switch over (My family has all apple devices so makes it easy)

hcurtiss 12y ago
I admit Apple Photos and family sharing looks pretty slick. Unfortunately, while we use iPhones, iPads, an Apple TV, and several Airport Expresses (home audio), the home computer is still a Windows machine, and I use a Surface Pro 3 daily for work. I'm also wary of doubling down on Apple. Our next family machine may very well be an iMac, but I guess there's something attractive to me about keeping our data separate. I want to be able to pay Dropbox for a premium service that "just works" on every machine, no matter the OS. That way I can fluidly move to the next big thing without all the hooks (I struggled with a messy Google+ exit a year ago). Maybe I drank the Kool-Aid, but I'm one of those guys who think the Dropbox team is on to something. They need to work quick though. Google's move to decouple photos (and provide for auto desktop download) threatens to shake things up -- at least in our little household. My wife will love another transition . . .