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SkyDrive Explorer integrates SkyDrive As A Network Drive
In my previous articles, I’ve listed of ways to get the best use out of Windows Live SkyDrive. This has consistently been one of the most read posts on my blog especially around using Gladinet to set up Live SkyDrive as a network drive on your computer.
Recently, a new product has come into Beta, that allows for the same level of functionality and allows the user to set up their SkyDrive account as a network drive without going through extended configuration steps that Gladinet takes us through.
In all fairness, connecting via Gladinet offers many more options such as connecting to other types of cloud storage at the same time (for example, Google Picasa, Amazon S3 and Google Docs). SkyDrive Explorer only connects you to Live SkyDrive.
SkyDrive Explorer is a free product and is easy to use. It requires little to no configuration and allows the user to use their SkyDrive just like any other folder on their computer….
How to Install SkyDrive as a Network Drive via Gladinet (updated)
Recently I created a post (turned out to be one of the most popular on this site) to show how to install Live SkyDrive as a Network Drive using Gladinet.
At that time, Gladinet was still a Beta Program. Recently, they released Version 1 and there has been some significant changes to the instructions. I’ve now updated the post to properly reflect these changes.
I’m now using the free edition of Gladinet to connect to my SkyDrive, Google Apps and Google Picasa albums all via My Computer
You can find the article here: Set Up Live SkyDrive as a Network Drive via Gladinet
Hope this helps everyone!
Live SkyDrive – How To Set Up As Network Drive via Gladinet
Updated: 3rd June 2009 – to cater for Gladinet moving out of Beta and changed instructions to use the free version with updated screenshots and instructions.
Recently I talked about Windows Live SkyDrive, a facility that allows you up to 25gigs of storage space for free. The storage space is available anywhere and while its an excellent facility, it can get cumbersome dealing with uploading files and working through the web based interface.
Ideally, you want to have a folder structure set up on your computer so that you can just navigate through your SkyDrive just like you do any of your other hard drives. Gladinet is a cloud based service that does just that. It brings online applications and storage to your local machine.
Gladinet is a fully featured service that allows for (amongst others):
- Drive “mounting” (act of setting up an online storage like SkyDrive or Picasa or Google Docs as local hard drives)
- A Cloud based desktop that enables users to use online applications to work on local files.
- Task schedulers to cater for scheduled transfers of data (eg as backup)
- Smart file transfers that allows for encryption, compression and reliability.
- It allows you to upload images without resizing!! (If you use the web interface to upload images, they get resized automatically – this way it treats image files as data, so SkyDrive doesn’t resize or constrain the image in any way).
What we will do today is use Gladinet to “mount” our SkyDrive so that it is available on My Computer.
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