But Amazon Cloud Drive is supposed to do more, and the problem is it doesn't—at least not nearly as well as many other cloud-based backup and storage solutions.

To backup, you upload your files to Amazon Cloud Drive from your mobile device or computer. On the computer, upload to the Amazon Cloud website, unless the file is over 2 gigabytes in size.

Looking for quick reactions from people who use long-time Mac backup software Arq. Created years ago as a way to harness Amazon S3 for individual/consumer backup, it now supports a wide range of ...

The music industry is not happy with Cloud Drive and Cloud Player, Amazon’s new online storage service that lets you stream up to 5GB of your own music files for free. Some in the music industry ...

Every so often, Amazon brings us something special.Its new Cloud Drive app isn’t one of those products. At best, it’s a week one prototype that should have never made its way to your phone or ...

Amazon Cloud Drive is a formidable new entrant in the cloud storage wars. Battling such heavyweights as Dropbox and SugarSync, you get 5GB of free storage just for signing up. (For details, see ...

However, the focus is now shifting to Amazon Photos and Drive will no longer be supported after Dec. 31, 2023. That offers users a very generous 17 months to adjust their cloud storage practices.

We also appreciated the ability to back up external drives and NAS devices. ... Unlike most tech and software markets, cloud storage providers often offer excellent ... Google Photos vs. Amazon ...

In a somewhat unwelcome late Christmas present, Amazon has slipped an end-of-life notice for its Amazon Drive cloud storage service. The platform is being supplanted by Amazon Photos, an almost ...

Amazon is pulling the plug on Amazon Drive, a cloud storage service that the company first launched in 2011, when it was known as Amazon Cloud Drive.. Existing users will no longer be able to ...

Amazon Cloud Drive is an online storage service for your data, with a focus on photos. While it's generous with space for backing up images, a dearth of features leaves it behind many other ...

But Amazon Cloud Drive is supposed to do more, and the problem is it doesn't—at least not nearly as well as many other cloud-based backup and storage solutions.