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HOT! Cloud Drive, Unlimited Storage/$60 a year!!! US ONLY

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Sr. Member
Jul 15, 2003
515 posts
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Toronto
roggers wrote: Office365 is great but, extremely slow on OS X (has taken over a month to upload 400 GB especially since it does it "one file at a time" and needs to process/scan all directories every time it launches). There is no harm in having multiple services (i.e. Amazon Cloud for Photos which is dirt cheap).

Amazon's desktop app for photos is incredibly fast, capping my upload speeds at nearly 9GB per hour or 216GB for a full day.
Personally, using the Windows 8.1 client has been pretty fast for me, maxing out my upload. Unfortunately, I have pretty slow upload so it takes me a month to upload a TB.
spammy wrote: Their client is written in C#, so no official client for now.

Having said that though, their API seems to be pretty easy/standard to access so I won't be surprised if people come up with the Python client in a few days' time.
I'm currently working on a Python client to upload/download files from the command line. I hope to have something done in a few days, though it may not be too robust.
Prestox wrote: There's a file size limit of 2GB. It may be an issue for some.
Amazon support indicates that the file size limit applies to web uploads and the Mac/PC clients don't have this limitation. I haven't tested the API yet so I don't know if that has the same limitation.
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Nov 18, 2012
1733 posts
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Toronto
Quick question,

If I discontinued pay the annual fee, could I continue to down file I had upload, or could I reactive it after couple years?

Thanks in advance.
Simple is the best.
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May 6, 2007
1413 posts
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Ottawa, On
blackart wrote: Quick question,

If I discontinued pay the annual fee, could I continue to down file I had upload, or could I reactive it after couple years?

Thanks in advance.
It appears you can always download but just not upload anything new.
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Sep 9, 2006
6564 posts
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Comox Valley , BC
I had signed up 4 yrs ago for Amazon.com's free 5gb cloud plan. Yesterday I received an email that that plan is no longer available and that I have to choose one of the 2 new plans. So I guess after the 3 month trial, I won't have 5Gb free and I'll have to pay at least $12 for unlimited photo storage.


I see that Shutterfly has a new cloud photo storage plan called 'This Life' that's free - may try that - https://www.thislife.com. Looks like it has good sort/tagging capabilities....(I posted this in the freebies section - free-unlimited-photo-storage-thats-life ... st22021791)
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Apr 1, 2013
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The lack of Linux support from companies that build their entire foundation on Linux (Amazon, Google, etc) is disgusting.

Dropbox + Copy both have fantastic Linux clients if this is important to you.
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May 6, 2007
1413 posts
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Ottawa, On
pathfinder35 wrote: I had signed up 4 yrs ago for Amazon.com's free 5gb cloud plan. Yesterday I received an email that that plan is no longer available and that I have to choose one of the 2 new plans.


I see that Shutterfly has a new cloud photo storage plan called 'That's Life' that's free - may try that - https://www.thislife.com. Looks like it has good sort/tagging capabilities....
The question is does it support RAW? Most sites that claim unlimited storage are for jpeg only which is more or less useless to all but the most basic of photographers.
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Oct 6, 2014
1315 posts
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Toronto, ON
Just noticed that Amazon is offering unlimited cloud storage for $59 per year + 3 months free.

That's probably the cheapest cloud storage service per year. (But not the most user-friendly compare to drop box, google drive etc.)

So I wouldn't say its a HOT deal, but pretty good if you only need to store files online and nothing fancy.

NVM. This seems like a repost: amazon-com-hot-cloud-drive-unlimited-st ... y-1702619/

Sorry guys. Please delete.
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Dec 10, 2003
290 posts
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While a good deal, I think the photo storage unlimited is better at $12/yr...
If I am spending this much per year, isn't Office 365 Personal a better value considering you get office included for like $6 more/month?
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Dec 8, 2002
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Oakville
tabishz wrote: it's only for photos.. nothing else is unlimited.
"Securely store all of your photos, videos, files and documents for just $59.99 per year."
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Nov 1, 2005
1443 posts
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Calgary
tabishz wrote: it's only for photos.. nothing else is unlimited.
That is if you have amazon prime, this is something else. I believe this is also $59 USD as amazon.ca only has photo storage or high priced storage above 5gb currently.
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Mar 14, 2003
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zebek wrote: While a good deal, I think the photo storage unlimited is better at $12/yr...
If I am spending this much per year, isn't Office 365 Personal a better value considering you get office included for like $6 more/month?
Is it possible to get unlimited photo storage without a Prime membership??
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Apr 17, 2014
1310 posts
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Montreal QC
Does Amazon have a 20,000 file limit like with Office 365 1TB deal?

I am looking for something that has no file limit but is affordable. I create electronic jazz on the side and have accumulated a significant amount of samples/music files/clips, etc. over the years which far exceeds the 20k limit and I find cloud storage is infinitely more reliable.
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Oct 6, 2014
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Toronto, ON
i think office365 now offers unlimited storage also. it would cost a little more than amazon but you also get access to the office suite.

i would also be good up to 5 users. so perhaps it would work out even cheaper...
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Feb 18, 2013
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MontrealBonjour wrote: Does Amazon have a 20,000 file limit like with Office 365 1TB deal?

I am looking for something that has no file limit but is affordable. I create electronic jazz on the side and have accumulated a significant amount of samples/music files/clips, etc. over the years which far exceeds the 20k limit and I find cloud storage is infinitely more reliable.
Office 365/Onedrive does not have a 20,000 limit like people are trying to suggest - that's only for Business customers. Personal accounts are limited to 10 million files. Source
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Mar 12, 2010
6112 posts
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SW Ontario
bomberman447 wrote: That is if you have amazon prime, this is something else. I believe this is also $59 USD as amazon.ca only has photo storage or high priced storage above 5gb currently.
what do you mean? I have amazon prime CAD, and I uploaded a PDF....

EDIT:

Just checked, in the CAD Prime Amazon Cloud Drive, there is a 'photos and videos' section, and an 'ALL FILES' section
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Nov 1, 2005
1443 posts
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Calgary
redgrandam wrote: what do you mean? I have amazon prime CAD, and I uploaded a PDF....

EDIT:

Just checked, in the CAD Prime Amazon Cloud Drive, there is a 'photos and videos' section, and an 'ALL FILES' section
I know there is a all files section but the pricing in Canada for example is 1tb for $500/yr, different from the amazon.com plan.
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Feb 27, 2011
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shawn_ wrote: I've found a way to get around the US Only limitation even with a Canadian credit card and billing address. All you need to do is change your country setting to "United States" in the "Manage Content and Devices" section. When you do so you will be prompted to enter a US address and warned that your Kindle purchases will be in USD from now on.
Here is the direct link.
Does that work for once we've already screwed up and joined the Canadian version?
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Aug 3, 2015
2 posts
White Rock
FreezingCanada wrote: Does that work for once we've already screwed up and joined the Canadian version?
I had tried signing up via VPN and it still redirected me to .ca cloud service. I unfortunately did not get to try the changing your location via the devices page trick until I had signed up for .ca cloud. I tried changing my address then trying again via VPN still and it did not direct to .com cloud. I ended up making a new amazon.com account and putting in US mailbox info instead of my canadian address. Canadian credit card worked.
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Aug 6, 2001
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life359 wrote: The lack of Linux support from companies that build their entire foundation on Linux (Amazon, Google, etc) is disgusting.

Dropbox + Copy both have fantastic Linux clients if this is important to you.
Let's be realistic here, barely anyone is using front end Linux these days.

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