The rise in the popularity of cloud storage is not hard to explain.

I also have a complete backup of my PC just the the working files like access and the like, on memory sticks and also the same memory sticks are stored in the Google cloud.Disclosure: This content is reader-supported, which means if you click on some of our links that we may earn a commission.ĭo you want to skip the read and get right to my top picks? The best cloud storage service for most people is pCloud or IceDrive. Whenever I want to make any notes, I make all my notes in the document on the cloud. If I am working on a complicated database I will also create a Google document in the cloud and create a shortcut to that in the PC folder. I click on 'upload' and upload the latest files out of my PC folder to preserve them in the cloud. Now in my PC folder, I create a link (shortcut) to that Google drive folder.Īt regular intervals I click on that shortcut which opens Google drive to the correct folder. What I do now is, every time I create a new folder on my PC, usually for Microsoft access files! I create a corresponding folder on my Google drive. Now have encrypted files that you cannot access, both on your PC and on the cloud drive. Now you might think this is a good idea, but consider, if you have malware on your PC that encrypts all of your files! You don't notice, the backup system runs. However I realised this was not a good policy as a cloud file would be overwritten by the latest PC version of the file.

I used to use the automatic backup system provided by Google where it would backup my files automatically, at regular intervals to Google drive.

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