Hello everyone!
My name is Katerina, and I would like to introduce you new cloud sync & security tool!
New Android version of Cloudifile, cloud data sync and protection tool for Dropbox, is already on Google Play.
Cloudifile for Android is an important extension of desktop version of Cloudifile. First, let’s discuss what exactly Cloudifile is.
We all like Dropbox. But sometimes we want it to be a bit smarter.
You have a number of folders at your computers. And you want data from them to be in your Dropbox cloud at each moment. That’s it.
You don’t want to drag content carefully each time to the Dropbox folder. You don’t want to work with a single synchronized folder. You want this, this, and this one to act as the Dropbox folder from now on.
Cloudifile will do exactly this for you.
Cloudifile is an application that helps you to sync any number of folders with Dropbox and protect their content in the cloud and on your local devices.
Watch the video on the Cloudifile website to learn more details.
How it Works?
Cloudifile automatically syncs selected folders with Dropbox, simultaneously encrypts their content and ensures easy and transparent access to it both locally and from the cloud.
Notice that Cloudifile is FREE for personal use. It includes versions for Windows, MacOS (beta), and Android app .
Cloudifile for Android is an important extension of the solution enabling access to the protected data within Dropbox from Android devices as well as secure uploading of data from a device to the cloud and thus to any synchronized desktop folders.
Android app allows:
- Uploading data directly to Cloudifile to sync it with Dropbox or any synced desktop folder
- Uploading data from other apps to Cloudifile
- Sharing cloudified data to other apps to view/edit it
- Downloading cloudified data to device in decrypted form
- Deleting file/folder from Cloudifile
Any feedback on this tool would be really useful! Thanks
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Since there is no way of automatically syncing encrypted files i thought about how to manage this in a way that is at least somehow automatic.
I ended with this quite simple but useful setup:
I installed Wuala on my PC (Windows) and on my Asus TF101 Transformer. In addition i installed Folder Sync which can sync with shares.
The first step is to tell Folder Sync which folder/files on my Transformer it should sync to which folder (and how often and when it should perform a sync).
Second i let Folder Sync backup my files to my PC.
The third step is to set up an automatic sync in Wuala's desktop client.
That's it - automatic and encrypted sync.
I just realised, that the process isn't perfect for Titanium backups because they are stored with a date in the filename. This keeps adding new versions when doing another backup. I haven't found a way of switching this off within TI. Perhaps someone has an idea?
Why not just put the encrypted files in your dropbox, and use DropSync on Android to automatically keep them in sync?
I don't like the idea of encrypting my files on the device and Wuala is using transparent encryption without transmitting my password.
Encrypted automatic CLOUD sync for full device backup!
Like the original poster (@ppzoid), I want automatic encrypted backup, but to the cloud from wherever I am, not to a machine on my home network. And importantly, I want automated end-to-end encryption and backup of any file(s) I choose so that I can keep all of the data I value on my device backup up and accessible via my PC as well. (My Android device is already encrypted, and my PC is using whole disk encryption.)
In response to @codesplice :
codesplice said:
Why not just put the encrypted files in your dropbox, and use DropSync on Android to automatically keep them in sync?
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Because this requires manual steps to encrypt the files first. I want automated, encrypted backup of any file. If you sync plaintext files to DropBox, anyone who hacks DropBox (or subpoenas them, though I'm more worried about hackers) can access your files.
I love FolderSync and have been using its automation rules to sync my data to DropBox. But now that I want encryption at rest, I see two potential options.
The first is a product called BoxCryptor that layers cross-platform client-side encryption onto DropBox. But I haven't downloaded it and am not clear from the documentation if files can be modified and uploaded with their Android app or only accessed for reading. Further, to integrate BoxCryptor with my FolderSync setup would likely require some extra steps like a local copy to a "synced" folder first, and it might prove tricky.
So, I'm going with the second option, which is switching to the Amazon S3 cloud. FolderSync already supports S3 client side encryption, so I just need to do a few steps:
1) Create an access key in S3 with read/write permissions only for a new bucket I will create for my Android backup.
2) Add this new S3 account to FolderSync.
3) Modify my FolderSync synchronization rules to use the new S3 account.
VOILA! I will have my files encrypted at rest on my Android device, automatically backed up to S3 after client-side encryption, and then accessible from my PC via an S3 download tool like S3Fox. The only thing I think I will lose is the fancy autosync to PC that the DropBox client provides. But I figure if I search more I can likely find a similar S3 client for windows.
More discussion on this thread... http://forum.xda-developers.com/android/general/automatic-encrypted-cloud-sync-device-t2962631
Most of you may know this already.
There is no Dropbox app for Surface RT yet. However, if you have enough space in your Skydrive to spare, you can have your Dropbox folder inside the SkyDrive folder on your desktop.
I have 25G on my SkyDrive and about 5G on Dropbox. Once I changed my Dropbox location to inside Skydrive folder, I was able to access all the files from the Surface SkyDrive app.
Another option is to use "File Manager" app - there is a free as well as a paid version. It allows you to link a bunch of cloud storage locations (Google Drive, SkyDrive, Dropbox etc) and allows a variety of changes on files/folders - some which are not available on the Skydrive app.
Montastic said:
Most of you may know this already.
There is no Dropbox app for Surface RT yet. However, if you have enough space in your Skydrive to spare, you can have your Dropbox folder inside the SkyDrive folder on your desktop.
I have 25G on my SkyDrive and about 5G on Dropbox. Once I changed my Dropbox location to inside Skydrive folder, I was able to access all the files from the Surface SkyDrive app.
Another option is to use "File Manager" app - there is a free as well as a paid version. It allows you to link a bunch of cloud storage locations (Google Drive, SkyDrive, Dropbox etc) and allows a variety of changes on files/folders - some which are not available on the Skydrive app.
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Nice tip till the official app comes out
Montastic said:
Most of you may know this already.
There is no Dropbox app for Surface RT yet. However, if you have enough space in your Skydrive to spare, you can have your Dropbox folder inside the SkyDrive folder on your desktop.
I have 25G on my SkyDrive and about 5G on Dropbox. Once I changed my Dropbox location to inside Skydrive folder, I was able to access all the files from the Surface SkyDrive app.
Another option is to use "File Manager" app - there is a free as well as a paid version. It allows you to link a bunch of cloud storage locations (Google Drive, SkyDrive, Dropbox etc) and allows a variety of changes on files/folders - some which are not available on the Skydrive app.
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hahahha now that is an awesome tip. Something so simple but so helpful. This will kind of be better than a drop box app since everything will be updated on both locations from the one sky drive app. I'm going to try this at home. Thanks!
Montastic said:
Most of you may know this already.
There is no Dropbox app for Surface RT yet. However, if you have enough space in your Skydrive to spare, you can have your Dropbox folder inside the SkyDrive folder on your desktop.
I have 25G on my SkyDrive and about 5G on Dropbox. Once I changed my Dropbox location to inside Skydrive folder, I was able to access all the files from the Surface SkyDrive app.
Another option is to use "File Manager" app - there is a free as well as a paid version. It allows you to link a bunch of cloud storage locations (Google Drive, SkyDrive, Dropbox etc) and allows a variety of changes on files/folders - some which are not available on the Skydrive app.
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Hmm - So your Dropbox folder would be relocated on all your desktop systems to within your skydrive, or just one desktop. I have been using All my storage app on my Surface and it works pretty good.
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Hmm - So your Dropbox folder would be relocated on all your desktop systems to within your skydrive, or just one desktop. I have been using All my storage app on my Surface and it works pretty good.
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When you move your Dropbox folder in your SkyDrive folder, SkyDrive treats it as just like any other folder. So all your PCs/tablets that has SkyDrive will now see a folder called "Dropbox".
The Dropbox app will continue to sync this folder and so all PCs/tablets that has Dropbox will see the changes to this folder.
Of course, if you do not do this on one of your desktops, then you will have a Skydrive folder which has a Dropbox folder in it as well your original Dropbox folder which might be at a different location.
As long as you understand that Skydrive will sync its folders and Dropbox its, you'll be in good shape.
There won't be a dropbox sync app for windows RT/surface RT. 3rd party apps need to use metro, and there are too many limitations to be able to sync folders. There might be a metro only version though.
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There won't be a dropbox sync app for windows RT/surface RT. 3rd party apps need to use metro, and there are too many limitations to be able to sync folders. There might be a metro only version though.
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It was already officially announced that a Dropbox app is being developed for Windows RT and 8. Even if the app itself it metro only, obviously it will have the capability to sync your files, even if active syncing only occurs when you use the Metro app. That is the whole point of Dropbox.
I can't wait for the app to be released. That is the main thing I am currently missing with my Surface. Unfortunately this SkyDrive hack won't work for me because I have 23GB of free storage through Dropbox and on SkyDrive you only get 7
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It was already officially announced that a Dropbox app is being developed for Windows RT and 8. Even if the app itself it metro only, obviously it will have the capability to sync your files, even if active syncing only occurs when you use the Metro app. That is the whole point of Dropbox.
I can't wait for the app to be released. That is the main thing I am currently missing with my Surface. Unfortunately this SkyDrive hack won't work for me because I have 23GB of free storage through Dropbox and on SkyDrive you only get 7
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It's not actually syncing the files, just giving you access to them, like the metro skydrive app. It's essentially equivalent to a glorified version of the website, since the files are not stored on your computer in any way until you access them.
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It's not actually syncing the files, just giving you access to them, like the metro skydrive app. It's essentially equivalent to a glorified version of the website, since the files are not stored on your computer in any way until you access them.
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This is what I miss.
Even for SkyDrive, I would like to tell it what folders to sync and have them synced in the background or even manually, but it should sync all files in that folder and be available offline.
The desktop client for SkyDrive recently added selective sync but I wish it was available on Surface.
FWIW, even the Dropbox client on Android doesn't really sync automatically - however, you can mark some files as favorites and it will sync those when you use the app.
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Good Evening All,
I have recently moved from Android (Galaxy S3) to Windows 8.1 (Lumia 1020).
On my Android, I had an app set up to sync certain folders with my cloud account
Is there a Windows 8.1 alternative, that can do the same?
I have only found threads to sync windows mobile and windows PC, not with a cloud
Thanks in advance
Regards
Mohammede
If you have Dropbox you can try Cloudsix for Dropbox. it's free.
Being that you came from S3 you are probably on the Google ecosystem. In that cae try Cloud Manager it is (1.99 US)
It is suppose to work with multiple cloud storage sites.
app called - google drive on WP
I use this as I have a google drive account to sync device and computer folders.
Also there is cloud file explorer it will work with a wide list of cloud storage services.
qnc said:
If you have Dropbox you can try Cloudsix for Dropbox. it's free.
Being that you came from S3 you are probably on the Google ecosystem. In that cae try Cloud Manager it is (1.99 US)
It is suppose to work with multiple cloud storage sites.
app called - google drive on WP
I use this as I have a google drive account to sync device and computer folders.
Also there is cloud file explorer it will work with a wide list of cloud storage services.
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Hey QNC,
Thanks for the reply.
I'll have a look at Cloud Manager later on
What I meant is on my S3, I use foldersync to sync certain folders (eg, Folders "2154", "2157" and 2190" on my Ext SD) with my Box cloud.
I choose certain folders to be synced at certain times of the day, I cannot see that option on Cloudsix for Dropbox.
Are there any other apps for Windows Phone 8.1 that can do the same?
Thanks in advance
Mohammede
Understood, I used folder sync as well with my google drive storage. It was a very handy application.
I have not found one on windows phone that will do the same thing yet.
I have had to use the G drive app and manually sync.
I mainly use microsofts office on my phone, a free account works fine for my needs, the thing is I have all of my files on google drive (since I pay for google Fotos/storage) and I cannot edit my files and save the changes on google drive. Whenever I open an office file that is stored on google drive, I get a message from word or excel saying that the file is protected and I need to save a copy if I want to save the changes. Is this a known issue or has this something to do with the free microsoft account?