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Microsoft says you can't copy an email folder or messages from one account to another. I'm using an AT&T 8525 with WM6. Is there a third party utility or a trick to do this?
Alternatively, I'd be happy if I could just do an export to text files. I tried smsorganizer, and it exported the folder and emails as .txt files, but when I opened them, they had headers and no body..
I'd prefer something free since this isn't something I'll be doing on a regular basis.. my provider started having google host their email and I had to setup a new account to access the account via IMAP...
Thanks..
so I've been trying to figure out this whole "cloud" concept.
(1) Using Windows Live Mesh 2011, I'm able to keep folders on my pc synced in the cloud on my skydrive. However, am I able to access these documents from my handset?
(2) Do I have to manually upload documents onto my skydrive or is there some option in microsoft office/word to upload them?
(3) I guess it's impossible to upload document files from your handset to your skydrive
so what I don't get is, why did they decide to go into this whole "cloud" concept, only to have the "cloud" not work the way it should?
SkyDrive
I've been able to access SkyDrive from my WINDOWS 7 PHONE (HTC HD 7) I can view the files in SkyDrive, open up a document and read it/view etc. But I can't download them onto my handset, so i can edit them and such in MS Office on my phone. According to MS Office on the windows 7 phones, you gota use something called sharepoint.
Hope this helps.
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they don't have it properly intergrated into the office hub at present but rumour has it that it will come as part of the update. what you can do however is in IE visit skydrive.com, and from there view your skydrive, open files, edit them, save them, and they auto update on their own. i am not sure if it will allow for adding though.
from reading around here, onenote can sync to skydrive though, so i'm pretty sure that with the right setup at present, you can get that going at least.
Hmmm, I can't seem to Edit them. I'm on skydrive now,
just googled skydrive, got windows skydrive up, logged in and viewed all my docs on there. I can click them and open them, view and read, but i can't edit them :S
Unless I'm missing something haha, don't get my wrong i like the fact i can open them from skydrive and read them. But i want them on my phone, in MS Office so i can edit etc
i don't think you can edit the files on skydrive directly
you can save them to your phone (bring up the menu in your file and select save as) and then edit them
and then you can upload to skydrive using the same name...
unfortunately there isn't an easier way to do it.
in answer to the questions the OP asked
1. yes
2. you can set up a network drive and use it as you would a normal drive..copy/paste/save etc
3. yes you can.
i actually like the whole cloud thing..
the only thing is that i am on a 500MB a month tariff (orange) so i worry about going over that..
but the cloud system means that everything is in sync and you don't have to fiddle around with USB sticks etc for small files.
i have all my contacts synced onto Google and windows Live and same with my calendar.
I personally prefer Google because its cloud products have more features and is a lot lot faster...i find windows live very slow..
Ya, i just added my Skydrive documents folder to a mapped drive, so now i can just drag and drop files... nice
Thought i would give it a go dropping a word doc in the Onenote folder to see if it would sync to the phone... but no lol... worth a go though.
At least now i have a nice easy way rather than going to the website and using an upload box. be it ok... this way is much nicer.
thanks for all the replies
what I need to know now is, is there anyway to access folders OTHER than the one marked documents on skydrive via my wp7 handset? When I sync my pc with skydrive there's a dedicated space called "Sync Folder"
I can't seem to access it with my handset
going to have to wait till they release office 365... sharepoint doesnt even work with our phones right now unless you happen to have a dedicated quad core server running sharepoint on that or something. I fiddled with it all for DAYS trying to get it so I could access work documents on my phone from sharepoint but NOPE! Pretty radiculous. Office 365 isnt even going to be available probably for another year! *sigh*
Originally SkyDrive and LiveMesh were products that had nothing whatsoever in common (except for being Cloud services). Lately Microsoft decided to merge them a little - so now you got a 25 GB SkyDrive AND a 5 GB Sync-SkyDrive. Those two can't talk to each other and if you got a Word Doc on the Sync-Drive you can't open it in office Web. If it's on the REAL Skydrive you can access it.
Unluckily only the pictures hub and OneNote currently integrate with the real SkyDrive and there is no integration with the Sync-Drive.
My guess is that doc/xls/ppt, etc. access from the office hub to SkyDrive is coming with an update.
When Microsoft is gonna clean up the mess of the two different SkyDrives is an entirely different matter - would like to see them merged (even if I afterwards have only 25 GB instead of 25 + 5).
Would you mind sharing your method
mwako said:
Ya, i just added my Skydrive documents folder to a mapped drive, so now i can just drag and drop files... nice
Thought i would give it a go dropping a word doc in the Onenote folder to see if it would sync to the phone... but no lol... worth a go though.
At least now i have a nice easy way rather than going to the website and using an upload box. be it ok... this way is much nicer.
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Hi mwako
Would you mind sharing your method for mapping a Skydrive folder?
Many thanks
andrew-in-woking
Actually I'm trying to figure out how Skydrive is supposed to work, but I don't understand the idea...
Its limitations ruin the whole concept:
- Impossible to upload folders to Skydrive. This is insane.
- Each transfer is limited to 50MB.
Therefore I find Skydrive useless for business purposes, especially compared to other systems such as Dropbox.
In my daily job I need to transfer folders of office files. And they need to stay organized as such.
If I cannot upload folders to Skydrive, or if I can only upload files without any organization. what's the use?
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 :
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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.
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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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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.
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