Cloud Storage

So, a family member asked, how do I save my photos from my iPad to the cloud. This got me thinking, what is the best options out there for cloud storage. This article shows some differences between services but the question asked was what do I do when I run out of space on my iPad. If you delete pictures from your iPad they are synced with iCloud and get deleted there also. My recommendation is to use Microsoft OneDrive because your pictures are uploaded (via the OneDrive app) to OneDrive and that allows you to delete photos on your iPad without deleting them on your OneDrive. So, how much will this cost me you might ask? I did some quick checking and found the following:

Provider

Free Storage

Paid Storage

Cost (CAD)

MS OneDrive

5 GB

100 GB

$2.00

Google Drive

15 GB
(across all services)

100 GB

$2.79

Dropbox

2 GB

2 TB

$15.99

Amazon

None

100 GB

$24.99

Apple iCloud

5 GB

200 GB

$3.99

       

My recommendation is if you need more than 5 GB (100 GB is typically a good fit for all of your pictures and files) of storage then go with the OneDrive option!

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