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  Alternative To Dropbox "Jeff Gaines" <jgnewsid@outlook.com> - 2026-08-05 09:36 +0000
    Re: Alternative To Dropbox Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2026-08-05 11:00 +0100
      Re: Alternative To Dropbox "Jeff Gaines" <jgnewsid@outlook.com> - 2026-08-05 10:36 +0000
    Re: Alternative To Dropbox Daniel James <daniel@me.invalid> - 2026-08-05 11:15 +0100
      Re: Alternative To Dropbox "Jeff Gaines" <jgnewsid@outlook.com> - 2026-08-05 10:37 +0000
    Re: Alternative To Dropbox Chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> - 2026-08-05 19:16 +0000
    Re: Alternative To Dropbox Abandoned Trolley <that.bloke@microsoft.com> - 2026-08-06 07:12 +0100
      Re: Alternative To Dropbox "Jeff Gaines" <jgnewsid@outlook.com> - 2026-08-06 07:42 +0000
        Re: Alternative To Dropbox Abandoned Trolley <that.bloke@microsoft.com> - 2026-08-06 08:58 +0100
          Re: Alternative To Dropbox "Jeff Gaines" <jgnewsid@outlook.com> - 2026-08-06 09:25 +0000
            Re: Alternative To Dropbox Daniel James <daniel@me.invalid> - 2026-08-06 14:25 +0100
              Re: Alternative To Dropbox "Jeff Gaines" <jgnewsid@outlook.com> - 2026-08-06 14:35 +0000
                Re: Alternative To Dropbox Abandoned Trolley <that.bloke@microsoft.com> - 2026-08-06 16:30 +0100

#60727 — Alternative To Dropbox

Dropbox free seems to be a disaster nowadays with very, very, slow uploads.

Any suggestions for an alternative? If I sign up for some cloud storage 
can I allow downloads by somebody else or would they have access to 
everything?

I have 2 x media files to transfer, one is 4 MB, other is 8.5 MB.

-- 
Jeff Gaines Dorset UK
We chose to do this not because it is easy but because we thought it would 
be easy.

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#60728

Jeff Gaines wrote:

> Dropbox free seems to be a disaster nowadays with very, very, slow uploads.
> 
> Any suggestions for an alternative?

Given that I need to have a Microsoft365 account for Teams calls, I use 
the included 1TB of space with OneDrive, I think even free accounts get 
5GB of space, the "family packs" seem cheap enough for several people I 
know to share them ...

> If I sign up for some cloud storage 
> can I allow downloads by somebody else or would they have access to 
> everything?

You can give shared links to individual files/folders, but I tend to do 
that only minimally

> I have 2 x media files to transfer, one is 4 MB, other is 8.5 MB.
should be fine ...

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#60730

On 05/08/2026 in message <ndgft0Fk45fU1@mid.individual.net> Andy Burns 
wrote:

>Jeff Gaines wrote:
>
>>Dropbox free seems to be a disaster nowadays with very, very, slow 
>>uploads.
>>
>>Any suggestions for an alternative?
>
>Given that I need to have a Microsoft365 account for Teams calls, I use 
>the included 1TB of space with OneDrive, I think even free accounts get 
>5GB of space, the "family packs" seem cheap enough for several people I 
>know to share them ...
>
>>If I sign up for some cloud storage  can I allow downloads by somebody 
>>else or would they have access to  everything?
>
>You can give shared links to individual files/folders, but I tend to do 
>that only minimally
>
>>I have 2 x media files to transfer, one is 4 MB, other is 8.5 MB.
>should be fine ...

Thanks :-)

I seem to have a major connection problem ATM, Plusnet are checking....

-- 
Jeff Gaines Dorset UK
If it's not broken, mess around with it until it is

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#60729

On 05/08/2026 10:36, Jeff Gaines wrote:
> Any suggestions for an alternative? If I sign up for some cloud storage 
> can I allow downloads by somebody else or would they have access to 
> everything?

I use Google for that. You get 15BG of cloud storage free when you set 
up an account -- which sounds like a lot, but vanishes quickly if you 
let Google "back up" your photos from your (Android) phone (for example).

You can grant access to other users (who don't need a Google account of 
their own) on a file-by-file basis, and you can allow read-only or 
read/write.

It's Google. Some people hate them, but this is useful and free.

-- 
Cheers,
  Daniel.

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#60731

On 05/08/2026 in message <114v2gk$2skkl$1@dont-email.me> Daniel James wrote:

>On 05/08/2026 10:36, Jeff Gaines wrote:
>>Any suggestions for an alternative? If I sign up for some cloud storage  
>>can I allow downloads by somebody else or would they have access to  
>>everything?
>
>I use Google for that. You get 15BG of cloud storage free when you set up 
>an account -- which sounds like a lot, but vanishes quickly if you let 
>Google "back up" your photos from your (Android) phone (for example).
>
>You can grant access to other users (who don't need a Google account of 
>their own) on a file-by-file basis, and you can allow read-only or 
>read/write.
>
>It's Google. Some people hate them, but this is useful and free.

Thanks Daniel :-)

My Internet connection coming second to a snail ATM :-(

-- 
Jeff Gaines Dorset UK
This joke was so funny when I heard it for the first time I fell of my 
dinosaur.

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#60732

Jeff Gaines <jgnewsid@outlook.com> wrote:
> 
> Dropbox free seems to be a disaster nowadays with very, very, slow uploads.
> 
> Any suggestions for an alternative? If I sign up for some cloud storage 
> can I allow downloads by somebody else or would they have access to 
> everything?
> 
> I have 2 x media files to transfer, one is 4 MB, other is 8.5 MB.

For that kind of size there are free file transfer solutions that might be
easier overall. Depends on whether this is a regular occurrence of
different files with different people or not. 

wetansfer.com is the simplest for both ends of the transfer. 

Proton Drive is at the other end of the security spectrum. 5GB storage for
free. 

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#60733

On 05/08/2026 10:36, Jeff Gaines wrote:
> 
> Dropbox free seems to be a disaster nowadays with very, very, slow uploads.
> 
> Any suggestions for an alternative? If I sign up for some cloud storage 
> can I allow downloads by somebody else or would they have access to 
> everything?
> 
> I have 2 x media files to transfer, one is 4 MB, other is 8.5 MB.
> 


Why not just send them as email attachments ?

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#60734

On 06/08/2026 in message <11518l7$3jlvo$1@dont-email.me> Abandoned Trolley 
wrote:

>On 05/08/2026 10:36, Jeff Gaines wrote:
>>
>>Dropbox free seems to be a disaster nowadays with very, very, slow 
>>uploads.
>>
>>Any suggestions for an alternative? If I sign up for some cloud storage  
>>can I allow downloads by somebody else or would they have access to  
>>everything?
>>
>>I have 2 x media files to transfer, one is 4 MB, other is 8.5 MB.
>>
>
>
>Why not just send them as email attachments ?

She is not keen on that. A lot of people are completely reliant on their 
'phones nowadays and know nothing of email. WhatsApp seems to rule the 
roost.

-- 
Jeff Gaines Dorset UK
Though no-one can go back and make a new start, everyone can start from 
now and make a new ending.

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#60735

>>
>> Why not just send them as email attachments ?
> 
> She is not keen on that. A lot of people are completely reliant on their 
> 'phones nowadays and know nothing of email. WhatsApp seems to rule the 
> roost.
> 


almost all android phones have an associated email/gmail account with 
gigabytes of storage space

and if she is "completely reliant" on her phone, then I assume the files 
will be used/abused/viewed on the same phone - I dont see the problem


I believe you can send fat file attachments in WhatsApp ?


(I am "not keen" on putting the bins out tomorrow, but I will probably 
do it anyway)

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#60736

On 06/08/2026 in message <1151erj$3ldc8$1@dont-email.me> Abandoned Trolley 
wrote:

>
>>>
>>>Why not just send them as email attachments ?
>>
>>She is not keen on that. A lot of people are completely reliant on their  
>>'phones nowadays and know nothing of email. WhatsApp seems to rule the  
>>roost.
>>
>
>
>almost all android phones have an associated email/gmail account with 
>gigabytes of storage space
>
>and if she is "completely reliant" on her phone, then I assume the files 
>will be used/abused/viewed on the same phone - I dont see the problem
>
>
>I believe you can send fat file attachments in WhatsApp ?

No idea, I don't use it.


>(I am "not keen" on putting the bins out tomorrow, but I will probably do 
>it anyway)

It's not up to me to tell her what to do.

-- 
Jeff Gaines Dorset UK
I've been through the desert on a horse with no name.
It was a right bugger to get him back when he ran off.

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#60738

On 06/08/2026 10:25, Jeff Gaines wrote:
> It's not up to me to tell her what to do.

Have you, perhaps, got that the wrong way around? It seems to be she who 
is telling you what to do (not send attachments), but is it really up to 
her?

Just send attachments. That's what they're for. Some systems impose 
arbitrary limits on the sizes of attachments that they will handle, but 
the limits are typically some tens of megabytes.

-- 
Cheers,
  Daniel.

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#60740

On 06/08/2026 in message <11521vd$3rtq1$1@dont-email.me> Daniel James wrote:

>On 06/08/2026 10:25, Jeff Gaines wrote:
>>It's not up to me to tell her what to do.
>
>Have you, perhaps, got that the wrong way around? It seems to be she who 
>is telling you what to do (not send attachments), but is it really up to 
>her?

She either doesn't use email or it has limit of some sort,


>Just send attachments. That's what they're for. Some systems impose 
>arbitrary limits on the sizes of attachments that they will handle, but 
>the limits are typically some tens of megabytes.

She has asked me not to.

-- 
Jeff Gaines Dorset UK
If you ever find something you like buy a lifetime supply because they 
will stop making it

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#60742

> 
>> Just send attachments. That's what they're for. Some systems impose 
>> arbitrary limits on the sizes of attachments that they will handle, 
>> but the limits are typically some tens of megabytes.
> 
> She has asked me not to.
> 

a lot of "free" mailboxes provided by domain name registration / hosting 
outfits have quite small limits - my main one is 25MB - probably in the 
hope that I will pay a monthly fee for an upgrade

To me the only attraction of a gmail account is the massive mailbox

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