Goodbye Xdrive

Darius Chang | Nov 28, 2008

Synchronizing documents over multiple computers in different places is not easy. Sure, you can put it in a USB flash drive, but online storage is the way of the future.

Sadly, one of our favorites, Xdrive, will be closing its doors come January 12, 2009. From a simple Web interface, it had matured as a service and even offers a desktop template which maps the online storage as a folder on your computer. Right now, we are searching for a good and free alternative which also offers folder mapping and a drag-and-drop interface.

Microsoft Live Skydrive offers something similar. It has a drag-and-drop upload interface, though currently it does not map onto your PC folder. Unfortunately, this feature requires the use of Internet Explorer and those on other Web browsers would have to use the old file-by-file upload method.

So for long-time Xdrive users, which service have you switched to in preparation of next year's closure?

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