Microsoft OneDrive, compared to Dropbox, has some more features that make it a really convenient tool to use, complete and very productive. Just think that from Onedrive you can use Office Online programs for free, to write documents or tables, as if you were using programs on your PC.
In addition, OneDrive is integrated into Windows 10 without the need to install other programs, you just need to log on to the computer with a Microsoft account.
Microsoft OneDrive has also incorporated several features of old Microsoft programs such as Windows Live Mesh and FolderShare and is one of the most valid and generous online services that can be found.
As already seen in the past, at the time of registration you can get a space on Onedrive from 5GB with the possibility of saving large files even 10 GB.
Below we see how many things Microsoft Onedrive needs and how many functions are available to take full advantage of the cloud space and its practical applications .
1) Unlimited space
Microsoft has promised that unlimited space on Onedrive will be granted to all subscribers to the Office 365 service (today it is no longer possible).
2) Increase the storage space by activating auto-backup on the mobile's Onedrive app
You can get 15 GB of extra storage space for free by activating, on the Ondrive application for Android, iPhone or Windows Phone, the backup function from the camera which is used to save online, in private form, the photos taken to never lose them, even if your cell phone breaks.
3) Onedrive with Facebook or other web applications
Thanks to IFTTT the service to automate all web apps, you can make sure that photos or other files created by other apps are automatically saved in Onedrive.
For example, you can save photos you tagged on Facebook in OneDrive, save Gmail mail attachments in Onedrive or create other combinations.
4) Share files and folders on websites
Sharing a file from Microsoft OneDrive is very easy and just right click on a file to get the link to share.
By pressing instead on the Embed option, it is possible to incorporate that file or image into a web page or blog, as can be done with Youtube videos.
An HTML code is then generated only to be pasted into the page.
This also works for file folders.
5) Synchronize Windows 10 PC data in Onedrive automatically
Onedrive has automatic backup function in Windows 10 so that you can find important files from any PC or phone used.
The details on this are in the Microsoft account guide in Windows 8 to always have the same PC everywhere
6) Onedrive offline
The Onedrive application in Windows allows you to choose whether the files saved online can be available on the PC even if there is no internet connection.
To find this option, click on the Microsoft OneDrive icon at the bottom right of the taskbar, go to the settings and find the one to make all the files available even when the PC is not connected to the Internet .
7) Previous versions of the files
If you use Onedrive integrated with an Office program, each modified document is saved as a new version, without deleting the previous one.
So if you overwrite a file, you can open the Onedrive website, find that file and access the version history to discard changes and, if necessary, restore the previous version.
8) Save the Office files in Onedrive
If it were not already clear already, Microsoft programs are now all integrated with OneDrive so even Word and Excel can save files in the cloud automatically.
From Word, open File -> Accounts, click to add a service and select Microsoft OneDrive.
Whenever you save a new document, if your PC is connected to the internet, the first option becomes OneDrive.
9) OneDrive with Xbox
Xbox 360 or Xbox One are perfect consoles for watching personal photos or videos on TV.
So if you upload videos and movies to Onedrive they can be seen on TV through the XBox, easily and without making transfers.
10) Download all the files from all our PCs via the internet
An amazing thing Microsoft OneDrive does for Windows users is to allow access to files on all PCs from a centralized point, even if the files are not in the Microsoft OneDrive folder.
From the website, on the left you can find a PC section, where the names of all the computers on which Onedrive has been installed should appear.
If the other PC is turned on, you can click on it to access all its folders, provided you have configured the permissions for that PC.
11) Synchronize any folder with symbolic links
By clicking on this point, you can find the guide to make sure that a folder is loaded online in Onedrive, leaving it where it is, even if it is not moved inside the Onedrive folder.
The trick, which seems elaborate, is actually very simple.
12) Viewing photos in albums
Microsoft OneDrive works with folders which are useful for keeping files sorted.
Albums are used to organize photos so you can browse through them.
You don't need to move photos to an album, just create the album and then select the photos or folders to include.
13) Onedrive with Outlook
Those who use the Outlook.com e-mail service can save the attachments received in Onedrive by right clicking on them.
Images, videos, documents, audio and any file can be saved in Microsoft OneDrive.
14) Music in Onedrive
Onedrive now has a Music folder in which to save songs as mp3 files, to be able to play them online from any PC, from the Windows 8 Music app or from the XBox Music Apps (which however is not free).
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