Would it Keep a copy of my Google Drive in it so i can work on files off line ? And if so, does it sync once it goes on line ?
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You can work on certain types of files offline, and you can specify which files or folders to keep offline, but you can keep only up to 5G or 4000 files offline. As of July, 2014, "if you're using the new Google Drive, offline access is already set up. To turn on offline access using the new Google Drive, click the Settings menu in the upper right &gt; Settings &gt; Offline &gt; check the box next to Sync your work to this computer so that you can edit offline." Chrome books will have the "new Google drive", not the so-called Classic Drive (which has different offline setup instructions). For more information, go to google.com/drive, click the Settings gear icon, choose help, and type "offline".
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yes but store it on the cloud chrome book really just an internet machine to be honest with you
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YES. Depends on the config, as long as the drive letter is the same you can create different sub-folder to store the backups. If your backups are on a schedule, be sure you have the drive connected to the correct device in the right day/night.
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By "file server" does that mean that it can connect to the internet on it's own? without any other device connected to it?Example: Can I leave this drive on at home or the office (connected to the internet, without a cpu), and travel to somewhere with a internet connection and see my data? Or even download or upload to it?Is there any tech info available on this besides the "Data Sheet" which sounds more like a sales pitch then a technical document?
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Can't answer Davids question because the gadget never would sync any data. Right now, it is on a shelf in the closet and I no longer use the website. Really a bad, stupid purchase.
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Do I need a separate recorder/hard drive to store recorded data? If not, how long does it record before the 'loop' ends and it starts rewriting over itself?
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it doesn't sync with any type of accounts. It is essentially a portable hard drive, so music must be physically copied onto it like any other file would on an external drive
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It does not store data, so it will have nothing to sync after the run except current data. Not data during the run.
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I have always been skeptical of syncing data files and would suggest backing up and restoring your data file as you work from laptop to desktop and vice versa - or having your desktop be also the server and then access it from your laptop.
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Not really. It's not a backup device - in particular, there is no software that really serves that purpose. If you want to manually offload pictures from those devices, it will work for that, but you'll have to select the photos to copy. It's more meant as a way to consume content from a USB drive or SD card.
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Yes, no problem. When the screen "asks" you for the location to be backed up enter that external drive letter.
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No, as far as I know you have to use the app to move anything into the drive using it as a stand alone drive. I originally wanted to use it on locations and such but data transfer is slow and the interface is horrendous. I'm sticking to my laptop and cabled drives for the time being.
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You need to format the drive before use. So if you have some files on it, you will lose that. Beware!!!!!
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Yeah....like the other responders, speed is a bit of an issue, but I found when it's backing up AND my local dropbox folder is syncing, everything slows as CPUs are eaten up. So as long as you're only syncing one drive at a time, you should be fine. I like the convenience of not having to be hooked into the machine. It works great connected to my gateway, and I have it secured quite easily.
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It's a Chromebook, so everything lives in the 'cloud'. You can use Google docs to write your essays, documents, notes, etc. There is no need for Word when everything can be saved forever in Google Drive.
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I used it to transfer pictures from my phone to my computer. I would think any other type of file would transfer as well. Don't know about syncing, sorry.
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I have mine connected to the home network for the entire family to use for back up storage, from how it behaves - I can only assume it is not spinning when there is now pending activity. Initial access time is way longer then once you have the drive directory open; and on occasion despite having the drive mapped to the desktop, the auto backup software I use will stop and alert that the selected destination for the backup is not available - which I then resolve by opening the directory manually (a bit of a delay) then everything is happy again. but the aproduct info doesn't mention that specifically. It also appears to take a while to initially gain access to the drive from outside the home network which sort of reinforces my thinking that it shuts down when ot being actively polled from somewhere on the network