Clicking the system tray icon renders a blank dialog and then a second or two later the dialog is rendered (Surface Book 1). Backup & Sync's UI is terribly sluggish on Windows. I downloaded Backup & Sync just to transfer my photos from my local PC into Google Photos. It turned out my wife was already paying for Google One so we just used that. I used the new Backup & Sync tool for the first time and had a poor experience.Ĭontext: I have a paid MS OneDrive account but maxed out my storage and was seeking alternatives (specifically ones with easy family sharing). I posted above, but can elaborate in some more detail here. With and their more thorough end-to-end encryption, I feel safer that my file data cannot be used for random studies or anything else Dropbox feels like they can justify. rando family pictures) and for sensitive files (e.g. I use Dropbox for non-sensitive files (e.g. You can run both Dropbox and at the same time if you want to migrate slowly. Startup / connection time is maybe 50% faster on my dated machine. I will also second that Sync seems much speedier than Dropbox. Their servers are located in Canada, not the U.S., if geography matters to you from a privacy perspective. They support all the usual devices both on the desktop and mobile apps. Thus, their admins do not have access to your unencrypted files or information about them. Moreover, Sync support confirmed that they do not have access to meta-data about your files either. Sync claims that, if you have the Sync setup create your own encryption key on your device, files are end-to-end encrypted. In addition to all the benefits listed above.

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