Accountants focus on all things tekkie - like iPhone, iPad, iCloud

As Accountants we are pretty savvy with most things technical but appreciate it’s not every ones bag, so what’s out there to help with the every day stuff that’s not difficult to use and actually is pretty cool –

Forgive me if you already know about these, but if you do then maybe your mum dad, or grandparents might find them useful if perhaps you had forgotten about them?

OK for starters, lets start with Dropbox, Pros: Dropbox will automatically sync any fields you put in the dedicated Dropbox folder on your pc or any other computer that has access to that folder, whether it’s a laptop, phone or tablet giving instant access. It’s widely used so sharing with others is easy and you can also set up the phone app to automatically save your picture to the service Cons: With only 2 GB free storage there are other services that offer more space before you have to start paying

Apple iCloud Pros: It also used for storing a backup of your iPhone or iPad, and helping you find your phone if you lose it. With iOS 8 expected around now (sept) Apple is also adding iCloud Drive a service that will let you treat it much more like a connected folder between your devices. Probably the easiest to use out of the box as you don’t have to do anything to set it up – just work out how much extra storage you want to pay for? Cons: Currently it only works with Apple devices and it can sometimes be slow to sync between devices

One thought – 7GB is plenty for a couple of years worth of phone pictures – sorry couldn’t resist…

Although he does look seriously cool, do you think he does yoga? I digress – back to techno stuff

Microsoft OneDrive Pros: Once called SkyDrive, Microsoft’s OneDrive is built into windows 8 and windows phone 8 making it quick and easy to share files between your devices. You get 7GB free to start with, which should be plenty for a couple of years worth of phone pictures, unless you get a new baby or puppy! Like Dropbox, you can set it to back up your phones automatically even if you’re using Android or iOS Cons: There are limits to the size of the files you can save 2GB but unless you’re storing big video files you should be fine & a song is normally around 4MB

I’ve got some more information I’d like to share, but for now and especially as the weather is so fantastic, it’s a Friday afternoon and there is a beer with my name on it, I ‘ll leave it with you and look forward to sharing some more every day tekkie stuff on the next blog….