A Glimpse of a Cloud-only Future

I just reviewed a new app, My Files, on Mac.AppStorm. It's an attempt to make it simple to store files in cloud storage services without taking up local space on your Mac.

See, cloud storage for the most part is a catch 22: it's billed as a way to make up for smaller amounts of storage on your devices (Hey, don't worry your phone has so little storage, it comes with 25Gb of Dropbox storage), but then that storage either takes up an equal amount of space on your computer or the files are difficult to access. My Files attempts to blur the lines by letting you see and search through all the files you've saved in your cloud storage accounts, without syncing the files themselves to your computer until you need them.

It's a great concept, but right now, it's little more than a proof of concept. It's clunky and prone to crashes. Check my full review at Mac.AppStorm; it's still worth downloading for some, but likely not something you'll use that much for now. Here's to hoping it improves — drastically — going forward, because it's an app concept I'd really like to see done well.

Continue reading at http://mac.appstorm.net/reviews/productivity-review/my-files-access-dropbox-google-drive-and-more-without-filling-your-hard-drive/

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