[XiaoFu99]

Hi,

Anybody has any app to recommend for syncing the phone photo/video album with cloud? By the way, not using iCloud and will be using OneDrive instead.

Yes, OneDrive does have an app for iPhone, however, it only perform backup/upload and not sync. Meaning if you delete a photo on your iPhone, it will not be deleted at the cloud.

Same thing for OneDrive Android as well, it only upload/backup but doesn't sync. So I found an app "Autosync for OneDrive" which is rather good (various type of sync) and neat (can white/blacklist SSID for backup). Unfortunately, it's only for Android.

Any recommendation will be helpful.

Thanks

[lkinm81]

U can try Google photo ..

[XiaoFu99]

lkinm81 wrote:

U can try Google photo ..

Thanks.

Unfortunately, I have subscription for OneDrive for my Android phone.

This arrangement is more for my child to share my OneDrive account with her iPhone. Yes, the OneDrive app almost can do it, just looking for something more complete like AutoSync for OneDrive in iOS environment which I'm not familiar with.

[xiaofan]

XiaoFu99 wrote:

Thanks.

Unfortunately, I have subscription for OneDrive for my Android phone.

This arrangement is more for my child to share my OneDrive account with her iPhone. Yes, the OneDrive app almost can do it, just looking for something more complete like AutoSync for OneDrive in iOS environment which I'm not familiar with.

Google Photos is free (unlimited storage, 16 megapixels and videos up to 1080p resolution) so you do not need to delete.

[XiaoFu99]

xiaofan wrote:

Google Photos is free (unlimited storage, 16 megapixels and videos up to 1080p resolution) so you do not need to delete.

Thanks.

If i delete a photo on iphone, will it slso delete in google photo as well?

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[xiaofan]

XiaoFu99 wrote:

Thanks.

If i delete a photo on iphone, will it slso delete in google photo as well?

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No it will not delete in Google Photos.

[XiaoFu99]

xiaofan wrote:

No it will not delete in Google Photos.

Thanks. Same as Onedrive.

Looks like Apple disallow any app to perform bi-directional sync between phone and cloud. Thus, could not find any app snd force users to iCloud instead.

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[xiaofan]

XiaoFu99 wrote:

Thanks. Same as Onedrive.

Looks like Apple disallow any app to perform bi-directional sync between phone and cloud. Thus, could not find any app snd force users to iCloud instead.

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Actually I do not see the use case for two way sync when you have unlimited storage as in the case of Google Photos.

We have Google Photos on iPhones, iPads and Android phones, all will be backed up to Google Photos. The local files can be deleted. All will see the same superset from Google Photos.

[XiaoFu99]

xiaofan wrote:

Actually I do not see the use case for two way sync when you have unlimited storage as in the case of Google Photos.

We have Google Photos on iPhones, iPads and Android phones, all will be backed up to Google Photos. The local files can be deleted. All will see the same superset from Google Photos.

More of a case where a lot of junk in there. So easy to clear on the phone. So when sync with new phone, junk wont come back in again.

In "Autosync for OneDrive" for Android, this is term as "mirror sync".

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[xiaofan]

XiaoFu99 wrote:

More of a case where a lot of junk in there. So easy to clear on the phone. So when sync with new phone, junk wont come back in again.

In "Autosync for OneDrive" for Android, this is term as "mirror sync".

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I see. You have a point as well.

I am very scared of mirror sync myself because I prefer to have more junks than to accidentally deleting stuff.

Still you may want to look at Google Photos. Along with iCloud, both are great in terms of photos organization. So you do not really worry too much about some junks. Only problem is that now I am stuck with Google Photos as I am reluctant to pay for iCloud as of now.

One Drive is not as good as a photo organization app compared to the other two.

[XiaoFu99]

xiaofan wrote:

I see. You have a point as well.

I am very scared of mirror sync myself because I prefer to have more junks than to accidentally deleting stuff.

Still you may want to look at Google Photos. Along with iCloud, both are great in terms of photos organization. So you do not really worry too much about some junks. Only problem is that now I am stuck with Google Photos as I am reluctant to pay for iCloud as of now.

One Drive is not as good as a photo organization app compared to the other two.

Ya. One drive more for storing files.

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[szeli]

still prefer iCloud. native solution.

[ApexMan]

szeli wrote:

still prefer iCloud. native solution.

Icloud best
Google photo 2nd
No other come close

[yotoden]

Dropbox? Easy to use also. As compare to OneDrive, Dropbox is easier to use.

[xiaofan]

yotoden wrote:

Dropbox? Easy to use also. As compare to OneDrive, Dropbox is easier to use.

No point to use Dropbox if purely for iOS because it is more expensive than iCloud.

Dropbox Plus : US$9.99 per month for 2TB (need to pay yearly to get this price, else US$11.99 if pay monthly).

iCloud: S$12.98 per month for 2TB. You also got options for lower tier like 50GB (S$1.28 monthly) and 200GB (S$3.98 monthly).

Google Photos: free and unlimited storage