Save directly to Cloud Storage - Cloud Save

Most people tend to be drifting toward Cloud Storage so a future without it seems inevitable. It seems kind of redundant to download a file from online to your hard drive and then upload it to your Cloud Storage server afterwards. You probably don’t need the file locally and online in most cases so this process is unnecessary. The smart folks at Google realized this as well and created a Google Chrome extension that bypasses the entire middle stage of this process. Nice! It is called Cloud Save and can be acquired right about HERE for FREE!

So how this app works is really simple. Basically once you have it installed, all you have to do is right click an image or file type like you normally would to save it to your HD. Now you will have a new option in the menu called “Cloud Save” which will enable you to directly save the file to your cloud of choice. Cloud Save is currently compatible with 19 different “clouds” including SugarSync – my fav- as well as DropBox, Google Docs, SkyDrive, Picasa, Facebook, Twitter, Amazon Cloud etc. If you look up awesome dinosaur pics like I do then your new file saving procedure might look like this example:

So to download this free app, just follow this link HEREand then click on the "Add to Chrome" button.

A pop up will appear to confirm the download looking exactly like this one:

Then the app will install in like 5 seconds and the confirmation will show in the top right of your browser like this.

And that is it! Now you are good to go! Now whenever you want to save a file directly to a cloud all you do is right click and go for it! This extension is also very smart so if your cloud of choice is not initially on the first submenu, once you have used it a time or two it will work its way to the top for easy access. Now go get after all those (wholesome) files!

Note: To manage your apps click the little wrench to the right of the address bar, then hover your mouse over “Tools” and then a submenu will appear with “Extensions.” Click it and your extensions can be managed from here.

Check your Gmail, Google Docs and Google Calendar Offline!

Have you ever had important information saved in your email, but you couldn’t establish an internet connection to access it? I have and its really frustrating. How about had a shared Google Doc that you and some study partners were sharing and then you lost internet access on your laptop (or iPad etc) and couldn’t get back to it? I have. Do you use the amazing Google Calendar App to organize your life and depend on it for your schedules and plans? I do that as well…

Sometimes we just don’t have available access to the internet, but we need to access online references immediately and this can be really stressful trying to track down a Starbucks or a local Wi-Fi location to check this information. Lucky for us humans, Google realized that this happens in real life and in September 2011 created a very convenient way to remedy these issues. And the best part? They are all FREE! Google offers offline access to Gmail through Gmail Offline Gmail Offline . Just follow the link and click on the “Launch App” button and it will start the download. With this feature you will have access to your most recently cached email (all of the emails that you have previously viewed on the computer you are using). So far this feature is only available in the Google Chrome web browser and a link for download of Chrome is available in the link above.

The same offline access is available for Google Calendar users as well starting September 2011. This software can be found here. Just click the “Launch App” button and it will start the free download. If you don’t know about Google Calendars, you should really check it out. You can organize all of your plans and schedule and input alarms as reminders, you can sync your calendar with others to try to make scheduling easier and much more. It’s awesome and now it is available with offline access too. For a great preview of some of the stuff you can do with Google Calendar check out this informative blog here.

Google Docs is also available offline as of September 2011 as well and you can get it right here. The same process applies for Google Docs as with Google Calendar and Gmail Offline. Just click the “Launch App” button and the download will begin.

It is important to note that when these features are set up for offline access, it means that the information will be stored on the hard drive of the computer that you are using. If you are on a Public computer or Network private information should not be saved to the hard drive. Additionally, edits to these programs will not be available for others to view online until your computer regains internet access and then the updates will take place automatically.
I hope you found this helpful!
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