AOL has launched an online file storage service called Xdrive which is offering 5GB of storage for free and 50GB for about $100/year. I love digital photography and my collection continues to grow. I have backup hard drives, burned DVD’s, etc as I am absolutely paranoid that all of the family memories are going to go up in flames some day in a fire or worse. Online is the obvious answer, but the costs have been outrageous until now.
AOL acquired Xdrive last year as it struggled to make its 5GB for $100/year model work. Not enough storage to fully back-up my collection so I was not willing to fork out $100. However, I am willing to do it this year since with 50GB ($2/GB), I can get all of my photos and then some backed up and I figure that this cost/GB is only going to go down.
They are working on a Mac client, but we Mac users can still use a browser to upload files. Windows users can do things from the desktop client like schedule multiple backups, manage & share folders, drag and drop folders/files and such.
Ironically, I came across the reborn Xdrive by seeing the ad underneath my posts. Talk about a backwards situation. The blog world never ceases to surprise me… Feel free to click on the ad link to sign up if interested. However, this is not a promotional post on Xdrive because of that. I’m just happy to have finally found a place to upload my extremely large photo files…