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Unit 6: Cloud Computing for the Corporation

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Figure 6.10: Online Storage

Source: http://www.macworld.com/article/2013341/having-it-all-accessing-files-from-the-road.html
Use Dropbox to Access Files Stored in the Cloud

While you can use those apps to get to your files stored in the ether, there is a $5 GoodReader app
also available to you. GoodReader can download and open many files stored on these services.
And when it can’t, its handy open in command lets you open files in an app that can deal with
them.

Example: You can open EPUB files in iBooks or move many kinds of image files to the
Photos app. GoodReader is a must-have on all my iOS devices.
Back to your Mac: Fat lot of good an online storage service does you if you’ve neglected to
upload the files you need to that service before you’ve taken off for the gentle slopes of Lower
Slobenia.
Apple offers its Back to My Mac service that lets you view and control a remote Mac. In such a
scenario you could then add the files you want to Dropbox, Google Drive, or SugarSync, or play
it old-school and simply email the files you need to yourself. When Back To My Mac works it can
be wonderful—particularly since it can use the Wake on Demand feature supported by Latish-
model Airport Base Stations and Time Capsules running firmware 7.4.2 or later. Without going
into great detail about Wake on Demand, this means that even if your Mac is asleep (but, on a
laptop, with the lid open) you can wake it remotely and access your files.

!
Caution One difficulty is that Back to My Mac works best with one of Apple routers and if
you don’t have one, you could be in the soup. In addition, you can’t use Back to My Mac
from an iOS device.

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