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Publisher's Description
From Gladinet:
Gladinet Cloud Desktop Starter Edition provides seamless desktop access to cloud storage from Amazon, and Google providers. It keeps your documents synchronized on multiple PCs and creates backups based on folder or file type selections. Access is provided from a local drive on your desktop which allows management of cloud files and folders from Windows Explorer. Backups may include dynamic data from applications like databases. Mirrored and snapshot backups are supported. Mirrored backups maintain the latest versions of files in the backup set while snapshot backups allow older versions of files to be restored.
What's new in this version: Version 4.0.874 supports IBM SmartCloud Object Storage and port selection for Gladinet Cloud Desktop, on Vista and above.
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"Limit to only 1GB of data"
Version: Gladinet Cloud Desktop Starter Edition 4.0.871
Pros
Good to have two cloud services using a single apps
Cons
Should be more open with the restrictions of the free version. Free version limts to 2 serviecs, and max of 1GB of data. Useless when most services are offering 5GB free now.
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"Company direction is pathetic - "stay away!!""
Version: Gladinet Cloud Desktop Starter Edition 4.0.856
Pros
Consolidate all your cloud into one drive (with sub-folders)
Easy to provide file encryption and file compression
Works with windows 7 and XP
Good response to support callsCons
-Web folder /online folder never worked in version 3
-Customers with v3 needs to buy v4 (even thou there many bugs in v3)
-They keep removing features and product and not path for upgrade.
-Constant crash in v3
-No ability to remove file versions from sync, once its established in there interface you can never remove it.
-Writing many files (via ftp storage provider) to sub-folders will eventually hick-up and start writing the files root folder (never fixed).
-No clear focus from company on one single product (and each has huge problems)
-Every product they are offering now focuses (if it has any features at all) on monthly subscription model.
-Poor response to patching promised features and serious product defects.
-Once files are encrypted you "Must" use their client any decryption of files you stored via them.
-No linux versionSummary
I was patiently waiting on them to fix gladinet v3 so that it would be able to access cloud files (as was promised on their website/blurb), they kept promising it would come (in the next patch/hot fix or after they transitioned to new cloud servers)... and 6 months later when it did come it came as an upgrade (their so call v4) with a price tag and monthly fees and charge per what is stored in there cloud (v3 offered access to your computer files through there web interface, v4 is no longer designed that way).
I cannot recommend this company and "any" of their products, "stay away", company lacks clear focus as to whom their customers are or should be and when they do get a customer what they are looking for in a company (for me what I purchased should work and repeated promises should be kept). -
"Does the job"
Version: Gladinet Cloud Desktop Starter Edition 4.0.848
Pros
Easy to install, set up. Drag and drop files into online folders works quickly.
Cons
Right-click in Windows to "Send to.." doesn't immediately work to Gladinet drive. You need to modify Windows "Send to" folder to add shortcuts to online folders. But once done, that works easily too.
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"Pretty good free solution"
Version: Gladinet Cloud Desktop Starter Edition 4.0.839
Pros
Free. Allows Google Docs, Skydrive, etc. to be treated as a virtual desktop drive. Reasonably easy to install and set up. Drag and drop files to upload.
Cons
In Windows, "Send to" on the right-click menu will not send the file to the virtual Z: drive as it initially sets up. This is fixable but it takes extra effort and Gladinet provides no obvious directions.
Summary
I'm a regular user of Google Docs and Windows Skydrive for collaborative editing, file sharing, etc. The free version of Gladinet provides a convenient alternative to having to open a browser window to upload files to these or other cloud sites.
Installation is pretty straightforward, up to a point. The setup console asks for the URL location(s) of your personal Docs or other cloud storage folder. I initially set up both my Google Docs Windows Skydrive sites. Gladinet puts an icon in the Windows task bar which provides easy access to the Gladinet virtual drive (Z:) or to its management console. The virtual drive opens to a Windows Explorer window which displays all the folders in the online site(s). You can then drag and drop a file into any of the online folders exactly as you would on your desktop. Or alternately, open, move, delete, etc. files in the online folders.
Some reviewers here complain about limited file size and slow execution. I haven't tried moving any very big files or batches so it hasn't been a problem for me. And speed of uploading files via Comcast cable has been very fast.
The annoying (but solvable) problem I ran into was when I tried to use the "Send to" option when you right-click on a file in a folder on your computer. The Gladinet virtual drive Z: appears as one of the destination options. But -- at least with multiple online sites included in the Gladinet drive -- sending a file to Z: produces a confusing error message along the line that Z: is a virtual directory; please mount a virtual directory.
By searching the Web for "modifying send to" in Windows, I found directions that enabled me to solve the problem. Basically you must find the "Send to" folder under Windows Users/Apps; create a shortcut in the Gladinet Z: directory for whatever online folder(s) you would want to send files to; then drag the shortcut(s) into "Send to" menu folder. With that done, it then is easy to right-click on a file and send it to any online folder you want.
That's all I needed Gladinet to do. Having set it up now the way I wanted, I find the free app very useful. As other reviewers indicated, I have not found another app that does the same thing. -
"Isn't a free solution"
Version: Gladinet Cloud Desktop Starter Edition 3.2.704
Pros
Good to learn how to use the cloud as storage
Cons
It isn't free. You will eventually have to pay almost $50 for it.
Summary
The starter edition becomes disabled and you can't access anything through the software unless you pay $50.
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"Does what it have to do."
Version: Gladinet Cloud Desktop Starter Edition 3.2.644
Pros
The only software for this type of service.
Cons
Could have a sync option. Maybe an union with SyncBack.
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"severy restricted"
Version: Gladinet Cloud Desktop Starter Edition 3.2.628
Pros
good for small files
Cons
slow, impossible to work for anything over 1mb
Summary
Hello,
I have been using Gladinet for approximately 3 years. I started with the basic free edition and moved on to the Pro, fully paid edition.
It is used primarily for documents and the odd large business presentation. No pictures, movies, or anything more than 5mb.
Whilst it works fine for smaller files (less than 1mb), the software is severely restricted for files over 1mb. It downloads them two or three times before it manages to open them, it is abysmally slow ( one or two minutes to opening), and sometimes it simply does not open them at all. Numerous email exchanges with the support team later, having gone through debates on internet speed, firewall connections, settings, etc, etc, and having found out they were all ok, the concluding remark is "uninstall and reinstall"!!! Even so, problems persist. The software is basically good but is not designed to handle large files.
In summary, if you have small files and want quick access via a "drive", it works. But do not expect to manage a large file portfolio via gladinet. You will simply end up back using the web portal like you always did before gladinet... -
"Good concept but most needs paid version"
Version: Gladinet Cloud Desktop Starter Edition 3.2.628
Pros
Smart software, works well, much needed.
Cons
Unclear product structure, most of what you want to do is not really covered by the free version.
Summary
Not worth buying and paying a monthly subscription. Without payment it just tempts you!
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"Functional but unstable"
Version: Gladinet Cloud Desktop Starter Edition 2.3.432
Pros
The application runs fine and is super easy to use even for newbies...
Cons
...but after a while, it becomes unstable beyond the point of a reinstall.
Summary
This nice piece of software has a good set of features that are easy to use. The software has a free version and a pro version, and if not, i would have not bought it. It lacks stability. I installed it, and after about six moths, it ended up breaking COMPLETELY beyond the point of re-installation. installed it on TWO computers - a desktop and a laptop, both running Windows XP. Maybe your luck with this software will be better.
PS: it failed stability on both these computers.
Updated on Dec 19, 2010
Updated on Dec 19, 2010Ok i uninstalled the version I had on my computer and installed the latest version. It is working OK now but i need to manually run the task each time I upload/save a document. Then i need to refresh it. Sometimes it works, and other times, it doesn't.
This is an OK start for for an app that looks at a new way of cloud computing. It needs a little work, but that will happen over time. -
"Great product, a bit too heavy on my OS though"
Version: Gladinet Cloud Desktop Starter Edition 2.3.432
Pros
installs easily, works out of the box
Cons
too much weight on my pc, i only want simple google drive access
Summary
Gladinet is a great software, but could use a more basic version for users wanting only specific integration
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