Livedrive

A smart, versatile cloud service at a tempting price, but the inter face looks and feels a little dated

PRICE Backup only, £5/mth; 2TB sync only, £10/mth; 5TB backup and sync, £15/mth from livedrive.com Live drive gives you a choice between a basic online backup service, a 2TB sync service, and a service that bundles both together, covering five PCs with 5TB of storage. You can select which files and folders to back up, and can drag files and folders to be synced into your Briefcase folder, which operates like a Dropbox folder, replicating the same set of files across all systems where Livedrive is installed. Livedrive’s desktop client looks dated, and its Android and iOS apps are even worse. As features go, though, the software isn’t bad. Selecting files and folders for backup is easy, with the setup making sensible suggestions, and you can select whether individual files or folders…

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