![]() Microsoft OneDrive vs iDrive: Performance Yes, you can restore files from online, but we really like the additional option to send you a physical copy of your data - because we don’t all have access to the Internet all the time! Individual users can request these once per year while businesses can use the service three times per year for free - any more than this and all users will have to pay a $59.95 fee. It will make copies of everything on Windows, macOS, iOS and Android devices, as well as external drives if you’re one of the many who, in the past maybe, have resorted to outsourced storage. IDrive works differently to OneDrive in that its primary focus is to backup everything on your computer to an online space. The bandwidth throttling is great for finetuning if you have a poor connection, but for most, this will remain untouched. There is browser access with a simple drag-and-drop interface, too, but the slickest operation by far comes from using the desktop clients which deal with syncing in the background. The same cannot be said for Apple’s word processing apps which can indeed open Microsoft Office files. That said, while these files can be saved in OneDrive, Office apps cannot open them. While this is great news for Windows users, macOS users using Pages, Numbers and Keynote may begin to feel that they are overpaying for a service they do not need. ![]() ![]() All but the most basic subscriptions come with the company’s suite of so-called ‘ Office’ apps, which include the basics like Word, Excel, and PowerPoint, among a few more.
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