The first folder, with about 20MB of personal pictures, took about 2 minutes. There will eventually be an easier method (already available on Mac) where you can right click on the folder you want and hit the "Cloudify this" option.įor the test, I tried two small folders and one larger one. If you don't want to drag, you can use the "browse" option to search for your folder. Opening the "My Bitcasa Folders" leads you to a very simple input screen where you can drag any folder you want to add to the cloud. In fact, Bitcasa says the Mac version is a true beta while the Windows version is still an early alpha.
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It is clear that the Mac version of the software is more evolved than the Windows version because the guide videos are all done on Mac OS X 10.7 Lion and seem to have features I could not find on the Windows version. They may lose their jobs, but they could do so after they have taken all your pictures, for example.īitcasa has been sending out invites to a limited time beta of the service and we got to test the service today.Įverything on the install side was very quick and easy and there was the Bitcasa icon in my taskbar in Windows 7. Services like DropBox have admitted that employees are prohibited from accessing files, but are not blocked in any way. This is great for users who may be scared that anyone can search their personal files.
Bitcasa says every upload is encrypted and protected on the server side, meaning no one but you can ever access it, including employees of the company or "snooping" media companies.
Now that you understand how it works, the biggest question is whether the data is safe, and who (if anyone) can access it. By doing so, the company can keep its costs significantly down and offer infinite storage to its users.
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The company's CEO says it can offer unlimited storage, "because 60 percent of their data is identical." Simply, when you "cloudify" a music track or movie, the chances are someone else has the same exact track or movie on their computer.īitcasa uses "patented de-duplication algorithms, compression techniques, and encryption" to identify duplicate files and therefore the company only keeps a couple, (or even one) of of the files in its servers. How does Bitcasa offer unlimited storage? In fact, when you add your first folder, you are told that you have over 500TB of remaining free space, and the start-up says that number is only there because Windows and Mac machines cannot display higher numbers. What makes Bitcasa different is that the service offers you truly infinite storage, all for just $10 per month.
Bitcasa is a start-up begun by former execs at Mastercard, VeriSign and Mozy and is the latest entrant to the cloud storage market.
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