Skydrive for mac

[Tom Mohammed]

It's great that there is finally a client for desktop computers now, because now I'll be replacing dropbox

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It just chills here in the dock, and pushing it does not open any sort of window. If I close it I don't think it syncs when I put files in the dropbox folder.

Anyone know if theres a way to hide this? I can't seem to find an option anywhere. It should really be a background service like dropbox, and be a bit more subtle

[mmgaa1]

Agreed. Closing it makes the little icon in the upper right go away too. (Sorry, my Mac knowledge isn't as strong as my Windows). But so far I like SkyDrive. Installed it on 2 computers so far, and it works well.

[exiva]

You edit the Info.plist file in the Skydrive app. (Right click > Show package contents > Contents folder)

Add

<key>NSUIElement</key>
<string>1</string>

Or download my modified copy of the Info.plist file and replace it in the Skydrive.app and restart

[Tom Mohammed]

You edit the Info.plist file in the Skydrive app. (Right click > Show package contents > Contents folder)

Add

<key>NSUIElement</key>
<string>1</string>

Or download my modified copy of the Info.plist file and replace it in the Skydrive.app and restart

Thank you! Does this work with any program?

[exiva]

Thank you! Does this work with any program?

The file I posted is specific to Skydrive, but the method works yes.

[techblitz]

How does it compare to the Windows Version for you guys? Would you switch from Dropbox for the added storage?

[Tom Mohammed]

How does it compare to the Windows Version for you guys? Would you switch from Dropbox for the added storage?

I haven't needed to switch into my windows partition today so I haven't gotten around to checking out the windows version, but I'll get back to you on that (if I remember :P )

And yeah, bye bye dropbox

[achmeingott]

How does it compare to the Windows Version for you guys? Would you switch from Dropbox for the added storage?

I've put quite a bit of effort into getting DropBox referrals for friends and family, and I've only managed to get to 5.2GB. SkyDrive started me out at 25GB, it has a web-based Office document editor, and a slew of other features (RDP, remote file access, etc). I'll keep DropBox around because I doubt I can convert all of my friends that I have a shared folders with, but personally I'll use SkyDrive from now on.

[techblitz]

I've put quite a bit of effort into getting DropBox referrals for friends and family, and I've only managed to get to 5.2GB. SkyDrive started me out at 25GB, it has a web-based Office document editor, and a slew of other features (RDP, remote file access, etc). I'll keep DropBox around because I doubt I can convert all of my friends that I have a shared folders with, but personally I'll use SkyDrive from now on.

When I get my iPad for school next year, I hope I can use my 25 gigs of storage to add to the 16 GB, letting me have one short of 32 GBs of Storage. Can you mount Skydrive as a virtual harddrive so you can install Windows Programs there? Hmm...
Plus, can you install iPad apps in your Skydrive? Can anyone report back here? I don't think so, but I'm secretly hoping you can!

[mmgaa1]

You edit the Info.plist file in the Skydrive app. .

Wow, There is so much about Mac that I don't know. Thanks for sharing.

[achmeingott]

When I get my iPad for school next year, I hope I can use my 25 gigs of storage to add to the 16 GB, letting me have one short of 32 GBs of Storage. Can you mount Skydrive as a virtual harddrive so you can install Windows Programs there? Hmm...
Plus, can you install iPad apps in your Skydrive? Can anyone report back here? I don't think so, but I'm secretly hoping you can!

I'd assume you'd be fine with some portable apps in your SkyDrive, however because most Windows programs tend to touch the registry and store user data in random places, in general no.

As for the iPad, I don't believe iOS allows you to change the install path or do anything.

Edit: Also forgot to mention that yes, if you're on a computer where you can't/don't want to install the SkyDrive application, you can temporarily map it as a network drive.

Just go to Computer>Map a Network Drive and use this "https://d.docs.live.net/(user id here)"* Choose "connect using different credentials" and set the login credentials to your live id and password.

*To find your user id login to SkyDrive an open any folder, it'll be the string after "cid=" in the URL.

[techblitz]

I'd assume you'd be fine with some portable apps in your SkyDrive, however because most Windows programs tend to touch the registry and store user data in random places, in general no.

As for the iPad, I don't believe iOS allows you to change the install path or do anything.

Edit: Also forgot to mention that yes, if you're on a computer where you can't/don't want to install the SkyDrive application, you can temporarily map it as a network drive.

Just go to Computer>Map a Network Drive and use this "https://d.docs.live.net/(user id here)"* Choose "connect using different credentials" and set the login credentials to your live id and password.

*To find your user id login to SkyDrive an open any folder, it'll be the string after "cid=" in the URL.

Wow, thanks for the info achmeingottt! I wish I could put apps on it, but I guess I'll put all my music there so I'll have it for my soon to be iPad on a later date

[susheelivan]

SkyDrive is introducing good features for Windows 8.1 including a place holder files