How to Use Your Home Computer With Online File Storage
Online storage allows you to save files, without taking up space on your hard drive. You can access the files you upload onto your storage account from any location whether you are at the office or at home. Using your home computer with online storage is no different than using any other type of computer to access your files.
- Open your Internet browser and navigate to the front page of the online storage company you have decided to sign up with and log in. If you have not already signed up, simply click “Sign Up” and choose the type of plan you wish to have. There are free options and paid options. The free options allow you to have a certain amount of space each month, usually ranging between 2GB and 50GB. The paid plans allow you options for unlimited data usage as well as smaller plans, such as 100GB or anywhere in between.
- Click “Upload” once you have signed into your account and upload any files you wish to store. In order to do this, simply locate the exact file form your drive or removable media storage device and select the file or files to upload.
- Click “OK” to upload the files to your online storage account.
- Download files you need to use, by signing into your account and clicking “Open” on the file you need to download.
- Select “Download” once the file is open and select a location where you want to save it on your computer, disk or removable storage device. Click “OK” and watch your file download.