Johanna HörrmannFeb 5
Elliot Jay Stocks
Is anyone here a happy @jottacloud customer and could recommend the service? More specifically, has anyone here migrated to Jottacloud from Dropbox? Anything you’d wish you’d known before starting the process?
Feb 5 at 11:16amWeb
Show threadGraham DobieFeb 5

@elliotjaystocks Yup, I migrated towards the end of last year. Jottacloud has been solid and I’m happy so far.

One of the reasons I switched was the ability to more easily and reliably store the cloud folder on an external drive rather than the boot drive. DB can be fussy / fiddly about that.

Show threadGraham DobieFeb 5

@elliotjaystocks

Another good feature is that there’s a clear distinction between ‘synced’ and ‘archived’. I know DB has the ‘online only’ option, but you have to set that up on every new machine.

With Jottacloud, your sync stuff syncs, and the stuff in the archive folder never syncs to new machines. It’s a good offline store for larger stuff that’s not too important to have downloaded everywhere all the time.

Show threadGraham DobieFeb 5

@elliotjaystocks

The only gotchas I can think of:

1. If you send or receive a lot of Dropbox shared files, you’ll probably need to keep a DB account around for that.

2. If you use Dropbox’s extended version history, I don’t think there’s an equivalent for @jottacloud? It’s just 30 days that files hang around in the trash for. I used to have it on DB but never actually had to use it, so it was a bit of a waste of money. Backblaze has similar functionality if you have that running too.

Show threadElliot Jay StocksFeb 5
@ggdobie I don’t use the shared folders feature at all these days, but I do still send Dropbox URLs (from right-clicking in Finder > “Copy Dropbox link”) for one-time sharing. Is a similar functionality still possible with @jottacloud?
Show threadGraham DobieFeb 5

@elliotjaystocks Yes share links are definitely a feature. Same as Dropbox you can share a folder with another Jottacloud user, or just share files or folders individually to anyone using the share link 👍🏼

Shared link will have a download file or download zip option.

Show threadElliot Jay StocksFeb 5
@ggdobie Oh, that’s really nice. I didn’t quite understand the purpose of the ‘Archive’, but now I get it. Thanks!
Show threadElliot Jay StocksFeb 5
@ggdobie As an aside, I am *loving* your site, man!
Show threadGraham DobieFeb 5

@elliotjaystocks Thank you! 🙏🏼

Hand-coded from scratch because I’m a perfectionist (fool).

Show threadDaniel OpitzFeb 5
@elliotjaystocks @jottacloud I use it for backups with restic and rclone, very happy customer.
Show threadElliot Jay StocksFeb 5
@daniel @jottacloud Good to know — thanks!
Show threadBrian Levy Feb 5
@elliotjaystocks No. But now I’m intrigued.