There are two main reasons to use the cloud for your Scrivener projects. But for this article, I'm going to discuss the main cloud storage services that are accessible to all. You could also have a 'personal cloud ' there are companies that sell devices, such as network-attached storage devices (NAS) that you can access from anywhere. This is especially important when you're sharing folders with colleagues: they may be in a different country and need quick updates when you add, remove, or change files.

Of course, it's not a single computer, or even a single data center: large cloud storage systems use networks of servers around the world to ensure that files are available anywhere. The cloud is just someone else's computer. Here's how you can use Scrivener with the cloud. You put files in a folder on your computer, and they sync to the cloud, and you can access the same files on another computer or device.īut when you're syncing Scrivener projects to cloud services, there are some rules to respect.

With cloud services such as Dropbox, iCloud Drive, One Drive, and others, this syncing mostly just works. One of the best things about modern computing is the availability of 'the cloud,' allowing us to sync files from device to device without using floppy discs, thumb drives, or complex network connections to file servers.

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