As regular internet users, we all tend to have accounts on several services that allow us to keep our different types of files online in clouds. This is quite possible that you have accounts on various such services, like OneDrive, Dropbox, Box, Google Drive, etc., which allow keeping almost any type of file online. One of the biggest problems in accessing, managing, and transferring files between various cloud storage.
To manage your files across these services, you will have to log in to your account on a particular service. Another way is to use something like Dropbox, where there is no file type limitation; however, this won’t be an excellent idea for so many reasons.
Manage & Transfer files between Cloud Storage from a Single interface
The service we are going to talk about comes into the picture at this point. A service that allows you to manage various types of files across multiple file storage services from a single place and even transfer data between them. Get an account on Otixo (free). Once you are logged in to your account on Otixo, it will ask you to add the Cloud-based services, which is a process of linking and authorizing your Otixo account to access other services.
Accessing files on a particular Cloud Storage Service via Otixo
You can select a service from the right panel, which has the list of supported cloud services, later you will have to provide your login id and password on the particular service to link and authorize Otixo to access your account, as said earlier.
As you add services to your Otixo account, the list under ‘MY CLOUD SERVICES’ in the left panel keeps growing, there you can access your already linked cloud storage accounts. Now select any added account from the Left Panel and later choose a file from that service. You will now see that the list of available tools (or the operations you can perform on a particular service) will be active now, have a look at the snapshot below.
So, this is how you can access any particular file you have stored in clouds using a specific Cloud Service. Now, let us understand how one can manage the data across different services using Otixo.
Managing the files from a single interface
As stated earlier, the set of operations is now enabled (i.e., after selecting a particular file, functions can also be activated by right-clicking on the data, as shown below). You can now perform the operation you want.
List of operations that can be performed on the files across different Cloud Services
Summarily, you can –
- Share a file – You get a direct URL to the file and share it the way you want. You can also password protect the file from restricting access and decide the number of days before this URL expires.
- Preview – Have a look at the file and its contents.
- Launch in – Launch the file, like if you perform this operation on a word file saved on Google Drive, it will launch in a new tab within the Google Drive interface.
- Copy, Cut, and Paste – Simple options don’t need any description. However, the paste feature is essential here. Once you have made the ‘Copy’ or ‘Cut’ operation, you can ‘Paste’ the file to any other service directly by selecting the Cloud Service from the Left Panel.
- Rename, Delete, Download, Upload – Another set of some generic operations.
- New Folder – Create a new folder for some files within the service.
List of Supported Cloud Services for Otixo
Here is the list of services that you can manage via Otixo –
- Dropbox
- Box
- Picasa
- MobileMe
- SugarSync
- FTP
- WebDav
- AmazonS3
- Google Drive
- SkyDrive (recently added to the list)
My Experience with Otixo
Otixo is an excellent service for sure, very useful. It is probably something which every heavy Computer and Internet user has ever dreamt of. All the operations work perfectly fine. It does everything it claims to do. However, some people might hesitate to use the service because one has to provide access to the services that have so many personal files. But I think you can rely upon the service.
So, if you feel comfortable giving out access to your Cloud Services accounts, Otixois a must-try service for you, try and share your views about it with us.
Update: Otixo has changed over the years, and now they have premium plans for consumers and businesses. If you are looking for the free option, here is what you get in the free plan.
- AES256 encrypted Drives
- Multi Work Spaces
- View 10k most recent messages
- Up to 10 File Manager & Work Space App integrations
- Full-featured file manager
- File & folder transfers between Clouds/services/protocols for $0.49/GB
The last part is a bummer for those who like to transfer files from one place to another.
