Gmail disk – convert you Gmail account into online storage
Gmail Disk is a software that lets you convert your Gmail account into an online storage space.It is known to many that google may come up with an online storage space called GDrive.But there are already ways to make use of your vast storage space in Gmails and Gmail disk is one such software that lets you create a virtual filesystem around your GMail account, thereby enabling you to convert your Gmail account into an online storage area.Gmail disk creates a disk on your PC/computer that would look like this:
How does Gmail disk work?
Any new file that you create using Gmail disk is generated as an email and sent to your Gmail account, where it would appear as an email in your Inbox.The file you created, will be an attachment to this email.Gmail disk, periodically scans your Gmail account to see if new files have arrived and then rebuilds the directory structure.What is cool about Gmail disk is, it can be used as any other drive on your PC/computer.Infact you can simply drag and drop files into this disk.These will then be sent to your gmail account as emails.Now, isn’t this an easy way to back up your blog posts? You can then create appropriate labels in your gmail account, to seggregate these files.
The latest version of gmail disk – Version 1.0.12 now works with Google Apps accounts (hosted domains) too.You can download Gmail Disk here.Extract and install by clicking setup.exe.Then enter in your Gmail username and password.Finally go check your Mycomputer or windows explorer…voila!!!
Update on Gdrive
Gdrive may make its debut anytime and the long wait is almost over.It has been said that Google would offer a certain amount of storage space for free while charging for additional gigabytes. Gdrive could infact act more like an overlay to the other file management utilities, instead of just an extra extension. That would make it even better!
Here are my posers…if Google makes Gdrive available with sufficient storage space,can it not replace your hard disks? Can’t we then see sale of cheap computers without a hard disk but designed specifically to access internet? What are your thoughts? Gdrive could be put to more innovative uses.Can you tell me how you plan to use it?
I think everyone is waiting for Gdrive to come up. Pretty useful software indeed.
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Hi,
GMailDrive is also a useful application for this purpose.
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I agree with the idea about disk free computers– we seem to be headed toward centralized computing. Unfortunately, we should be wary of it for two reasons that are immediate to me: 1) The is an environmental impact actually, it is extremely more energy efficient to access data stored locally on a hard disk then to always be sending and receiving data from a google data center. Even though it gives we freedom of movement, so does a laptop. Adding up constant communication and signal amplification, etc. across the country for a period of say 5 years would add up to a lot more energy than just using your laptop. 2) Be wary about relinquishing control of your information to google (even thought they are wonderful) and becoming dependent on them. In a few years, they may be used by so many people that they could charge enormous rates to manage such online information for you. A simple change of policy and you may be paying a monthly computing bill that wasn’t there before.
Agreed. Infact Gmail account is not meant for storing your content
Gmail disk are only temporary solutions for the not so important files, that you would want to access from anywhere. However you could only treat this as another backup solution.