Thanks so much Lee & Harry. Learned something new today…it’s a good day.
That explains the speed and the difference between using the App and the URL. Appreciate the help. John > On Nov 28, 2019, at 2:29 PM, Lee Larson <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Nov 27, 2019, at 3:26 PM, John Robinson <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > >> What are they doing, are they creating and storing an image on their >> servers? It just can’t be that the larger file especially is instantly on >> the DropBox servers. > > > Most of these services (DropBox, iCloud, Google, Box, …) create a folder on > your hard drive that they keep synced with a cloud copy. They locally appear > instantaneous because you’re only seeing changes to the local folder. The > service uploads and downloads changes to the cloud copy in the background. > > It’s interesting to watch this happen. If you have two computers connected to > DropBox or iCloud, make changes on one of them and see how long it takes to > migrate the changes to the other. Both iCloud and DropBox are really quick > with small files. Google not so much. > > L^2 > > ---- > Lee Larson > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > > Mr. Cole's Axiom: The sum of the intelligence on the planet is a constant; > the population is growing. — J. Cole > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > MacGroup mailing list > Posting address: [email protected] > Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/> > Answers to questions: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup/>
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