Mac users already have plenty of options when it comes to cloud storage, but over the course of the last year, a worthy opponent to Dropbox, SugarSync and Box has arrived from an unlikely source: Microsoft.
Although companies like Dropbox are generally the first place many Mac users turn to for their cloud storage needs, we're increasingly using SkyDrive instead. After all, Microsoft's cloud storage allotment is more generous than the competition, with 7GB free for new users -- and even sweeter for those of us who have had a Hotmail or Live.com account for years by keeping the previous 25GB available from the "Manage storage" option.
It certainly helps that SkyDrive is available from just about everywhere: Microsoft rolled out a slick universal iOS app last year, then followed it up by an initially clunky Mac client which has finally come into its own this month. Of course, the service is already tightly integrated with both Windows and Windows Phone, and Microsoft has promised an update for Office 2011 for Mac soon as well.
That just leaves Android and the web, with the former finally announced and coming in the next few weeks, while the latter just got a slick Windows 8-style (formerly known as "Metro-styled") overhaul only last week.
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