Guides
How to download files straight to the cloud, not your laptop
A 40 GB dataset does not need to visit your laptop on its way to storage. How remote downloads pull a URL server-side while you close the lid.
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Maya L.
Product Manager, dosya.dev team. 14 guides.
Privacy
Data residency: does it matter where your files live?
Sometimes it is law, sometimes latency, often neither. Which reasons for caring where your files are stored are real, and what to ask a provider.
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Guides
Checksums explained: how to verify a downloaded file
A checksum is a fingerprint for file contents. How to compute one on every platform, and when verifying is worth the thirty seconds it costs.
3 min read
Privacy
Encryption in transit vs at rest vs end-to-end
Three phrases that appear on every provider's site and describe three different protections. What each one covers, and how to decide what you need.
4 min read
Storage
Dropbox alternatives for people who outgrew the free plan
Whether it was the three-device cap, the price per terabyte or a sync conflict too many, here is how to compare the alternatives properly.
4 min read
Guides
What is WebDAV and when is it the right choice?
A 1999 protocol that still mounts cloud storage as a folder on almost anything. What WebDAV does well, and when S3 or SFTP is the better fit.
4 min read
Guides
Automatic phone photo backup, explained
Your backup settings decide what happens when the phone is lost. Here is how automatic backup works and the five settings that actually matter.
5 min read
Security
What a file audit log should actually record
Most audit logs answer the easy questions and go quiet on the ones that matter during an incident. Here is what a genuinely useful trail contains.
5 min read
Guides
Back up a Linux server to object storage with cron
A backup script takes ten minutes. A backup you can actually restore from takes more thought. Here is a setup with the failure modes handled.
4 min read
Guides
How to map cloud storage as a network drive on Windows
Windows maps WebDAV storage to a drive letter, but two defaults break it for real files. Here is the setup that actually works, including the 50 MB trap.
5 min read
Storage
Free cloud storage: what the tiers really give you
Free plans differ in ways the headline gigabyte figure hides. Here are the seven questions worth asking, and an honest account of where ours stops.
5 min read
File sharing
Why every share link should have an expiry date
Links you forget about accumulate quietly for years. Setting an expiry turns cleanup into one decision made at share time, instead of a task nobody does.
5 min read