Amazon.com Inc said it has unveiled an online service that would enable its customers to securely store and access music through their smartphones and computers.
Amazon Cloud Drive is your hard-drive in the cloud. Securely store your music, videos, photos, and documents online and access them from anywhere.
All you need is a web browser to upload, download and access your files from any computer. Back up your files to ensure that your music, photos and personal documents are available to you wherever you go.
The Amazon Cloud drive offers 5 GB of free online storage that you can access from any computer. If you need more storage space, paid plans are available for storage up to 1,000 GB.
However, just purchase an album from the Amazon MP3 Store to get 20 GB of storage free of charge for one year from the date of your purchase. That's enough space to store up to 4000 songs. You can keep your 20 GB storage plan after the year is up or do nothing and we'll drop you down to our free 5 GB plan.
Need more than 5 GB of space? Amazon offer paid storage plans with up to 1000 GB of space. These plans are billed annually and renew automatically for your convenience.
Upload Files
- To upload files to your Cloud Drive, click on the "Upload Files" button on the top left corner of the page.
- Click on "Your Cloud Drive" to select a destination folder for your files. If you do not select a folder at this time, your files will be uploaded into the "Your Cloud Drive" root folder. You will be able to move or copy your files into a different folder once your upload is complete.
- Next, click on "Select files to upload." Select one or more files from your computer to upload.
- Confirm your selection to begin uploading your files.
Download Files
- Check the box next to the file you wish to download.
- Click on the "Download" button
- Your browser will present you with a dialog with download options.
Organize Your Files
Creating folders
Amazon has already created some top level folders for you including "Documents," "Music," "Pictures," and "Videos." You can create more folders to organize your Cloud Drive files as you wish.
To create a new top level folder, select the "Your Cloud Drive" folder in the Folders area on the left hand side of the Cloud Drive page. To create a new sub-folder, select the existing folder where you want to create your subfolder.
- Click on the "New Folder" button.
- Enter the name of the new folder you want to create and click "Save Folder" button.
You can navigate through your folders by clicking on a folder in the "Folders" area on the left hand side of the Cloud Drive page. The folder structure can be expanded or collapsed by clicking on the "+" or "-" buttons next to each folder name.
Moving files and folders
- Check the box next to the item(s) you wish to move.
- Click on the "More Actions" button.
- Select the option to move your item(s).
- Select the folder you wish to move your item(s) to.
- Click on the "Move Items" button to move your item.
Copying files and folders
- Check the box next to the item(s) you wish to copy.
- Click on the "More Actions" button.
- Select the option to copy your item(s).
- Select the folder you wish to copy your item(s) to.
- Click on the "Copy Items" button to copy your items.
Renaming files and folders
- Check the box next to the item you wish to rename.
- Click on the "More Actions" button.
- Select the "Rename" option.
- Type in the new name for your file or folder and then click "Rename".
Deleting files
When you delete files in Cloud Drive they are placed in your "Deleted Items" list. You can access this list by clicking the "Deleted Items" link in the Lists box located in the upper left of the page. Deleted files are not removed from your account and you can restore them if necessary. Deleted files continue to take up space in your account until you permanently delete them.
- Check the box next to the file(s) you wish to delete.
- Click on the Delete button
Your files will be moved to the "Deleted Items" list, where they can be recovered if necessary or permanently deleted later to free up storage space.
Recovering deleted files
- Click on the "Deleted Items" list on the top left corner of the Cloud Drive page.
- Check the box next to the item(s) you wish to recover.
- Click on the "Restore To Folder" button to restore the selected items to the same folders from which they were deleted. Or, click the "More Actions" button and select the "Move" option to move the items to a different location.