Needing Advice: A Place to Store Word/Pages Documents

[red_satin_doll]

My sweetie is not too fond of the idea of me creating and storing Pages docs (the Mac version of Word) on her laptop, now our only computer; she's worried about it filling up etc. (I love that woman, oh how I do, but....ever seen the scene in the movie The Kids Are Alright re: "micromanaging"? That's pretty much us.)

So I'd like to have a place where I can create, edit and store documents online and store them there, now that I've just filled up another notebook with fic drafts and meta notes; something along the lines of Photobucket, but for documents rather than photos.

FYI: the simpler the better. I've heard of iCloud and still have no idea what it is (despite <lj user=comlodge>'s careful explanation of it); I'm pretty computer savvy in some ways but most of y'all are way ahead of me in a lot of other areas. Thanks muchly!

Comments

[rahirah]

Yeah, you can get a thumb drive with several gigs of space for tiny amounts of money these days. That's more than enough for novels worth of text documents.

[red-satin-doll.livejournal.com]

I definitely agree with readerjane's comment downthread. I think thumb drives are handy for getting files from one 'puter to another temporarily (or where ever I want them to end up) but not for storage per se. I had one that I'd barely used and it died on me the way floppies used to (this was way before the apt fire btw); it just stopped working. I suspect they're rather delicate. but if you've had good luck with them, and know a good brand to get, by all means point the way!

ETA: it's also possible that I'm slightly paranoid.

[rahirah]

Well, they're not my preferred method of storage. Their main advantage is that they're super cheap!

[red-satin-doll.livejournal.com]

True, I actually got mine as freebies from a friend so I can't exactly complain!

I'm assuming that you don't leave docs on them long before you get things posted? (Because I have this vision of you as this super-duper prolific, accomplished and organized Writer. 'cause a fangirl needs heros. Don't smash my vision and break my little heart btw - just roll with it.)

[rahirah]

I've mainly used them to transfer database files from one computer to another when my work email was being wonky about sending large attachments, or for moving the contents of whole directories of fic to a new computer. I haven't had any problems with data loss, but as you say, I rarely need to leave things on them long. However, I've left copies of those directory transfers languishing in a drawer for a year or more, and they were readable when I needed to use the drive again. On the third hand, I do just leave it sitting in a drawer, so it doesn't have much chance to get knocked around and broken.

[red-satin-doll.livejournal.com]

On the third hand, I do just leave it sitting in a drawer, so it doesn't have much chance to get knocked around and broken.

Huh. We had ours hanging off mirrors and a lamp switch, so PROBABLY not the best way to care of them in hindsight.;)

I'll give them another go sometimes.