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Access Files on your Computer from Anywhere

 Today's era life is too fast and we are trying too. but the Problem : is that we have documents, photos, music and all other important data and files on home computer. Now to be fast in life how can you "remotely access" these files from you office computer or local area computer or when ever you are traveling, from you mobile phone?

Solution :  The simplest solution  would be that put a copy all of your data from the home computer on toa a portable hard drive and carry it around but this is obviously a bit cumbersome approach, you need to sync the home computer and you portable disk.  



But for fast internet life 

             Access Files on your Compute over the Internet 

There are many ways by which you can retrieve files stored on you home computer from anywhere else using a regular Internet Connection.

Option 1 :  Using Desktop sharing Software

Free Desktop sharing software like TeamViewer and UltraVNC that provide feature to access your computer files remotely form anywhere else. LogMeIn Pro and CrosssLoop Home are some othere good options for transferring files from a remote computer but these are paid services.

If all your computer are running Windows, you can use the built in Remote Desktop Connection feature of windows to access your home computer from another window computer over the Internet.

Limitation : with Desktop Sharing Software, you'll always have access to all your files but it requires that the remote computer stays on. None of these options will help you access files on a mobile phone except LogMeIn which has an iPhone app.

Option 2 : Using Online Backup

SugarSync, Carbonite, SkyDrive or even Dropbox are the online backup services. They provide desktop utilities that will automatically upload files on Internet from th home computer and you can access these files through the web browser of any other Internet Connection Computer.

Advantage : All your files are always be available to you even if your home computer is running or not. SugarSync and Carbonite have a mobile optimized website so you can access files from any mobile phone as well.

Disadvantage : If you are using any these services for the first time. you'll to wait until they upload all your data to the cloud and this process may take long if you have too many files on the home computer 

Option 3 : Access Files Directly Through the Browser

Problem with above services are Online backup services will copy files to their own servers before you can access them for anywhere else. Screen sharing services are often slow and they won't work on most mobile devices.

Let's now explore another set of services that allow you download files directly form the home computer.

Copernic, Google Desktop are popular dsktop search software that you may use to find emails, documents and other files on your Windows computer. They have a paid  component called mycopernic on the Go that lets you remotely search for content stored on the home or office computer. You can preview the search results and then download them to your mobile phone or remote PC.

Opera Unite is a standard web Server and therefore you'll be downloading files directly form the computer- they're not upload anywhere else. Opera Unite , you can easily turn your computer into a web server and instantly access files and folders on that computer from any other web browser(including that of mobile phones).

GBridge setup a virtual private netwrok using your existing Google Account. GBridege lets home users can build their own VPNs to access remote files more Securely.

Sync.live.com Windows Live Sync in great choice for remotely accessing files over the Internet. Just install the Live Sync client on your computer and you can then access the entire hard drive of that computer simply through the Windows Live Sync website. The new version of Live Sync is even better and it has integrated online storage (Live Mesh) so you'll be able to access your important file even if the remote computer is off.

HomePipe  It is extremely easy and free service that lets you access your home files and media from any other computer or mobile phone. Install the HomePipe Agent and all files on that computer will instantly become available through the web. they also have apps for iPhone and Android Phones

Enjoy It!!
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