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Proton Drive Switzerland's free cloud drive "network drive", the most secure way to store or password share files

by Technical otaku - 2022-08-18 2397 0 2

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Proton Mail is an email service known for personal privacy and security. It also provides Proton VPN, Proton Calendar and Proton Drive. These products all inherit the company's emphasis on security, and one account can use all services. Highly recommended Go try it out! After registering the free plan, there is 500 MB, and the capacity will be increased by 1 GB for free immediately after completing the "Getting Started Guide" for beginners (importing contacts or emails, sending emails, setting backup methods, and downloading mobile apps) to store some important data or Sharing files can be very useful.

The "Proton Drive" recommended in this article is a network hard disk service, emphasizing the safest way to save or share your files  , providing end-to-end encryption to ensure that no one but the user can access your files. Proton Drive is still in the beta stage, and only provides a web interface, and may also add Windows, Mac or iOS, Android applications in the future, looking forward to becoming a true cloud drive with synchronization capabilities.

Proton Drive and Proton account share the capacity, the default is 500 MB, the free plan can be up to 1 GB (if you pay, there are 15 GB, 500 GB optional), you can upload files, folders or shared files from the web interface. Built-in Chinese language, the operation is not too difficult. When sharing files, others can set password protection and file expiration date in advance. Others can download files without logging in to the Proton account.

Next, I will actually operate the related functions of the Proton Drive network hard disk, and interested users can also try it.

Proton Drive
https://proton.me/drive

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STEP 1

Open the Proton website, choose to start with the Proton Free free plan, register an account, the free plan defaults to 500 MB, and can be increased to 1 GB after completing the beginner's guide. There will also be an email address, but be aware that there will be 150 emails per day Mail usage restrictions. Paid upgrades are available if you need more capacity, up to 500 GB.

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When registering, set the user name and password to complete the registration. After registration, there will be a verification screen to verify whether it is a real person. You can also choose to add a phone number and an alternate Email to reply to the account function.

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STEP 2

After logging in to Proton Drive, it will show that this service is still in the beta stage, and you need to enable the " Beta Access " permission to continue.

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Finally, you will come to the web interface of Proton Drive, which looks very simple. You can directly drag the file or folder to the web page and upload it to the cloud drive immediately, or click " Upload " to select the file. No mobile application is provided, but you can still manage files by opening and logging in to Cloud Drive through your browser.

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STEP 3

The upload function of Proton Drive looks very similar to MEGA. When uploading, the current task will be displayed in the lower right corner, as well as the upload speed and completion progress of each file. You need to keep the browser tab open when uploading or downloading files.

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Click " Change Layout " in the upper right corner to switch between different viewing modes. If the user's files are mostly pictures, changing the viewing mode can quickly find the files they need.

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STEP 4

If you want to share the file on the network hard disk for others to download, right-click on the file or folder, and find " Get Link " to share and generate a download link. Others include downloading, moving to a folder, renaming, moving To the trash can can be done through the right-click menu.

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When you get the link, Proton Drive will directly generate a shareable file or folder " shared link ". You can also configure the download link password protection and link expiration date from other settings. If you don't want to continue sharing, click " Stop Sharing " in the lower left corner to Unshare the link.

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STEP 5

When other people open the Proton Drive sharing link, they will see the following screen. Click " Download " to get the file. In addition to sharing the file separately, it also supports sharing all the content under the folder at one time.

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STEP 6

Because the generated sharing link will be permanently valid, if you don't want to continue sharing the file, remember to select " Shared " from the left to find the file, and right-click to select " Stop Sharing " to make the sharing link invalid, or set the link to expiry date.

By the way, Proton Drive has the same trash can function as other network hard drives. If you accidentally delete a file or folder, you can also find the file from the " Trash " on the left menu for recovery.

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STEP 7

At the time of writing this article, Proton Drive only has these functions (still in beta), and you can switch between different Proton products from the upper left corner.

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Three reasons it's worth a try:

  1. Proton Drive is the most secure and private way to save and share files

  2. Free account has 500 MB capacity, which can be increased to 1 GB by completing the Getting Started Guide

  3. Share files or folders, preset password protection, file expiration date


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