If you are not already using Firefox, get it, simple as that. The Gmail Space extension will load into your status bar and allow you to easily upload files to your Gmail account. With nearly 3GB of storage space, I find myself uploading common things I may need at home, work, and at friend’s houses, which all have internet access. Rather then carry a USB flash drive all the time or waste burning a CD, I found this add-on.

This extension allows you to use your Gmail Space (2.5 GB and growing) for file storage. It acts as an online drive, so you can upload files from your hard drive and access them from every Internet capable system.

It’s great for storing/sharing files with your friends. Also very good to backup photos and music files (as you can view/listen to them from Gspace).

To access the files at a later date, just login to your Gmail account. I’ve created labels to help organize the uploads, such as documents, photos, contracts, misc, and just archive them through Gmail. This is also great for students who don’t have access to USB ports on a school’s computer but need access to files, simply upload them to your Gmail account and login at whatever computer you are sitting at.

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