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anyone else keeping files on two clouds just in case onedrive goes down?
hey everyone
seen a few posts here about files going missing or sync just stopping randomly and it got me thinking about how much we all just trust one cloud completely
my situation is i have onedrive for work, google drive for stuff i share with clients, and dropbox still has old project files from years ago that i never got around to moving. so im constantly opening three different tabs just to find one file. pretty annoying honestly
couple months back onedrive just didnt sync a folder for a few days. i only found out when i needed something on another laptop. nothing was actually lost but it made me a bit nervous about having everything in one place with no backup plan
so i started looking for something that just shows all three drives together. found a tool called All Cloud Hub (allcloudhub.com) and been using it since. it puts all your connected drives into one dashboard so you can search across all of them at once instead of checking each one separately. you can also move files directly from onedrive to google drive without downloading anything to your computer first which saves a lot of time
it connects through oauth so your login details never go to them and your files stay in your own accounts. nothing gets copied to their servers. free plan covers up to 3 cloud accounts which was enough for me
wont fix microsofts sync issues obviously but at least if something breaks on one side your files are still somewhere else
does anyone else do something like this or is it just me being paranoid lol
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You've perfectly described the "cloud sprawl" that happens naturally—work dictates one ecosystem, clients another, and personal history (like old Dropbox projects) adds a third.
The anxiety you felt when OneDrive silently stopped syncing is the exact reason why the "3-2-1 backup rule" (three copies, two media types, one offsite) is still the gold standard, even in a cloud-first world. Relying on any single cloud provider is effectively trusting their infrastructure, their software updates, and your own network connectivity all at once.
Your setup with All Cloud Hub solves the operational headache of managing that sprawl, but as you noted, it doesn't replace the need for a true backup strategy.
Potential Gaps to Consider…
Sync is not Backup: If a file gets corrupted, encrypted by ransomware, or accidentally deleted and that change syncs across all three clouds (via a tool that bridges them), you lose your redundancy. A true backup is versioned, immutable, and air-gapped from your active sync environment.
Tool Dependency: While All Cloud Hub uses OAuth (which is secure), you are introducing a fourth-party tool that has API access to move files between your clouds. It’s worth verifying their data handling policy regarding file metadata and transfer paths to ensure files never touch their infrastructure (most reputable aggregators use server-side transfers directly between cloud APIs).
Since you mentioned using All Cloud Hub, it’s worth noting that for users who prefer open-source or offline tools, Rclone (command line) or KDE Plasma's "KIO GDrive" (for Linux) offer similar aggregation capabilities without a web-based middleman. However, for a clean dashboard UI, the tool you’re using fits the "three tabs to one dashboard" requirement perfectly.
