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✓ An Internet connection: Without an Internet
signal, either wireless or wired, your files stay
floating in the clouds, away from you and your
computer.
✓ Patience: Uploading files always takes longer
than downloading files. Although you can
upload small files fairly quickly, larger files
like digital photos can take several minutes
to upload.
Accessing files with SkyDrive
To add, view, or download files you’ve stored on
SkyDrive from the Start screen’s SkyDrive app, as well
as to add your own, follow these steps:
1. From the Start screen, open the SkyDrive app.
When opened, the SkyDrive app (shown in
Figure 3-8) may react any of several different
ways depending on whether you’ve used
SkyDrive before, and how.
SkyDrive lists your stored folders along the left
edge and your files along the right.
2. To copy files from your computer to SkyDrive,
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your computer.
To add files, right-click a blank part of the
SkyDrive program; when the app’s menu
appears along the screen’s bottom edge,
choose Upload (shown in the margin). The
Start screen’s File Picker appears, shown in
Figure 3-9, ready for you to choose the files
you’d like to store in the clouds.
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