Upthere - A smarter way to keep, find, and share all of your files

@uxaldo hey Aldo, thanks for your support and for trying out Upthere! You have some great questions that I'll try to address. The big difference is that Upthere does not sync (i.e. copy) your files back and forth between all of your devices, instead transferring just the relevant metadata and appropriate previews to each of your devices. This means that the source of truth is always in Upthere, rather than each of your individual devices thinking what they have locally is the master copy, allowing all of your devices to always access the most up to date content available — of course in an offline scenario, it will not be able to update from it's last known local state. Indeed our search is very competitive with OS X Photos search. Our metadata extraction and indexing allows us to very efficiently find and query for content across all file types depending on rich metadata. So far we've only exposed a few of the search functionalities that we could, such as location, filetype, camera model, but we're just starting out here so always happy to receive feedback on what is important and how we can add value :) As an additional point, I think our UI is a lot more immediately interactive as OS X requires you to decide which "match" you want from the dropdown on the field, whereas we show interactive clusters that can immediately display the content of what you are looking for, right inline. Hope I've answered you're questions well. If you're interested in finding out more about our technology, you can check out https://www.upthere.com/technology and feel free to write in to support@upthere.com anytime with questions or feedback!

@jmow not really for everyone. The iOS app is absent from the Croatian App Store.

@bojanspaic We are currently available in Australia, Canada, Hong Kong, India, Ireland, the U.K., and the U.S. Stay tuned for more countries!

@jmow well, since I can create an account, download and install the Mac app, I don't really see the point of withholding the iOS app, but I guess it has to do with server load. While I'm at it: I expected to see a menu bar app for easy uploading and last uploaded files access. Also, one of the main reasons for not using iCloud exclusively is the lack of the possibility of sharing simple links to files to be previewed in a browser. Upthere doesn't improve on that. Guess I'll have to wait for the iOS app and see.

@jmow Out of curiosity, what was the actual reason to not open it up to all countries, language related? I am from the Netherlands and I don't know anyone who doesn't speak English and all the companies I've worked at had English as their main language, yet there have been many apps that aren't made available to us, because the company behind it believes we only speak our local gobblygook and nothing more, while in reality most of us speak 2, 3 or more languages...

@davidvb Hi David, thanks for your interest. Rest assured, we are actively working on expanding to as many countries as possible! Although language / internationalization has some effect, ultimately there are other considerations that impact these decisions as well. For example, certain areas have particular data residency laws which may impact our ability to operate without implementing specific requirements. Feel free to reach out to support@upthere.com if you'd like further information. We can also make sure to add you to a list to be notified when our distribution expands to include your country. Cheers! Jason

@straaajk Hey, glad you like it. There are a couple of key differences. First, we store all of your photos in their original quality – no compression or size limits to what you store. Since, you can store any file with us, not just photos and finally, our we have a direct relationship with you. In other words, there's no third party that would pay us. It's you and us and our job is to treat your data in the way that you intend. Thanks for your interest!

@coachdja Thanks!

@hmurchison Thanks for the kind words man! We've worked very hard on our technology stack to ensure a blazingly fast and reliable service — glad to hear it's working well!

@straaajk definitely was on the table. "Album" was not ideal since it can represent any combination of file types and people. Collection might have worked, but seemed a little rigid, still. You can use Loops to organize or to "stay in the loop" ;) when sharing with a group of friends over time.

@_shahedk Thank you for being a beta tester and continuing to use Upthere!