Chapter 20

Sync, Share, and Store

In This Chapter

arrow Understanding the USB connection

arrow Connecting the phone to a computer

arrow Synchronizing files

arrow Using cloud storage

arrow Perusing storage information

arrow Formatting the MicroSD card

You have a phone. You have a computer. How do you start them talking? Better still, how can you get a picture from your phone into your computer, or vice versa? The answer is that you bind the two with vines from a medieval castle, hire a Druid, and sing songs of the tree spirits. Sometimes it seems that steps like these are required.

It’s not that difficult to put a Galaxy Note and a computer on speaking terms. After they’re connected, you can share information back and forth, copying files hither and thither, possibly yon. The notion is to keep everything synchronized. ...

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