OneDrive (formerly SkyDrive) is a cloud storage service provided by Microsoft Corporation. People around the world use SkyDrive to backup photos, videos & important documents. SkyDrive offers you 7GB free storage space. It allows you to automatically upload photos and videos to OneDrive using Camera Backup feature.
There are 2 ways to upload videos from Windows phone 8 to SkyDrive:
A) Upload directly from Windows phone 8 'Photos' to SkyDrive:
1. Go to https://onedrive.live.com & sign in to your account. If you don't have an account, then create Microsoft account.
2. If you have SkyDrive app installed on your phone, launch it. Or else download it from the App store.
3. Open start screen on Windows phone 8.
4. Open the "App List" & tap "Photos".
5. Tap "..." (3 horizontal dots) located at the bottom right corner on your phone screen.
6. Tap "Settings".
7. Photos+Camera setting window opens up, tap "OneDrive" under "Auto upload".
8. "Photos+videos" setting window opens up.
9. There are 3 options to upload videos from Windows phone 8 to SkyDrive:
a) Don't upload.
b) Good quality (may use data plan).
c) Best quality (needs Wi-Fi).
5. Select any ('b' or 'c') one of the options listed above.
6. All your videos will now be uploaded to SkyDrive.
B) Upload from Windows phone 8 'Settings' to SkyDrive:
1. Go to https://onedrive.live.com & sign in to your account. If you don't have an account, then create Microsoft account.
2. If you have SkyDrive app installed on your phone, launch it. Or else download it from the App store.
3. Open start screen on Windows phone 8.
4. Open the "App List" & tap "Settings".
5. Tap "Backup" in system settings.
6. Tap "Photos" in backup settings, "Photos+videos" setting window opens up.
7. There are 3 options to upload videos from Windows phone 8 to SkyDrive:
a) Don't upload.
b) Good quality (may use data plan).
c) Best quality (needs Wi-Fi).
8. Select any ('b' or 'c') one of the options listed above.
9. All your videos will now be uploaded to SkyDrive.
You can install PicBackMan's SkyDrive uploader for Mac from the website and start backing up photos and videos.
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