Read how our system contributes to a better environment as well as leads to significantly higher revenues. “Let’s commit to something where our future self would be proud of, leaving the planet in a better shape to our children.Setting up Pi cloud storage with MEGA is really useful as it means your project files can be safely backed up automatically. You also have the benefit of accessing those files from other devices via a web browser. This can speed up swapping data between devices and reduce the messing about with USB drives and network shares. MEGA is a popular cloud storage provider and they properly support Linux, Windows and MacOS, unlike some of their competitors. Their Desktop app “MEGAsync” works great on the Pi and is really easy to setup. To use the MEGA storage space on your Pi you will need a MEGA account. Enter your details and choose a good password using a password generator.There are various paid for plans which give you lots of additional space and features but the free account gives you 20GB which is plenty to get started. Click the link in the email to confirm your email.Wait for the email confirmation to arrive in your inbox. You may need to scroll down for the “Get started for free” option. You may be asked to select some initial setup questions.
If you are given the option of “downloading a recovery key” I would highly recommend doing so. I know at this point you want to get on with the guide but it worth spending 5 minutes securing the password and recovery key for future use! Store them in a safe place preferably not on a computer but on a USB stick or CD/DVD. Without the password or recovery key you will potentially lose access to your data. Click “Keep” if you get a “This type of file can harm your computer” warning.Select “Raspbian 10 (Buster)” and “32-bit”.Under the Platforms menu select “MEGA Desktop App”.To download the MEGAsync package to your Raspberry Pi OS desktop: The first step in setuping up MEGAsync on the Pi is to download the correct package. This will download the latest megasync-#.deb file to your default downloads directory. Open a Terminal window either using the main Raspberry Menu or the Terminal icon in the top left corner: The download directory is usually /home/pi/Downloads.
This should navigate to the Downloads directory and list the contents. You should see the downloaded megasync deb file. Install MEGAsync using the following command: sudo apt install. When prompted type Y to proceed with the installation. When the process is finished you will now have a MEGAsync entry under “System Tools” in the main menu.
You can right click on this entry to add an icon to the desktop. To finish the setup we can now run the desktop app.
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