Backup
Basic Information
Mobile Apps
FAQ
General Information
Livedrive Backup
Mobile Apps
Web Portal
Technical Help
Backup
Mobile Devices
Billing
My Account
Mobile Apps
General Information about Mobile Apps
What Features are Available in the Mobile Apps?
The Livedrive mobile apps are packed with useful features.
The top features include:
- Browse your backups, Briefcase or files that others have shared with you.
- View your office documents (less than 10MB)
- View photos
- Stream all of your music, and browse it by Album, Artist, Genre or Year - even if the music isn't in iTunes! (.mp3 only with no DRM)
- Stream your videos (no DRM)
- Upload files (*pictures only with iOS)
What File Formats Do The Apps Support?
The Livedrive apps support a wide range of document, photo, video and music formats!
Currently the most common formats accepted on the iOS app are:
Documents: DOC, DOCX, XLS, XLSX, PPT, PPTX, PDF, RTF, TXT, HTML
Video: MOV, WMV, MPG, 3GP, AVI, M4V, MP4, MKV, OGM, FLV, ASF
Photos: JPEG, JPG, PNG, GIF, BMP
Music: MP3
File Size Limits When using the Livedrive Apps
With the Livedrive apps there are a few file size limits when viewing or streaming files. You may see an error message Sorry - This file is too big to preview... or the file cannot be streamed when attempting to open a file.
The following file sizes and formats are supported:
Documents - 10MB or less
Videos - No DRM
Photos - 10MB or less
Music - No DRM
To view the file types supported on the app, please click here.
If you wish to open files bigger than the list above on your device, we advise you to download the file from your web portal.