Dropbox – The best way to sync your files to other computers
June 9, 2011 60
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Today’s post is brought to you by Conn09, an active member of the forums. He’ll talk about Dropbox, the great online file synchronization service we all love so much.
Although most of you have probably heard of Dropbox, some of you may have never used it. If you haven’t, here’s a quick review of Dropbox and why you should have it.
@page { margin: 0.79in } P { margin-bottom: 0.08in } A:link { so-language: zxx } –>Dropbox is possibly one of the best file syncing services on the internet. Lugging around a USB pen drive, or worse, a small hard drive, can be really annoying. Sometimes you might forget to copy something or maybe you have the wrong version, or an older version. Now I don’t know about you but I hate that. If you have multiple computers-say, a home computer and a work computer that you need to share files on, or you have your desktop computer and an on-the-go laptop-then Dropbox is a must.
Dropbox fixes that, and with a free account that only takes minutes to set up you get 2GB of free online storage. No more USB pen drives or SD cards to lose and no more outdated documents slowing you down. By installing Dropbox on your computer and other computers you use, you can easily keep all of your most important files in sync automatically-just simply choose the file you want to keep synced and move it into your Dropbox folder that was installed on your computer and Dropbox will sync it immediately, no trouble at all.
Dropbox can also sync to most phones-iPhones, iPads and Android phones are all supported and have their own app to download from the Dropbox website: https://www.dropbox.com/anywhere. They are also currently working on a Blackberry app, which I can’t wait for.
@page { margin: 0.79in } P { margin-bottom: 0.08in } –>Dropbox can also be used to keep portable apps-I keep portable Keepass, Firefox, Chrome and a few others in my Dropbox and they run and sync flawlessly. Since Dropbox integrates seamlessly into Windows Explorer (or other file managers), you can also edit all your documents and other files as you would normally, and since they have already been downloaded on your computer, you don’t have to worry about going offline-Dropbox keeps a copy of every file in your Dropbox folder on both your computers and on their servers, and any changes you make on a computer will be synced to their server and to the other computers the next time you’re online.
@page { margin: 0.79in } P { margin-bottom: 0.08in } –>Another great thing about Dropbox is that you can earn more space for free, just by completing a few “goals” :
@page { margin: 0.79in } P { margin-bottom: 0.08in } A:link { so-language: zxx } –>Better yet, you can earn up to 8GB just for referring others to Dropbox using your own referral code or email-what do you think I’m doing right now? If you encourage your friends to sign up using your link, you could have up to 10GB of FREE space to sync your files!
To get you started with an extra 250 MB bonus, use this referral link:
https://www.dropbox.com/referrals/NTU0NzcwNTE5
Alternatively, those of you with money to spare can always buy a Dropbox Pro 50 account for 50GB of space costing $9.99 a month, or you could go further and buy a Pro 100 account with 100GB of space costing $19.99 a month.
Trust me, you’ll love Dropbox.
There is even a Dropbox Portable available in the Dropbox forums that’ll keep the files on your thumb drives in sync!
Once again, this post was brought to you by Conn09.
Dropbox rocks!
(when someone here gets the full size, change the first referral link to the next interested person or let others publish their referral links, otherwise new people sign and no referrer gets more space. I say this because I noticed that previous posts with links where deleted by moderators and its a pitty)
@jumbi: That is simply because i agreed with Locutus that after i got my full space he could change the referral code to his own and then after he has the full space, he can change it again to someone else’s. All the other people should be respecting this and not post there referral, instead they should either PM me or Locutus, inquiring if they can have their referral code displayed, if everyone else was allowed to simply post theirs underneath this, no-one would get the full space because too many people would be posting their’s.
So the Moderators were correct in deleting the post’s, i stand by them 100%. These people need to learn to be patient. I waited about 2 years to finally get mine posted and lots of people signed up in 2 days. So if i had to wait and Locutus had to wait, and anyone else that now has the space had to wait, the rest of you can too.
@Conn09: Xmmm….
Well, listen:
I knew that what you described was happening but you should have told that before and not now (unless I haven’t noticed).
This is supposed to be a “free” forum for everybody and not a “company” forum with some “privileged” members (and I believe so although I have donated real money to dottech).
The first BIG link would normally grab most visitors, so you would go full anyway. Whats the problem if you dont get 10gb and get 4-8gb and someone else also gets something?! Sounds too egoistic to me and I believe most other members will agree.
Dropbox has been covered more than enough in a previous thread but since I love it also, I was very glad to see a separate “dedicated” thread.
I do not even bother to copy-paste that previous link (which has A LOT OF INFORMATION), since the link will pass through moderators who may block it, so members LOSE all that information.
But, how would you like if many persons open similar threads with “locked” referal links, instead of waiting your non-democratic agreement?!
OK, Lets everybody send pm to Locutus and ask for such an agreement and publish a similar new thread with locked links. Lets goooo people !!
If a few members do that, the moderators will change opinion about this kind of “private” agreements…
To summarize, I think you should understand and accept that a prize is better to be shared to many than a few.
And this applies to many things in life, be careful.
If you dont understand, make a members poll and you will see the truth.
(P.S. I have enough space, no worries for me. And I had supported Locutus link in previous thread when I reached a nice 5gb -enough for me- storage level by telling people not to sigh through my link but through his link).
@jumbi: Again as i said before i gt my 10GB in two days then allowed Locutus to change the link. So how am i being undemocratic.
I know that other people want it, although i can’t do anything about that now can i? I said to Locutus that he is free to change it if he wants, and he waited for me to get my space, then changed it to his so he could get more space. Of course other people want the space, but imagine how many people come to dottech. How many of those people would not get there extra space because everyone else on the site has already signed up. So in the end what you are saying is slightly ridiculous.
I know other people want it, and yes i would probably be annoyed if this same thing happened to me, but i wouldn’t start being silly and telling everyone to start sending PM en masse to an admin just so they can get there referral link posted. If it was anyone else’s except yours you would most likely act the same way against them.
I have said nothing to be nasty, and now you are attacking me?
I simply said that if everyone that visited dottech and signed up AND posted there referral link, how many people would really get any space?
There’s way over 200 people that visit Dottech and if they all signed up then decided to post their links, it would be madness.
Imagine 200+ posts underneath this article just saying:
“Can anyone sign up with my referral link: [insert link here]”
As far as i can see, at the moment you are the only person complaining and no one else seems to mind how it goes, and i think if you are intelligent enough you will realise that some order is needed lest this would descend into chaos.
Now please cease the petty argument and let others that come to Dottech be welcomed to at the least friendly discussions, i wish not to argue with you, and i did not start any argument with you at all, no please cease this. I would rather, after this whole predicament with a certain other memeber, we all got along. As i said before, there is nothing i can do to change the article anyway, i left it in the hands of the admins.
Edit: Oh great now i get to start my day annoyed.
@Conn09: xmmm,
Perhaps you got annoyed because you “feel” the mistake…
I am sorry to make you feel annoyed.
On the other thread, with the free links, nobody complained, believe me. And more people were happy. And it was funny and pleassant to read the way everyone asked to use their links.
Here I complained, because I realised it or because I had the time to write about it.
And I wrote a very short advice, just saying that when you get full, let the others write their links.
I did wrote some arguments only after your reply with the “non-democratic” arguments.
If still, you cannot see the mistake, I can prepare a poll and you will see what other members think about that.
(if of course the admins “let” the votes to be fair!!)
I understand though that most probably, it was less your mistake and more the admins mistake who permitted (by enthusiasm to dropbox) that situation.
And I am not attacking you, I reply to all this so that future “secret under the table arrangements” could be avoided.
Nevertheless, I do not with to continue also as this is a minor issue and time is valuable…
@jumbi: …………….i don’t know why i bother sometimes……… Please just leave this now i have no time to argue over Fairness with you.
I have better things to do with my time.
BTW: i think i made the other thread in the Forums……..
@Conn09: OK.
(
ps. I have seen your other thread, not meant this one. I meant the one by Ashraf who had compared many free online backup services, called ”
dotTech Showdown: Free online backup services – which one is the best?”
http://dottech.org/featured/15792
which has valuable information.
)
Another way to sync your files to other computers is to use this FREE APP:
http://code.google.com/p/syncdesk/
Unlike Dropbox, with this FREE TOOL there’s no size limit.
Enjoy!!
@Giovanni:
According to the Developer, this is not suitable for 64 bit! :((
@jayesstee:
Ah ok…didn’t know it because I have Windows 7 32 bit…
Anyway…here you can backup and sync files for FREE up to 10 GB
https://www.cx.com/