Wednesday, April 15, 2009

Dropbox - free seamless syncing/sharing tool

I discovered Dropbox last month and have used it extensively ever since

What exactly is Dropbox?

  • Dropbox is the easiest way to share and store your files online. Works like you do
  • No complicated interface to learn. Dropbox runs in the background on your desktop.
  • Worry-free syncing
  • Sync your files automatically to your computers and the web
  • Works with Windows/Mac/Linux
  • It has version control
  • No file size limit
  • Sharing capabilities
My reasons for using it
  • 2GB is very generous
  • OFFLINE CAPABLE
  • No uploading required, copy-and-paste is so much easier
  • Sync my browser favorites
  • Sync My Documents, and backup
  • Sync my RoboForm data
  • Store my tools/utilities to use everywhere, such as TreeSize, Sysinternals tools, and TeraCopy
  • Share Photos easily without worrying about "uploading" such as Flickr/Picasa albums. I just copy-and-paste into the Photos folder
  • One-off file transfer between computers. Say I need to transfer a file between my desktop and laptop, no longer do I need to type in file://laptop/share and set it up, I instead just copy into Dropbox folder.

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