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If you’re not sure what DropBox is exactly, then read on:
Drop Box is a cross platform service for file sharing, syncing and backup. If you are familiar with the iDisk from a dotMac account, it is similar to that.
So, How do you start using it?
Create an account and this will be present online through the web interface. Download and install DropBox on your system. This will create an instance of your Drop Box folder within your normal system and login, and as you load/cretae items in there, you will essentially be uploading it to the web server simultaneously*. The great thing is you don’t have to manage any portal or ftp client, just put it in the folder.
You will also see a sync notification on the folder or toolBar icon when it is syncing.
You can install this on multiple machines and have access to your content from either machine or via web interface.
* items do not sync immediately, they take some time to sync depending on file size and connection speed.
Examples of how you could use it:
1) Files too large to email?
You have a big file you just created on your desktop at home, but you’re running late and can only take your netbook with you. No jump drive, no time to burn a disk, too big to email, but you need this file when you get to your next destination. Simple – just drop it in your DropBo folder an by the time you get to your destination, it should be synced and you just need to sync your netbook and you got it!
2) Collaboration
You have 2 other people working on the same team as you on a project. All of you will be creating documents and designs that will be living and changing. Some of these files may be too large to email, one member doesn’t know anything about FTP, and you would like to know when someone makes an update. Well, DropBox is the answer again.
It allows for collaboration and file sharing, so you can create a project folder, share it out to whomever, it will version files, and provide notifications upon updates!
My friend and I have placed audio production projects (Logic Pro) inside a DropBox shared folder and he would provide his edits and additions, and it would sync, and I would then add my additions including lyrics to a composition and we have an instant 15 mile studio, where he is on one end in his home, and I’m in mine!
3) BackUp
Don’t have a hard drive, or another computer to back your files up to? Well DropBox makes that easy too. Just drop your item inside, and it is getting redundantly saved to the server in the cloud and on your local system. If your computer crashed, you could access it from another computer via web interface or installed DropBox.
