Hi Everyone
I hope your start to the year has been a good one!, no doubt over your holiday period you would have taken a heap of pics that you want to share with your friends and family. There are places like Facebook and Photobucket where you can do this, but what if you want a your own private place where you can not only share photos, but files, documents, movies and songs, and you don't even have to log onto a website!.
I am talking about a product called Dropbox, basically it is just like a folder on your computer and when you put anything in it, the same item you put in there appears in a folder on any computer that is linked to the same Dropbox account. You do not have to bother with and transfers, uploads, or downloads, it just appears in there next time you open the folder on that computer (providing both computers have had an internet connection, since you put the item in the folder). Dropbox is also available as an app for your smartphone.
So here's how you do it - Go to www.Dropbox.com and download Dropbox to your computer, create an account and that's it!. It looks like any other folder on your computer, you click on it and it has sub-folders already in there, as well as you can create your own. When you put an item in a folder, it automatically syncs to a mirrored folder in the cloud. On any other computer you like, you can download Dropbox and link it to your existing account, when you open Dropbox on that computer you will see the item you put in there sitting waiting for you!. As you put an item in a folder, or create a folder you will see a little blue circle beside its icon, when that circle turns green with a tick in it, that means the folder has automatically synced with its matching folder in the cloud.
This is also very useful if you want to access files or folders from your computer at work, just put them in your Dropbox folder at work, and when you get home open up your Dropbox folder at home and it will sync and be there. You can make changes to that item and those changes will be synced back to the folder at work. It is very important to be aware though, if you delete that item from your folder at home, it will also be deleted from the folder at work!. Another thing you need to be aware of, is that as items are synced back and forth with the cloud, they do use uploads and downloads of you internet account.
As far as I am aware you are only able to link one account to your Dropbox, so if you want to have one Dropbox folder for work and one for friends, you only need to have another user account on your computer, and you are able to have Dropbox with a different account. If need be, just create a user called Dropbox or Family Share.
There is also a folder that comes already installed called "Public", any file you put in this folder has a link attached to it, just right click on the file, select "copy link" and send that link to anyone you want to share it with!.
I would like to state that I am in no way linked to DropBox, or receive any benefits of them, I believe and have seen that it is an easy to use great product. Hope you enjoy it.
I hope your start to the year has been a good one!, no doubt over your holiday period you would have taken a heap of pics that you want to share with your friends and family. There are places like Facebook and Photobucket where you can do this, but what if you want a your own private place where you can not only share photos, but files, documents, movies and songs, and you don't even have to log onto a website!.
I am talking about a product called Dropbox, basically it is just like a folder on your computer and when you put anything in it, the same item you put in there appears in a folder on any computer that is linked to the same Dropbox account. You do not have to bother with and transfers, uploads, or downloads, it just appears in there next time you open the folder on that computer (providing both computers have had an internet connection, since you put the item in the folder). Dropbox is also available as an app for your smartphone.
So here's how you do it - Go to www.Dropbox.com and download Dropbox to your computer, create an account and that's it!. It looks like any other folder on your computer, you click on it and it has sub-folders already in there, as well as you can create your own. When you put an item in a folder, it automatically syncs to a mirrored folder in the cloud. On any other computer you like, you can download Dropbox and link it to your existing account, when you open Dropbox on that computer you will see the item you put in there sitting waiting for you!. As you put an item in a folder, or create a folder you will see a little blue circle beside its icon, when that circle turns green with a tick in it, that means the folder has automatically synced with its matching folder in the cloud.
This is also very useful if you want to access files or folders from your computer at work, just put them in your Dropbox folder at work, and when you get home open up your Dropbox folder at home and it will sync and be there. You can make changes to that item and those changes will be synced back to the folder at work. It is very important to be aware though, if you delete that item from your folder at home, it will also be deleted from the folder at work!. Another thing you need to be aware of, is that as items are synced back and forth with the cloud, they do use uploads and downloads of you internet account.
As far as I am aware you are only able to link one account to your Dropbox, so if you want to have one Dropbox folder for work and one for friends, you only need to have another user account on your computer, and you are able to have Dropbox with a different account. If need be, just create a user called Dropbox or Family Share.
There is also a folder that comes already installed called "Public", any file you put in this folder has a link attached to it, just right click on the file, select "copy link" and send that link to anyone you want to share it with!.
I would like to state that I am in no way linked to DropBox, or receive any benefits of them, I believe and have seen that it is an easy to use great product. Hope you enjoy it.
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