What is DropBox?
Dropbox, which started just 5 years ago in 2007
by 2 MIT Graduates who continually forgot to bring their flash drives
to class, has a free service (as well as other monthly & annual fee
programs) and their software works with Windows, Mac’s, Android and other
operating systems… Yes – this is a “cloud computer” service, similar to
what emails users who have hotmail, live or msn with SkyDrive or what gmail
users use with Google Drive to save their photos, documents and other files to
share or access from anywhere they are..…
How to use DropBox:
Go to www.dropbox.com and download their free software to
your computer or smartphone (or any other mobile device).
- Select a location on your hard drive to place
the "Dropbox Folder."
- Drag and drop files you want to upload to
Dropbox into the new Dropbox folder on your computer. You can also upload files
directly to your Dropbox account using their website upload tools.
- You can now access your Dropbox files from any
computer using Dropbox website or installing the software on that specific
computer.
- Access your files on an iPhone or Android device
using the mobile Dropbox application.
- Any adjustments made to Dropbox files will
synchronize automatically.
If you need more help using this, visit www.dropbox.com which has an easy to follow tutorial
on their website, or visit our two favorite websites for learning just about
anything:
As of October 2011, Dropbox had more than 50 million users and recently announced (in April 2012) a new feature that allows users to
automatically upload photos and videos from their cameras, tablets, SD cards and
smartphones. We’ve also heard that they are going to be giving users up
to 3 GB of additional storage space for free, which some feel is to encourage
users to use them, vs. Hotmails SkyDrive or Googles Drive for docs &
photos…
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