Dropbox
August 11th, 2009My friend Richie sent me an invite to this useful online storage and file sharing service last week. Dropbox allows you to sync files and share folders across multiple computers (Mac or PC). You can also use it for remote back-up.
You may say, well I only have one computer, so I don’t need such a service, but it does come in handy. My last few days working at Dare Digital last week were from home (another train strike). I usually have to email across my files at the end of each day, so this not only involves sending an email but is generally limited to files under 10MB (no one really appreciates massive file attachments).
Anyway I thought I would try Dropbox out. So I installed it and set up a shared folder, allowing access to the guys at Dare. All I had to do now was to just drop any updated/latest files into my Dropbox on my Mac and they were automatically “beamed” over to the work computer (and backed up online).
I can see it coming in quite handy for future projects where I work remotely. Thanks Richie!
no worries big guy. Have fun in Cornwall!
Posted on: August 12th, 2009 at 1:56 pm