Have you ever wished you had a place to store computer files online?
Ever wanted to share files with a group of friends, family or clients? Tired of sending files by email?
Wouldn’t it be cool if it was free?
Do you need to access the files with a PC or Mac?
Maybe you want access via your mobile phone or iTouch/iPad
Introducing Dropbox
Dropbox is an amazing online file storage service I’ve been using for over a year. You can store up to 2GB of files for free, access from any device and share with others!
You simply sign up for your free account with your name and email address at http://CyberInnovation.com/Dropbox
After you confirm your account by email you install a simple application for your computer (PC or Mac) and a folder is added to your desktop or in your My Documents folder. If you don’t want to install any application you can access your files via your web browser online.
Online File Storage and Backup
The DropBox folder acts like any other folder on your computer. You can save files to “My Dropbox” or copy files to the folder even create or sync a backup to the DropBox folder. From any Office application you simply “File>Save As” and choose the Dropbox folder. Or in file manager or finder you simply drag and drop a file or multiple files to the Dropbox folder and the files are copied to your online Dropbox.
Think of this as an option for online backup for your files, photos or music?
File Sharing
Sharing adds a number of ideas and options. If you want to store files and access them from home and work or your computer and laptop or home and mobile phone or any combination you can do it.
After you get your account setup and starting adding files, simply install the Dropbox client on any other computer/mobile device and then login and access your files from other devices.
It’s like having a “personal file server” on the Internet.
Share files with other people
Another way to use Dropbox is to share files with friends, family or clients. Simply create a folder in Dropbox and then right click or ctl-click on the folder to get the pop up menu. In the menu choose the Dropbox options and choose “share this folder.” You are taken to the Dropbox website and you simply enter your friend/client email address and they are invited to your shared folder.
You can view an overview video here: http://CyberInnovation.com/Dropbox
Now friends and famaily can access the shared folder via the website or install the small application on their computer or smartphone. They only access the folder you give them rights to, not your entire Dropbox!
Need more space?
At first you may think 2GB is a lot of space but before you know it you are sharing files with your spouse for home projects, clients files, photos, backups and more.
You can upgrade your account to 50GB and the annual cost is only $99!
Summary
I remember the days of having a server at home or the office, FTP access, sending files back and forth by email!
With a single Dropbox account I have multiple sub-folders each shared with different people. When a file is added or updated your shared contacts are notified.
This is an amazing service and one of those you wonder how we’ve lived without it!
To get your free account go to http://CyberInnovation.com/Dropbox and simply enter your name/email address and set a password.
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