Dropbox is a service that painlessly synchronizes your files across any number of computers and even mobile devices.
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Multiple dropbox accounts on one PC?
Is there a way to have a PC connect to multiple dropbox accounts?
I have a personal dropbox account which I use to sync files across multiple PCs and that all works fine.
However, someone who ...
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How to remove Dropbox access from a computer you no longer have?
I have Dropbox installed on a few computers. One of which I no longer have access to.
I no longer wish for that computer to be able to have access to my Dropbox account but I see no way to stop ...
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Web-based Dropbox and Google Docs integration
At my workplace people heavily use web apps for productivity, Dropbox is used as a backup solution, and Google Docs (custom Google Apps domain) is used for ocassional documents that need to be edited ...
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Can I trust dropbox and similar services?
Is there any verification that the encryption used can not be bypassed by the operator? Or should I actually use some encryption of my own like truecrypt?
edit In the light of this complaint ...
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Is there an easy way to download entire folders from the Dropbox website?
I occasionally need to get files from my Dropbox account when I'm using a computer not under my control. I can download or access individual files on the dropbox website, but is there a convienent way ...
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Where can I find my Dropbox public folder URL?
I want to share my public Dropbox folder, but I can't seem to find what it's URL is.
So where can I find it?
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How to download a Dropbox folder someone shared me?
Someone has shared a Dropbox folder with me. I got a URL to access the folder through the web interface. How can I download the entire folder?
The folder is large enough that I can't add it to my ...
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Syncing Picasa Web and Dropbox
I have my photo collection more or less organized in folders under my Dropbox's Photos folder. I set Picasa (desktop app) to scan only that folder so I can sync albums to Picasa Web (web app).
I find ...
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Filtering large files from Dropbox
My fiancee would like to use Dropbox, but she has this issue with it: She would like to exclude some files from being stored on dropbox, because they are too large.
She would like to store a unified ...
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Check which Dropbox files are currently syncing
Is it possible to see which files are being currently synced? (Searching around for badged icons won't work.)
For example, large files that are within different folders that just got added to the ...
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Dropbox Public Folder and HTML previews
So I was trying to send a colleague the files for a simple HTML page and decided to just throw it into my Dropbox Public Folder in case he loses it. When I went for the Public Link I noticed that the ...
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How can I tell which programs have access to my Dropbox?
I remember giving some program access to my dropbox account, but I don't remember which program.
How can I see which programs have read/write power on my account?
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Is there a way to know how often a file was downloaded from my public Dropbox folder?
I often put files in my public Dropbox folder and send the public link to people by email. Is there a way to get some sort of report of how often files were accessed? Or is it possible to know the ...
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Method to deal with conflicted copies among group in Dropbox
I work in a small group that uses Dropbox for temporary storage and collaboration. Files are constantly being updated. Occasionally I see from my notifications, conflicted copies appearing all over ...
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Using Dropbox, can I create a public link from a shared folder?
When I have a folder shared between me and my collegue(s) via Dropbox, can I generate a public link of it (maybe by using Dropbox for Teams)?
I know there is the possibility to "Get a link" via ...
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Is there an encrypting DropBox wrapper?
DropBox seems like a useful service, but not one I'd trust any sensitive files with.
Is there an application that encrypts my DropBox files locally before DropBox sees them? Encrypting/decrypting ...
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dropbox alternative which supports long filename
I tried dropbox great except when I copied files which are under deep level directories it cannot support it.
So any alternatives ?
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How to move Dropbox “Camera Uploads”?
I am a fan of Dropbox's new automatic camera uploads feature. However, I am not so keen on the name of the directory itself. Is there a way for me to rename "Camera Uploads" to something else?
Simply ...
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Dropbox Referrer Bonus not applied
I have a problem with Dropbox bonus for contacts' referral. I have a PC running Ubuntu and since my Mother and my Father use the laptop very scarcely I simply added 2 users for them, so I have on the ...
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When sharing a Dropbox folder, whose quota is “billed”?
I shared a Dropbox folder with another user. Who "owns" the files there? Whose quota will this come out of?
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Share a folder with Dropbox users but prevent them from modifying?
I share a folder with 4 users of Dropbox and I just want them to see automatically the files I’m adding, I don’t want them to be able to modify or delete anything inside it.
So, how can I unauthorize ...
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Is it possible to allow an anonymous person to upload to my Dropbox folder?
The first question is the one in the title. The second one is: if someone wants to upload data to my public folder, can I limit the size of the file or the folder?
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How can I determine the source (computer) of an event in DropBox?
I have the DropBox windows app installed on multiple computers. Each of them link to the same account.
Somehow, my account was disassociated with a shared folder. I see it in the event log as
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May I use Dropbox as hosting for website's static files?
I'm making a website on a free hosting that doesn't have much space or bandwidth.
So I considered using Dropbox Public folder for static files, such as:
Javascript, CSS
Images
Downloads (each a few ...
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Is it safe to delete files from my Dropbox account that were shared by someone else?
A friend shared a bunch of photos with me via my DropBox account and now I want to delete them. The files are showing as "shared" in my account.
I'm concerned that if I delete the files from my ...
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Are deleted files sent to the recycle bin by Dropbox?
Say I have drop box syncing to my Mac and PC. Next, I delete a file that is synced (either from one of the clients or the web interface). Obviously, this will cause the file to be removed ...
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Reuploading photos via Camera Upload in Dropbox
As stated in Dropbox FAQ:
Camera Upload tries to be smart about not uploading the same photos
and videos more than once. It will not re-upload these files even if
you move, rename, or delete ...
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Dropbox error about monitoring file system
Dropbox gives me pop-up errors about not being able to monitor the file system (that quickly disappear) when it starts up but it still seems to work ok, why is that?
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How can I know if I have reach the maximum limit of Dropbox free space bonus via referals?
As stated here, we can earn extra free space for our Dropbox account by refering friends to use Dropbox via our referal link.
I want to know the status of my referals - i.e. whether I have reach the ...
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Syncing a shared file in Dropbox
While sharing a file/folder with another Dropbox user, will that file/folder appear in the other user's Dropbox and sync automatically to the Dropbox folder on his computer?
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Does Dropbox or any other similar solution ignore files based on regexp?
I want to setup ignoring policies using syntax similar to .gitignore. Does any of “Dropbox-like” services allow this?
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Is there cost effective file synchronization service for large teams with not much data? [closed]
I love Dropbox. But Dropbox for Teams seems most appropriate for Teams with few members and a lot of data. I'm working with a team that has lots of members, but not much data, so the Dropbox pricing ...
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Dropbox Cloud Backup
Does Dropbox sync the entire files when a small change is made, or only the bytes of the changed content (like rsync). If it syncs the entire file everytime I save it, its huge waste of my bandwidth.
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Server-side script at Dropbox?
When you have a dropbox account, you get a public folder which essentially gives you free HTML/Javascript webhosting.
Does anyone know if there is some way to use server-side scripts such as PHP, ...
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Why do I need to allow Dropbox to integrate with Twitter if all it’s asking me to do is follow?
On this Dropbox web page, it says that I can get some free Dropbox space if I follow Dropbox on Twitter. (Notice this is a separate item from Connect your Twitter Account which is listed above that.)
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How to analyze size of files in Dropbox
I have reached free storage limit of Dropbox and need to delete the files to make space.
Is there a way one can analyze the size of files on Dropbox using its web interface?
I can do it using ...
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When does Dropbox change the public URL to a file?
I use several different programs to access the same file in the Dropbox on Windows, iOS and OS X. All those different apps/programs update this file. After some days/weeks the link I use in the iOS ...
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Automatically sending files to your Dropbox Account via email
Is it possible to, say, email files via attachment to your Dropbox account? As opposed to manually placing the file on the Dropbox folder on your computer?
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Dropbox.com as backup system for my Ubuntu
Can I have multple drop boxes (dropbox.com) or Ubuntu One accounts on a single machine (Ubuntu 9.04 or 10.04) to backup multiple projects ?
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web write-only drop box
Does anyone know of a web app that allows you to create folder where anonymous users can upload content and other authenticated users can view and download the documents? Box.net and Dropbox ...
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Is there a tool to sync files from a PC to Amazon S3 or Azure Storage? [closed]
While I have used Dropbox, I was wondering if there was a tool to sync files to Amazon S3 to gain the resiliency and reliability (though there would be a cost implication).
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If I replace password at dropbox.com will computer that is in sync with that password be able to access my files?
I want to know that.
I change my password at dropbox.com. However other computer can still update file.
I wonder how it make sense.
It is possible that one of my ex employee have my password and I ...
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How to know which user is owner of a folder in dropbox?
I have a shared folder in dropbox, from which I need to remove some user. Since I am not the owner of the shared-folder, I cannot do this. However, there are almost 50 members of the folder, and I ...
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How do I tell what computer added a file to Dropbox?
I want to be able to understand which computer added files to Dropbox. Is there a way to do this?
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Can a username be inferred from a Dropbox referral?
I clicked on a Dropbox referral link from a random user on one of the SE sites. Following through with the installation, I couldn't find any reference to who the user was that shared the referral. I'm ...
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What is the different of dropbox and box.net?
The first difference I mention is the free storage they give away to user:
dropbox.com 2Gb - 10Gb (after doing the referencing)
box.net only 1Gb
What else do you know?
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Cloud filesharing service with LAN sync? (besides DropBox)
What other filesharing services are out there, that also sync over the LAN (to circumvent narrow upstream bandwidth)?
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Online Service That Duplicates another Data from another Online Backup? [closed]
Having all information backed up in one place in the cloud is risky since should anything happen with that place, your data will be gone. I use only Dropbox and i am risking it. I could also use Box ...
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File hosting service that encrypts files without failure
The first service that everyone will think of is Dropbox, which I love dearly and will continue support (1 year for me and syncing strong).
I read on Dropbox Blog as well as other sources that there ...
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For what reason might my local space consumption on Dropbox not match the server's? [closed]
I have three machines (1 Mac, 2 Linux) synchronized with Dropbox. On all the local machines, my Dropbox consumption shows around ~84G consumption:
me@macbook:~$ du -hs ~/Dropbox
84G ...
