I've dreamed for a long time of seamless, easy to use, cross-platform file backup and syncronization. Until recently, it was just a wish I thought would never come true. Then I found Dropbox.
What is Dropbox?
Dropbox is software that runs on Linux, Mac, and Windows computers, that allows the user to easily backup and syncronize software between all of their computers and the web. For instance, suppose you're working on a letter for grandma in Microsoft Word or OpenOffice.org. You're not finished yet, so you save it to your Dropbox folder on your desktop computer at home that runs Windows. Later, you're out at a coffee shop with your Mac laptop, and you want to work on your letter. You have Dropbox installed on your laptop, so when you open it up and connect to internet, you instantly see the letter you were working on at home appear in your Dropbox folder. You finish your letter, pack up your laptop, and head home. When you get home and open the file on your desktop computer to print, you find that it was automatically updated with your changes. Nice! But wait, but before you can press the print button, your hard drive fails, and you lose your work. Simultaneously, a random bolt of lightning strikes your laptop, frying all the data it contains. No worries! You head to your local library (they have some computers running Linux) where you log on to your Dropbox account at http://getdropbox.com. There, you're able to recover your file, print it, and send it to grandmother. This is nothing short of brilliant.
Even More Stuff You Can Do With Dropbox
Dropbox allows for the user to easily drop files in a "Public" folder. There, you can simply right click on file and get a public URL for the file that you can post on the web or send in email. This makes sharing file and making documents available for download a snap! Imagine how this could change the ways you work with friends, family and work associates.
What is Dropbox?
Dropbox is software that runs on Linux, Mac, and Windows computers, that allows the user to easily backup and syncronize software between all of their computers and the web. For instance, suppose you're working on a letter for grandma in Microsoft Word or OpenOffice.org. You're not finished yet, so you save it to your Dropbox folder on your desktop computer at home that runs Windows. Later, you're out at a coffee shop with your Mac laptop, and you want to work on your letter. You have Dropbox installed on your laptop, so when you open it up and connect to internet, you instantly see the letter you were working on at home appear in your Dropbox folder. You finish your letter, pack up your laptop, and head home. When you get home and open the file on your desktop computer to print, you find that it was automatically updated with your changes. Nice! But wait, but before you can press the print button, your hard drive fails, and you lose your work. Simultaneously, a random bolt of lightning strikes your laptop, frying all the data it contains. No worries! You head to your local library (they have some computers running Linux) where you log on to your Dropbox account at http://getdropbox.com. There, you're able to recover your file, print it, and send it to grandmother. This is nothing short of brilliant.
Even More Stuff You Can Do With Dropbox
Dropbox allows for the user to easily drop files in a "Public" folder. There, you can simply right click on file and get a public URL for the file that you can post on the web or send in email. This makes sharing file and making documents available for download a snap! Imagine how this could change the ways you work with friends, family and work associates.
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Hey thanks Kim! Hope you get to try it out!
Great review Nathan. Sounds like a very useful application.
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