- You get 2 GB (or 2,000 MB) of storage space to start with. I only have 10 MB on this Blog site.
- You can get more space, up to 3 more GBs, by inviting friends to sign up. You get an addition 250 MB for each referral that joins and they get that also. Go to https://www.dropbox.com/referrals/NTMzNDY3MTE5 and sign up and we will both get 250MB.
- You can download and install clients for Windows, Mac, Linux and iPhones that create a dropbox folder on your computer that you can just drop files into and they are automagically backed up and synched with the other computers you used. I have this installed now on my office Dell, my work Netbook, my home Mac and my iPod and it is wonderful.
- It even has a web access site so you can access your files from a computer without the client being installed. For example if you were on your friends or a public computer lab.
- You get a Public folder in your Dropbox that you can get the URL for files in that folder and use this to share files to anyone without a dropbox account. I tested with with an eXe website module and it worked.
- You can also share any of the other folders with other dropbox users and use this for collaboration.
- You can put any types of files up in the Dropbox, even video clips, so if you have a large file too large to post on your blog or portfolio site, you can put it in here and link to it.
- You can also share your photo files using the photo albums in the Photos folder. I am using this to distribute photos to my students.
- It even keeps a log of the changes to your files that you make and allows you to undelete a file.
- Did I mention it was free. You can pay and get more space. $10 a month gives you 50 GB and $20 gives you 100 GB. Last summer I bought a 1 TB (1000GB) USB external harddrive for $130, and I will use that for backing up most of me stuff. But, for files for projects that I am working on day-to-day and my course docs, I am going to use Dropbox.
Rod Corbett
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