On Oct 15, 2011, at 6:54 AM, Bill Connelly wrote:

> Anyone have any experience with Dropbox on a Mac under Leopard 10.5.8?  My 
> music teacher, who works on a PC, wanted me to use it for easier 
> communication between him and myself.
> 
> Here's a link:
> http://www.dropbox.com/
> 
> It asked me a second time for my admin Password, in order to open up some 
> kind of channel. It frightened me.
> 

It has to set up a background service to watch the dropbox (or other designated 
folders) for synchronizing purposes.

> Don't know if I should do it, again. I removed it after feeling like I had 
> opened my Mac up to hackers.

It didn't. Dropbox rocks.  I have it on all my Macs, myPod touch and  iPad, as 
well. It Just Works. 

It's quite secure, and works like a charm.

(well, presuming Dropbox doesn't screw up again, and given this interview with 
the founder, I suspect it won't do that again. 
<http://www.forbes.com/sites/victoriabarret/2011/10/18/dropbox-the-inside-story-of-techs-hottest-startup/>

The kid does seem to have a head on his shoulders.)




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