Sam, Thank you very much for going to such lengths to give us a clear explanation of how to use DropBox. I really appreciate it.
Gilly On 15 Jul 2011, at 17:20, Sam - MacAmbulance wrote: DropBox is probably the most simple of all the file sharing/syncing tools. The way I understand it you have three levels of files : Files in the DropBox folder : only you can see these on any devices you've installed DropBox using the same account. Files in Shared folders within the DropBox folder : only you and the other members of the shared folder (must be DropBox users) can see these. The other people cannot see files from number 1. Files in the Public folder : anyone (even without a DropBox account) can see files in here but only with a link you send them. There's no way to browse someone's public folder Images in the Photos folder : same as the public folder but you send people a link to the folder not the file, then they will see a lovely web gallery of all the images in that folder Inside the Public/Photos folder is a text file explaining how to send someone a link but involves copying & pasting a link into an email to allow someone to download your file/view your images. Shared folders are managed on the website www.dropbox.com where you can also undelete any files accidentally thrown away. The key thing about DropBox is that 99% of it is done in folders on your computer, with the software running silently in the background synchronising your files. With other services such as sendbigfile or yousendit, you have to use an application to send the file, rather than simply placing it in the correct folder. I use shared folders when I'm developing websites for my clients; I simply invite them to a shared folder then instead of emailing me over 100MB of jpgs (it has happened) and wondering why they were all refused by my lovely MacMini Server, they simply put the images into the shared folder on their computer and they magically arrive on mine! All that for free (2GB) and an option to gain more space by referring people, I'm up to 10GB in total. Regards Sam MacAmbulance Providing affordable Apple & PC services Sam Mullen 07747 778022 http://www.macambulance.co.uk [email protected] -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Sussex Mac User Group" group. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/smug?hl=en-GB.
