Learn how to set up Dropbox on your Mac computer and use it to sync the files you want access to on all your devices. You can use this link to sign up and you'll earn bonus storage space in Dropbox. If you haven’t used Dropbox before, you should really try it out. It’s an extremely useful cloud storage solution that you can sync between multiple computers and other devices, and it works great on a Mac. It’s pretty simple to set up, too. Here’s a video walk-through on how to download, install, and use Dropbox on your Mac.
Before became popular, there was, which was Apple’s cloud storage system. IDisk allowed you to store documents, pictures, QuickTime files, and PDFs in one cloud-based “drive.” This was accessible on all of your as well as at me.com on a PC. It was practically like having your most important files in Finder on your computer – but everywhere. Then iCloud came out.
ICloud dropped support of iDisk, which meant there was no longer a way to access all of your files in a Finder-like cloud system. This paved the way for third party apps like to become even more popular. Works on any platform:,.
Gives you 2GB of storage space for free and they offer incentives to increase your allocated amount of free storage space. There are two different ways to set up:.
On Your Computer. Open up your web browser, type in, and then click the Sign Up box in blue in the center of the screen. Follow the instructions. On Your Portable Device. Go to the App Store on your, or phone/tablet and search for.
Download the app. When you download onto your device, it asks you if you are “Already a User” or “New to.” If you are new to, it will have you fill out a brief form asking for your First Name, Last Name, Email and Password.
After you create account, it asks you about setting up Camera Upload. This is something I highly recommend, as it is an additional method to back up your pictures.
For example, on an, each photo and video will be automatically uploaded to your Camera Uploads folder. This means that whenever you take a picture on your it gets backed up to automatically. Even asks you how often you want the backup to occur, whether to occur only when you’re on Wi-fi or it can occur when you’re on Wi-fi or Cellular. This is great because not everyone might have a data plan that can support uploading the pictures to on a Cellular connection.
Also this is great because if you do have a data plan that can support uploading the pictures to on a Cellular connection, it will just do it instantly, unlike which require Wi-fi. I am going to press Enable and then it will want to access to my photos.
Grant it access by pressing the okay button. When it uploads the photos, it starts with the most recent photos first followed by the older ones. The number in red down on the bottom above the icon of a picture of a mountain tells you how many pictures you have left to upload. Now I’m viewing on my and via (click images to enlarge).
Backing up your photos on means that you can now access the pictures on any device. They will be in a folder on your called Camera Uploads. Once the photos from your device are in here, you can actually go ahead and delete the pictures off of your to free up storage space on there as well as make your. If your photos take up too much room in iCloud for backups, you can, and just back up your pictures through.
You can even organize the pictures or files by putting them into separate folders. On the desktop website, in the upper right hand corner, you can press the button that has a blue folder with a green plus sign in the middle to create a new folder. Then to move files into there, you can right-click on the picture you want, press move and choose which folder to put it in. Right-clicking also gives you options such as sharing a link specifically to the picture, downloading it, deleting, renaming it, move, copy, or viewing previous versions of that file. To organize the pictures or files on the, you can press the button that has the three dots in the upper right hand corner. If you want to create a new folder, press Create Folder and give it a name.
If you then want to put pictures into it, you can go to my Camera Uploads folder and press the three dots button. This time pressing edit allows you to pick and choose the items. Selecting how many you want you then press the Move button and choose to put it into a different folder (click images to enlarge). On an, will ask you if you want to use Push Notifications.
For, the alerts typically would tell you when something uploads to, or if you are sharing files back and forth with someone, and they accepted to share the folder, or uploaded something into the folder. You can also share files easily with others if you are both using.
To share on the computer, you’ll want to right-click the file. If you are on an, you can tap on either the file or the folder you want to sharethen press the share button – the one with the square and an arrow sticking out of it towards the right. When you press it, you have the option to email, text message, message, post to, or copy link to clipboard. Will also sync and backup other third party apps data. There are over 100,000 Apps on the Dropbox platform. Some of these include:, and, just to name a few.
With all of these great features of, you are definitely going to want more than the 2GB of free storage space they offer you. Earlier, I mentioned you can increase the amount of storage you have in for free. The one method you can do on your is Tell Friends About Dropbox.
On the, down at the bottom in the black bar you will click on the gear icon on the right. Scroll down towards the bottom until you see Tell Friends About Dropbox button, tap on it and it has you email your friends. For each friend you refer who signs up, your storage size increases by 500 MB (.5 GB). The other methods to get free space involve using on a computer. When you first log in on the computer, it brings you to the Getting Started page. By doing five out of the seven steps listed, you get an additional 250 MB. Those steps involve:.
Take the Dropbox tour. Install Dropbox on your computer. Put files in your Dropbox folder. Install Dropbox on other files you use. Share a folder with friends or colleagues. Invite some friends to join Dropbox.
Install Dropbox on your mobile device If you think that’s the end of getting more free space, you are wrong. At the upper right hand corner there is a blue gift next to the Get free space! The first two options are paid options, but below are some of the same free options as before, as well as different options like connecting your account, connecting your account, Follow on, about why you love, and Tell us why you love. A, is to integrate with, and that will give you 1GB of free storage space.
Aside, if you want to get just to get the free space, you absolutely can, and you. Hope this article makes you sign up for a free account!
With, you can to iCloud Drive, but if you are a devotee, you can get the same functionality without adding to the number of cloud services you use. Dropbox offers the ability to sync folders between it and your Mac. Here's how to set it up. First, install the on your Mac.
When the app installs, it places an icon in the menu bar. Click on the icon and then click the gear icon in the lower-right corner of the Dropbox window and click Preferences. In Preferences, click the Accounts tab and then the Change Settings button for Selective Sync. This opens up a list of all of your top-level folders in Dropbox. Check the folders you would like synced between Dropbox and your Mac. A synced folder will hold two copies of each file - one in the cloud in Dropbox and one on your Mac.