For those of you who have multiple PCs or laptops, do you find it difficult to synchronise files between your systems? You must copy each new/updated file into each of your systems. This is troublesome and it wastes time. Some of you might use automated file sync-ing program such as Microsoft Office Groove. The downside of using that is the all the systems must be turned on and connected to each other in order to sync the files. Consider this: What if you have finished a document in your desktop and you did not turn on the laptop to sync the file. Next morning you go to work/college taking the laptop that did not have the latest document.
Now, is there anything out there that lets us to sync files between systems and allow access to our files at anytime?
Well yes. It is called DropBox.
DropBox is designed in such a way that you do not need to turn on all of your systems to be able to sync files. It basically stores your file up in the cloud server and lets all your other systems to download/sync them when they are booted up.
Although it is stores your file in the cloud server, it is relatively secure.This is because all transmission of data are encrypted (SSL). In addition to that, files stored are also encrypted with AES-256, one of the strongest encryption in existence.
Another good thing is that it implements itself in the windows environment. There is no need for you to upload the files via web interface since there will be a dedicated folder for DropBox. Simply drag it into the folder and your files are uploaded, prepared to be sync/downloaded.
You can also share certain folder with your friends so that they can add and edit files in it. This can become useful to allow a group of friends or team members to access shared resources. To share a folder, simply choose the folder to share and enter their email addresses.
Not a Windows user? Don't worry as DropBox also can be used on Mac and Linux. This also means that you can share files across different platforms.
Think its useful? Register an account now. The free account gives you 2GB storage space. You can earn an additional 500MB when you invite your friends as well as few other tasks. Once you have registered, you can download the installer to integrate DropBox into your system.
For more information, take a tour or view the FAQs.
Hope you all find this tool useful.
Cheers~
