How to use Dropbox: A single, organized place for all your photos and file, dropbox offers various features like Dropbox Spaces, folder suggestions and calendar integration, to help you stay focused on your task and work efficiently.
Before dropbox was the time of iDrive, Apple’s cloud storage system. Icloud was like an online folder, which helped you save all your photos and files in one cloud-based drive. This drive could be accessed through all Apple products and also through your PC at me.com.
How To use Dropbox?
Dropbox is somewhat similar but much better than iDrive. The first important point is that it is free and works on all platforms be it Mac, Windows, Android, Blackberry or iOS. Dropbox offers 2 GB of storage space for free and extra incentives are provided if you want to increase the allocated free storage space of your Dropbox.
Dropbox can be accessed through various ways, app, website or folder. You can set up Dropbox in two ways:
1. On your computer
On your PC all you have to do is open your web browser and search for dropbox. Once the dropbox website opens, click on the Sign-Up tab in the blue at the center of the screen. Fill in your email ID and Further follow the instructions mentioned on the screen.
Once all the information has been provided and the agreement approved, your Dropbox account will be ready for usage.
On your computer you can also download the Dropbox app. Just look for the Dropbox app for your computer and download it
Once the download is complete, run the installer of the Dropbox. Once the app has been downloaded, sign into your account, if you have a dropbox account if not then create a new Dropbox account and allow it to sync it to your device.
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2. On your Portable Device
For portable device whether it is iOS device, Windows, Blackberry or Android, go to the Apple store or Play store and search for Dropbox. Once the app is shown, click on install.
Setup Dropbox
Once you download the dropbox app on your portable device or search for it on the web browser, it asks you if you already have a Dropbox account or if you are new to Dropbox. In either case, different options have to be chosen.
1. If you already have an account
If you already have a Dropbox account, then log into your account with the help of email ID and password. You already have the email ID synced to your portable device, you will just have to give access to your mail and you can log in.
2. If you are new to Dropbox
If you are installing or using Dropbox for the first time, you will have to fill in all your details, along with the first name, Last name, email and password.
Step1: Click on the signup tab in your app or browser, whichever you are using.
Step2: Enter your name, email address (same as your username of dropbox account).
Step3: Further choose a unique password for your account, one which you will remember.
Step4: The dropbox terms appear on a Tab, click on the agree box to continue further.
Step5: Once all the above steps are done, click on the Create an Account tab.
Once you create your account, you can sign in to Dropbox from your browser or app by just clicking sign in and then further mentioning your username and password.
Following the above process you can create your dropbox account easily and enjoy free online storage of your photos and files.
Using Dropbox
So the account has been setup and now we can easily use the Dropbox to save our photos and files online and free our devices from unnecessary storage blockage.
You can add any file to your Dropbox and sync it across all your devices like computers, phones and tablets where you have installed the dropbox app or logged into your dropbox account.
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Add file through dropbox.com
You can add file through your web browser by going into the dropbox website and then signing into your account.
For further process a step by step guide for the same is provided below:
Step1: To use your dropbox account, it is necessary to first sign in to your account through the device you are using.
Step2: Click on the upload button that will appear on your screen.
Step3: You will shown two options for uploading, files or folder. Choose whichever you want to upload,
Step4: If you choose file, then select all the files that you want to upload and click on open.
If you choose folder, select the folder you want to upload and then click upload.
Every file that is upload on the Dropbox must be either 5 GB or less as through your web browser there is a limit to the size of file or folder upload. For larger files or folder, you can use the desktop or mobile app which do not have any size limit.
Add file Through Computer
Step1: Open your file explorer and on a different screen navigate to the dropbox folder.
Step2: Click on the file that you want to upload and drag it into the dropbox folder. You can also copy and paste the file from your file explorer into the dropbox folder.
Step3: Once your upload the file to the dropbox folder it will be uploaded to the Dropbox as well. Once the file has a green check icon, the file upload into the Dropbox is successful.
This way you can directly add any file from your computer to your dropbox and sync it with the other devices as well.
Add files From your Phone or Tablet
Apart from your browser and trough computer, you can add the files from your phone or tablet as well, through the app.
Step1: On your phone or app, whichever device you are using, open the dropbox app.
Step2: In the app, click on the plus icon (+) on your screen.
Step3: Tap on create or upload file tab.
Step4: Choose the file you want to upload and then confirm.
Step5: You file will begin uploading and once the green tick is done, your file uploaded will be complete.
Adding the file through app is easy and has no limit to the size of the file that you can upload.
Thus you can setup and start using Dropbox by just signing into your account and upload file from either your computer, mobile or tablet. Dropbox comes with free storage of 2 GB so if you want to use dropbox for personal use, it is good. However, if you are looking for more space and work you can anyways buy extra storage for Dropbox.
How To Share a File or Folder on Dropbox?
Other than a storage place for all your important work, Dropbox also gives you the option to share your work with other friends and colleagues, whether they have a Dropbox account or not.
While sharing your Dropbox data you can also control the viewing rights of the person you are sending the file to. The receiver can either edit, comment or view your file based on the permissions granted by the sender. If you provide the editing rights to someone then any edits or comments update live for everyone with whom the files go to share.
The files or folders can be shared through both Dropbox website and app, below are the steps to share any file or folder on Dropbox through various means.
Share a File or Folder on Dropbox
To share any file or folder through Dropbox website the following steps need to be followed:
Step1: Though your desktop or phone, sign in to Dropbox.com
Step2: In the left column of the website click files.
Step3: Go through the files and choose the file or folder that you want to share.
Step4: Once the file or folder has been chosen, click on share.
Step5: In the tab, type the email, name or the group of people that you want to share your file or folder with.
Step6: Confirm the email or name by clicking on the share button.
Once shared the receiver will receive an email with the link to the file or folder that you have shared, Depending on the rights that you have the person can view, edit or comment on your file, which will be visible to all the people instantly.
Share a File or Folder on Dropbox Mobile App
To share any file or folder through Dropbox app the following steps need to be followed:
Step1: Though your pad or phone, sign into Dropbox app.
Step2: At the bottom of the screen, Tap on the file tab.
Step3: Go through the files and choose the file or folder that you want to share.
Step4: Once the file or folder has been chosen, click on the ellipses under the file or folder and click on share.
Step5: In the tab, type the email, name or the group of people that you want to share your file or folder with.
Step6: Confirm the email or name by clicking on the share button.
Once shared the receiver will receive an email with the link to the file or folder that you have shared, Depending on the rights that you have the person can view, edit or comment on your file, which will be visible to all the people instantly.
Share file or folder with Dropbox on your PC
To share any file or folder through Dropbox folder on your computer the following steps need to be followed:
Step1: On your computer, tap on the Dropbox folder and open it.
Step2: Click on the Dropbox icon in the menu bar.
Step3: Go through the files and choose the file or folder that you want to share.
Step4: Once the file or folder has been chosen, click on the ellipses under the file or folder and click on share.
Step5: In the tab, type the email, name or the group of people that you want to share your file or folder with.
Step6: Confirm the email or name by clicking on the share button.
Once shared the receiver will receive an email with the link to the file or folder that you have shared, Depending on the rights that you have the person can view, edit or comment on your file, which will be visible to all the people instantly.
Thus you can share the file or folder through Dropbox to any individual person, email or group with just quick steps.
So, no matter how much you upload your files on dropbox you can manage and organize it as per your needs properly according to your preference. You can create folders and add files in it.
Conclusion
You can also share your data with one person or a group through various sharing means like Facebook, WhatsApp, Gmail etc. With simple link you can send anything to another person whether a photo, video or zipped file and large AD files.
So make the best use of Dropbox and enjoy free storage and Organise all your data.
