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Thursday, 10 April 2014

Use Dropbox like a Pro.

Dropbox is a free cloud storage service for sharing and storing files including photos, documents and videos. is a great service that helps you keep your files safe, synced and accessible from anywhere. Dropbox allow the service to create folders on all your connected devices -- such as PCs, laptops or other mobile devices and synchronize any files you store on Dropbox with the connected devices. Files can be shared with others by providing them with a link to your Dropbox folder.

Visit www.dropbox.com to register for Dropbox.


Follow the steps below to know how to use dropbox.

Your new Dropbox
How to use your new Dropbox
Dropbox is like a regular folder on your computer where you can keep stuff, but has a magical twist – every file that you put in your Dropbox is automatically backed up to the cloud to keep it completely safe and secure.
Dropbox is like a regular folder
Once you start putting your files in Dropbox:
  • The files will be backed up and kept safe.
  • You’ll be able to access them from any computer or smartphone.
  • You can easily share stuff with other people.
1. Let’s start with how to save a file to Dropbox.
From now on when you save a document, photo or whatever, you should save it to Dropbox. For example, when you click ‘Save’ in Microsoft Word, you’ll see a list of folders on the left hand side. Select ‘Dropbox’ from the list and press ‘Save’.
Saving a file
2. Adding existing stuff to Dropbox
Adding existing stuff
Now let’s add your existing documents, photos and music.
You can simply drag whichever files you want into your Dropbox folder.
Or, if you don’t like dragging stuff, you can right-click the file you want to move, choose ‘Copy’, go to your Dropbox, right-click and select ‘Paste’.
Choose ‘Copy’, go to your Dropbox, right click and select ‘Paste’
Dropbox will take care of syncing and storing your stuff. While files are syncing you can keep using the computer however you wish, it all happens in the background. Once you see a green check mark next to the files you put into Dropbox, it means your stuff is backed up and accessible from anywhere.
Syncing and storing your stuff   
Syncing... Backed up!

3. Accessing files you put in your Dropbox account

From now on you should always view and work on files from your Dropbox. You can easily access the files you’ve put in Dropbox by clicking on the Dropbox icon on your desktop or the Dropbox icon in the system tray (next to the clock).
Once you click on the icon, your Dropbox folder will open up  
Desktop System tray
Once you click on the icon, your Dropbox folder will open up and you’ll be able to access your files just like you do in any other folder on your computer.
Thank you for reading.