Dropbox – The magical USB drive

October 12th, 2009 at 9:52 · Filed Under Blogging, Computing, Mac OS X, Technology 

Dropbox, the magical USB drive, let’s you transfer files among computers without the need of a physical USB drive or DVD or emailing. Dropbox on Mac is the latest and coolest file sharing technology made available today.

I have been using Apple’s iDisk to sync and share files among my computers, iPod Touch (iPhone) and as well as clients and co-workers. Two days ago, I discovered Dropbox and I now find it easier to use than iDisk and it is faster! It is free for a 2GB storage or upgrade with a small monthly fee.

One cool feature of Dropbox is that when someone drops you a file in your folder, Dropbox notifies you using Growl. iDisk lacks this notification feature and usually the file arrives silently unless the sender texts or emails you.

Dropbox can work offline. Dropbox on Mac will sync your files and folders to your local hard disks and allows you to access later even when offline. The sync is done automatically.

I used to copy some files on my USB drive and take them to my clients. Now I no longer need to bring anything. Just use my client’s Internet browser to access my Dropbox and viola! The files will be transfered to my client’s Mac.

Of course, there are many ways to use Dropbox for your productivity. For example, taking your lecture notes to the lecture hall without carrying anything at all, not even USB pen drive. There are some other ways of using Dropbox, read here. But that’s not all. Please tell me if you find any other use of it.

Sign up here for extra 250MB of disk space!

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2 Responses to “Dropbox – The magical USB drive”

  • ugly You on April 23rd, 2010 7:21 1

    this 250 mb actually go to your account. do not this website is shit!

  • Adrian Hoe on July 5th, 2010 11:30 2

    ugly You: Well, you can get the 250MB too if you recommend your friends to sign up. If you don’t like the idea, you can always close your browser and walk off. Your piece of shit is unnecessary here. Cheers!

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