Credit for this one goes to a student of mine who passed this on to me...he was kind enough to share this amazing deal. I am not sure how long this deal will last as it relates to using a beta version of the Dropbox software
With Dropbox you get the first 2 Gigabytes free, which is just enough to get you started but not enough for any serious work as it quickly fills up. So by following a few steps forwarded to me by this super kind student, you can add another 5 gigs of space for free to your Dropbox....which would give you a grand total of 7 gigs...which is a nice healthy amount...all for free....The paid service cost a minimum $100 for 50 gigs...so these 7 gigs is a perfect amount for free...
Dropbox is a very handy little service, it syncs your files across multiple computers, so you do not have to worry as much about carrying your work around with you on a USB key. Everything is stored in the cloud and syncs down to all your computers running the Dropbox software. You can also access your files from any web browser.
Here are the instructions...
- Sign up for a Dropbox account for free if you do not already have an account
- Then visit this link and read the article and click the link to the forum post that talks about the free space....
- Follow the instructions in the forum post...and install the beta software....
- Now once installed...you just have to add some new photos....to the Dropbox folder ....I do not believe you can just copy pictures from your Pictures folder into Dropbox to get more space....instead you have to plug in a Camera or an iPhone or some other picture taking device or card with photos on it...into your computer....
For Windows, once you do this a window should pop up asking what program you wish to run....Select Dropbox and Dropbox will import the Photos into a special folder called "Camera Uploads" that it will create automatically...once you upload a single photo this way you get an instant extra 500 megabytes...then every 500 mb of photos you upload after that you get an extra 500mb of space upto 5 gigs...
- Instructions for the Mac will be slightly different but the concept is the same....
- You can upload photos from your Android or iphone or any Camera Phone....
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