Comments on: Why and How to Use Dropbox for Client & Blog Files

By: designbycyberware

designbycyberware — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 23:04:02 +0000

Dropbox is fantastic. I have used it for my own personal work, for sharing things with friends and also for working with clients. It’s so simple, I only with we had it years ago!

By: yuzool

yuzool — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 12:02:59 +0000

Thanks for the review – definitely a great app and service. Especially good for collaborating on big files or collecting data from clients that is over the usual 10MB email limit.

By: Robomaster

Robomaster — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 01:10:58 +0000

Dropbox is definitely a great resource for bloggers. They have a really good system going and I can certainly recommend them to anyone needing a free, quick online backup system.

By: Michael Martin

Michael Martin — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 21:42:03 +0000

It has a solution for that already

Just go to Account > My Computers, and it will name every device (including iPhones etc.) that is linked to your Dropbox account. Then just click “Unlink” and they won’t have access anymore.

By: Pennsylvania medical malpractice

Pennsylvania medical malpractice — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 17:59:51 +0000

I’m currently using Dropbox to share large files with others. I’ve got a database on an organizational program called Pagico that holds information of clients. Wanted to use Dropbox to send that information to others so that we can sync everything together…

It apparently is working because there are constant updates in the folder, but sometimes when I open it, it doesn’t have any new files though it just said it’s been updated. It could be Pagico, I’m not sure… Or a lot of other factors.

Does anyone else have a problem like this?

By: James

James — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 05:49:06 +0000

What Dropbox needs now are more security features. Say you lose your laptop; whoever gets it will have access to your files.

Dropbox should encrypt the Dropbox folder on your system, and give access via password when you boot up your computer.

Although you can also do this by making a Truecrypt volume and use it for Dropbox exclusively. A bit of a hassle though.

By: Waasys

Waasys — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 17:35:10 +0000

I love DropBox, 2gb of vortual space in just one folder )

By: movers Raleigh

movers Raleigh — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 20:41:56 +0000

Using Dropbox is definitely convenient, and I agree with some of the other commenters here in that there are multiple ways to keep your data relatively safe in case of failure or theft. Depending on your security needs, there are different options, but for most of us I think it’s sufficient to have an online backup and a physical backup. So, use Dropbox or a similar service. And back everything up on an external hard drive too. You can get pretty fancy if you want to and can afford it, with redundant systems and such, but for most of us that’s not really necessary. There actually used to be a program that allowed you to use Gmail as data storage by archiving your files 10mb at a time. But I think Google put an end to that. Plus, not all files are under 10mb so it wasn’t really that practical. -Mike

By: Daniel DiRico

Daniel DiRico — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 16:59:51 +0000

This was a great write up. Thanks for providing this. I agree with most of the commenters here that you should have:
1. A cloud-based backup (Dropbox for example) of files, DB’s, and configs
2. A local backup (external USB drive for example) of files, DB’s and configs
3. These should be automated, preferably with version control (i.e. 30 days ago version, 7 days ago version, and last 7 days versions)

Being able to collaborate and share these files is a huge added bonus that Dropbox provides.

By: Design Informer

Design Informer — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 19:01:01 +0000

Very helpful post. Thanks Michal!

Keep up the great work on the blog.