Dropbox has literally changed the way I do things in the Internet. 
If you haven’t heard of Dropbox, it is an online file synchronization service with the following cool useful features:
- File Sync between multiple computers
- Cross platform support – Windows. Linux & Mac
- No complicated interface – runs in the background and access via your regular file browser.
- Access from anywhere from the Internet
- Share your files with other users
- Show photos
You can read my detailed Dropbox Review here. It has since got more features and Linux support.
Dropbox Portable
I use Dropbox at home and work and so does my wife. We can share and access/share files seamlessly no matter where we are.
I drop a file for my wife in our Dropbox folder and it instantly appears in her folder at her workplace or at home – in our desktop or laptop. No matter what operating system we are working on – Windows, Linux or Mac.
Isn’t that just fantastic?
With freeware application – DropboxPortable, Dropbox becomes thumb-drive friendly. You can now access your synced files right in your thumb drive and have it with you anywhere you go.
I can see this being very useful when you are frequently on computers where you can’t have Dropbox installed permanently but need access to your Dropbox files.
You can find out how to install and run DropBoxPortable in Dropbox forums.
Get DropboxPortable
Best Dropbox Hacks
The ability to have your files synced across various computers opens up a lot of possibilities. Here are a few of my favorite Dropbox hacks.
- Start BitTorrent downloads at Home with any computer – Lifehacker
- Synchronize Dropbox and ZumoDrive on Windows – Idea Excursion
ZumoDrive doesn’t support Linux yet. But, you can use Dropbox in conjunction with Zumodrive to do this cool hack. - Synchronizing Firefox Through Dropbox – Rob Wilkerson
- Redux: Synchronizing Firefox Through Dropbox – Rob Wilkerson
- How to Use Dropbox as the Ultimate Password Syncer – Lifehacker
- How to sync Greasemonkey scripts between computers using Dropbox – Dor Shemer’s Blog
As you can see, Dropbox’s cool file sync technology opens up the possibility of doing so many cool things you can dream of that wasn’t possible before.
Even if you don’t feel like getting your hands dirty, Dropbox simply can put your most accessed files in the cloud and act as a backup in case your hard drive fails. Plus, did I mention there is a iPhone Dropbox version as well and a dedicated Dropbox iPhone app is also in the making.
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27. March 2009 at 6:43 am
thank you alot for sharing dropbox with us, sounds very interesting and i already looked like an program like that what has the function to show photos and has an easy interface, not so complicated like the known.
27. April 2009 at 11:43 pm
heres a referral link to sign up for a bonus 250MB for dropbox
author’s note: Sorry, referral links not encouraged in comments.
9. June 2009 at 10:06 am
Thanks for the post… I was looking for a portable version of the DropBox client.
I am curious what plugin you are using to display the “social” links at the bottom of the post (the one below “sharing is sexy”).
Thanks.
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9. June 2009 at 10:27 am
Varun, thanks for dropping by and taking the time to comment! I am using the awesome Sexy Bookmarks plugin by Josh – @eight7teen
9. June 2009 at 2:37 pm
Thanks K! I have installed it on my blog and I am already loving it
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