Syncronise, backup and share you documents using this simple and free application. www.dropbox.com

Install the iPhone / Andriod / Blackberry app

Go mobile with the Dropbox mobile applications, you can view your files over the the mobile network, or if you need files when in areas with bad signal you can star them to keep them stored on your phone (obviously, you have to do this whilst you have a good signal though).

Email to Dropbox

www.sendtodropbox.com/

Using this web application you can configure a unique email address that will automatically save to your dropbox, so if someone emails a large PDF to your ‘sendtodropbox’ email address it will be automatically be saved in your dropbox and syncronised around any computers or devices you have setup. this app allows some great features such as rules for automatically saving the files dependant on certain conditions.

Send to Menu Option

You can add ‘My Dropbox’ as a destination to the Windows ‘Send To’ context (right click in Windows) menu by putting a shortcut to the ‘My Dropbox’ folder into:

(Windows Vista/7) C:\Users\[LogonId]\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\SendTo (or appdata\microsoft\windows\sendto)

(Windows XP) C:\Documents And Settings\[LogonId]\SendTo\

Easily done, and it adds the extra ability of being able to throw things into your Dropbox where ever you are on the file system – oh, and it actually copies the files rather than moves them.

Using Public folders

One of the big limitations of email is the size of messages and in particular attachments – quite often this can be as low as 6MB: maybe enough for one photograph taken at maximum resolution with a digital SLR camera. Increasingly both home users need to exchange larger files – for example: press ready artwork to printers, product videos to clients, to name but a few.

Dropbox provides one of the simplest and most straight forward ways around this problem.

All Dropbox folders have a sub folder called [Public] Anything copied into this folder will be available to be shared to anyone via the internet. Simply right click on the item in the Public folder and then from the Dropbox menu select “Copy Public Link” – this will paste a unique URL onto your clipboard which can be pasted into an email, Skype or on a website to enable that file to be downloaded. As long as the file is kept in the Public Dropbox folder that URL will be valid – and you don’t even have to leave your computer switched on.