Okay - free storage, accessible to any device from anywhere. I gotta' get this one down! Tried a little with google docs., had formatting issues. So I'm curious to see if this works better. We actually covered this briefly in a faculty meeting and it looked intriguing. Now let's see if I can actually use it.
1. Good news, files can be transferred from PC's to Macs. The whole point is to make sure everything is filed exactly from device to device.
2. It's the perfect backup because it's not dependent on a specific device.
3. Go to www.dropbox.com to create an account and download the software.
4. Enter email and password to create an account. It will also recognize more than one email.
5. There's a tutorial on the dropbox site that will guide you through the installation process.
6. Storage is limited to 2 gigs of free space. You can invite someone new to join dropbox, and if they use the link you end them, you get more storage space. You can also pay for more storage.
7. Once on your computer, you can do a search (finder for Mac), look for the "Home" (little house on the Mac) or look under documents, or dropbox.
8. You click and drag items you want to put into the box. You can transfer entire folders in one stroke.
9. A huge advantage to dropbox is the share option where anyone you designate can get into your drop box for documents, pictures, etc.
10. This is great for transferring movie files because they're typically too large to email.
11. You can organize your material within dropbox by creating any number of folders. There are the usual defaults.
12, Be aware that you uploading formatting, also. So if you upload a doc in .pgs, a word program wouldn't recognize it. It will still be in the box, it's just you need to have the right software to read it.
13. When you share, you select which folders they have access to. Be cautious, because guests can control the content of that folder.
14. Your invitations have to be accepted, either by email or through dropbox.
*****OTHER OPTIONS*******
15. www.box.net is another application that allows for storage and sharing, but restricts control of contents to the user.
16. Icloud is also available through Itunes.
17. There's also a service that's available for backing up data "into the cloud" but it's automatic and you don't control the organization of backed up files.
SO, simple and straight forward. I think it's pretty easy to use and certainly opens tons of options!
Check it out!!!
1. Good news, files can be transferred from PC's to Macs. The whole point is to make sure everything is filed exactly from device to device.
2. It's the perfect backup because it's not dependent on a specific device.
3. Go to www.dropbox.com to create an account and download the software.
4. Enter email and password to create an account. It will also recognize more than one email.
5. There's a tutorial on the dropbox site that will guide you through the installation process.
6. Storage is limited to 2 gigs of free space. You can invite someone new to join dropbox, and if they use the link you end them, you get more storage space. You can also pay for more storage.
7. Once on your computer, you can do a search (finder for Mac), look for the "Home" (little house on the Mac) or look under documents, or dropbox.
8. You click and drag items you want to put into the box. You can transfer entire folders in one stroke.
9. A huge advantage to dropbox is the share option where anyone you designate can get into your drop box for documents, pictures, etc.
10. This is great for transferring movie files because they're typically too large to email.
11. You can organize your material within dropbox by creating any number of folders. There are the usual defaults.
12, Be aware that you uploading formatting, also. So if you upload a doc in .pgs, a word program wouldn't recognize it. It will still be in the box, it's just you need to have the right software to read it.
13. When you share, you select which folders they have access to. Be cautious, because guests can control the content of that folder.
14. Your invitations have to be accepted, either by email or through dropbox.
*****OTHER OPTIONS*******
15. www.box.net is another application that allows for storage and sharing, but restricts control of contents to the user.
16. Icloud is also available through Itunes.
17. There's also a service that's available for backing up data "into the cloud" but it's automatic and you don't control the organization of backed up files.
SO, simple and straight forward. I think it's pretty easy to use and certainly opens tons of options!
Check it out!!!
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