The Top Creative Uses of Dropbox

Dropbox has been a leading cloud storage service provider since 2007. Millions of users trust Dropbox with the responsibility of storing their precious information. It has a number of features that are helpful to users such as file encryption, easy synchronization, retrieval of old versions of files, and so on. Many people use Dropbox just for file synchronization, i.e., to access their files on different devices. However, there are a lot of ways in which Dropbox can be used.

Add Portable Applications:
Now that there is a need for people to use the same application on different devices, app developers have started introducing portable applications. You can add these portable applications to the Dropbox folder to access them on all your devices. By doing this, you will need to download and install these applications only once.

Use it as a Remote Control Application:
Another clever way to use Dropbox is to use it as a remote control application. It is easy, especially for Linux users. If you’re using Linux OS, you can run AutoHotKey Script inside the My Dropbox folder by scheduling a batch file.

Use it as a Common Folder:
You can run Dropbox as a common folder for teams functioning from remote locations. All the reports, work instructions, status updates, file sharing, and everything that is common to the team can be posted to the Dropbox folder, which can be easily accessed by all the teams in different locations. This will save you a lot of hard drive space.

Smart Syncing of all files:
Some Dropbox users find that marking every file they want to synchronize is difficult. In such cases, they can change their Dropbox folder into their My Documents folder. All they need to do is change the location of their My Documents folder to Dropbox folder. Let’s see how to do it.
Windows XP Users: Right click on the My Documents folder and type the new path (address of the Dropbox folder) in the Target Value field.

Windows 7 Users: Right click on the My Documents folder and change the path in the Location tab.
Reduce the Weight to be carried:

You can store a .pdf copy of the books and documents you need to carry with you in your Dropbox folder. As it synchronizes easily, you can open the books on your smartphone or tablet and turn it into a digital reader. You can also store a copy of the important documents which you will have to refer and make Dropbox a virtual bag.

Use it as a file sharing application:
You can also use Dropbox as a file sharing application. There is a lot of hacking happening when people share files. You can use Dropbox as your file sharing application to avoid risking your information. You just need to provide the links of your files in your Dropbox folder to the people who you want to share your files with.

Make your Address Book Omnipresent:
You don’t know when you will need your friends’ phone numbers or addresses. Therefore, you can store your address book in the Dropbox folder and look it up anywhere, anytime and on any device you want. As you can also open your Dropbox folder directly from their website, you needn’t even have your devices to access your address book.

These are some of the creative uses of Dropbox. Using Dropbox in these ways makes it more than just a synchronizing tool.

This is a guest post by Christy Haywood of offers.telcoservicesgroup.net, a site that offers savings and current information onat&t u verse,as well as att.com services.