Usefull online storage for school !

jaksje · **Joined:** Jun 2009 **Posts:** 730 **Location:** home

Hey,

I always have the problem at school that my files that i have at home in the pc aren't at school.. i always loose my USB etc... Now, my friend showed me something called DropBox. There, you can store 2GB of files free on the internet via a folder on your computer that sync automatically. You can use another pc or even iphone/itouch to go on the internet and to acces these things! I use this now and love it :0 so i tought that i'd share it with you guys!

Here is a link to go, i know its a referral link from me. But, it doesnt only benefit me, when you sign up you also get 250mb more space on your account.

http://db.tt/IvKhba6

or if you dont feel like getting 250mb for free

www.dropbox.com

WARNING ; i am not trying to refferal anybody, if you dont want to then click the bottom link!!!!

grts jaksje

Azilius · **Joined:** Oct 2006 **Posts:** 4236 **Location:** CS:GO

http://explore.live.com/windows-live-skydrive

Amarisa · **Joined:** Feb 2008 **Posts:** 4049 **Location:** Magic

*puts on nerdy glasses*

Or you could make a FTP server and then you could get all your files no matter where you are.

jaksje · **Joined:** Jun 2009 **Posts:** 730 **Location:** home

Azilius wrote:

http://explore.live.com/windows-live-skydrive

ok, thats 25GB of space, but there is a tick to it.
In DropBox, you download a program to your computer, which then opens a folder. You can place this folder on your computer and put my documents in it. After this, everytime you put/change something in that foler "documents", it automatically changes uploads/changes it online

CeLL · **Posted:** Wed Feb 09, 2011 2:42 pm

...sounds like spyware. there shouldnt be a download for an upload storage site :\

Twist · **Posted:** Wed Feb 09, 2011 2:43 pm

CeLL wrote:

...sounds like spyware. there shouldnt be a download for an upload storage site :\

Yea, he wants our accounts!!!

CeLL · **Posted:** Wed Feb 09, 2011 2:47 pm

no, i dont distrust jaksje.

jaksje · **Joined:** Jun 2009 **Posts:** 730 **Location:** home

CeLL wrote:

no, i dont distrust jaksje.

CeLL, CeLL, CeLL... once again you're small brain proves you no good, the download is only a folder which automatically syncs with the website. Nothing else

<3 you

CeLL · **Posted:** Wed Feb 09, 2011 3:59 pm

so by quoting what i say, and saying my brain is small, do you intend to say that i should distrust you? you probably shouldnt insult people when they say nice things about you.

MrJoey · **Posted:** Wed Feb 09, 2011 4:08 pm

You know, there's also flash drives ($20 or less for 8gb!) or even portable harddrives... I do believe I win.

jaksje · **Joined:** Jun 2009 **Posts:** 730 **Location:** home

CeLL wrote:

so by quoting what i say, and saying my brain is small, do you intend to say that i should distrust you? you probably shouldnt insult people when they say nice things about you.

but

i said i love you

well... true you could buy a flashdrive.. but i always lose mine

Goseki · **Joined:** Apr 2008 **Posts:** 3452 **Location:**

Dropbox is legit. I work at a research lab and some of the people there use that to save their images on it and analyze the image at home.

CeLL · **Posted:** Wed Feb 09, 2011 4:34 pm

no probs J, im just tired today and not dealing with it well.

jaksje · **Joined:** Jun 2009 **Posts:** 730 **Location:** home

ahw

then they buy storage Goseki or what?

[Orphen] · **Posted:** Wed Feb 09, 2011 6:50 pm

Goseki is right, in fact new macbooks come with dropbox pre-installed. It's a nifty idea.

Goseki · **Joined:** Apr 2008 **Posts:** 3452 **Location:**

It's a personal thing. Some ppl bring flash drives, some external drives, others just dump it into dropbox. I just bring a flash drive since I had to travel from lab to lab and I liked having the images with me so I could hand them off directly.

The guy I know that used that just referred everyone in his lab so he had like 8 gigs or so.

BuDo · **Joined:** Dec 2008 **Posts:** 4714 **Location:**

Storing files online and accessing them from any PC has been around for a very long time now...why does it seems like it's a new concept here?

jaksje · **Joined:** Jun 2009 **Posts:** 730 **Location:** home

BuDo wrote:

Storing files online and accessing them from any PC has been around for a very long time now...why does it seems like it's a new concept here?

The thing that is new about this is that it automatically syncs your data. So you don't have to keep uploading new files to this online "box".

XMoshe · **Posted:** Wed Feb 09, 2011 8:54 pm

Yeah used it in my last project, before that I had g-drive, worked pretty good too. Dropbox is handy cuz you can either use the installed folder on your pc or go to their site, log in and get the data.

BuDo · **Joined:** Dec 2008 **Posts:** 4714 **Location:**

jaksje wrote:

BuDo wrote:

Storing files online and accessing them from any PC has been around for a very long time now...why does it seems like it's a new concept here?

The thing that is new about this is that it automatically syncs your data. So you don't have to keep uploading new files to this online "box".

Ok I guess that sync part is pretty cool then...

Toshiharu · **Joined:** Feb 2008 **Posts:** 4222 **Location:** Nowhere

I have two 16gb flashdrives. I think I'm good on portable memory. If I really need more I could always buy an external. They're getting cheaper and cheaper. Also gmail for 7gb if I really need anything if I forget.

XMoshe · **Posted:** Wed Feb 09, 2011 10:50 pm

Problem with dropbox is that if you use it in a group and people can work in the same document there is a chance of saving it over eachother thus losing work >.< That kind sucks, that's why I always save it to my pc first before uploading it to dropbox.

Skyve · **Joined:** Apr 2006 **Posts:** 7328 **Location:** Canada

Got a lot of friends using it, think I'll go download it.

dom · **Posted:** Thu Feb 10, 2011 2:52 am

I assume it's the same on a PC but on the mac it adds a new "drive" to your computer that auto syncs.

I have a folder with FugDup and we share media files. It's the only thing i've used it for but it works great.

For larger storage and more serious applications though I would always recommend http://put.io

jaksje · **Joined:** Jun 2009 **Posts:** 730 **Location:** home

looks pretty neat as well dom, its the same on the PC as on mac, I have a mac and i think it works like a charm, simply love it

ExSoldier, if you use my referral its auto 250mb extra

just sayin hahaha
Then after invite friends and you will get more space, im up to 3.2GB now

working my way to 8 GB hahaha

Pinoy_Archer · **Joined:** Jul 2007 **Posts:** 937 **Location:** Home

Ohhhwww! I think you guys mean a cloud storage!!!

But i think its better to create you own FTP server, its quite simple really and there are tons of tutorials scattering around the net, and better yet, youtube(for convenience). Just got mine setup'ed last year

But if you really like to store limited data through net for FREE, you could use, dropbox, Megauploads, mediafire, Livemesh, and other stuff, i forgot where's my list, oh well =/.

I know some are already mentioned so please dont quote me, i'm aware of that.

Hope i helped

destructionmama · **Joined:** Sep 2006 **Posts:** 1509 **Location:** There

I use it, its legit stuff

ltsune · **Joined:** Mar 2008 **Posts:** 5751 **Location:**

I can't understand how people can possible NOT trust dropbox. It's a couple of years old now and heck, even larger companies use Dropbox. We used it at our school tons of times, and I use it for my images, videos, notes etc. It's always handy to have it around, even on your smartphone

Dropbox is by far the best program you can get if you want to share files with yourself or friends in a longer term. Besides, you can choose to only share a few files and everybody can login on the same account, as well as they can have their own - it's simply brilliant.

jaksje · **Joined:** Jun 2009 **Posts:** 730 **Location:** home

ltsune wrote:

I can't understand how people can possible NOT trust dropbox. It's a couple of years old now and heck, even larger companies use Dropbox. We used it at our school tons of times, and I use it for my images, videos, notes etc. It's always handy to have it around, even on your smartphone

Dropbox is by far the best program you can get if you want to share files with yourself or friends in a longer term. Besides, you can choose to only share a few files and everybody can login on the same account, as well as they can have their own - it's simply brilliant.

+1 !!! now sign up for me

i want more GB!!

KillAndChill · **Joined:** Mar 2008 **Posts:** 770 **Location:**

XMoshe wrote:

Problem with dropbox is that if you use it in a group and people can work in the same document there is a chance of saving it over eachother thus losing work >.< That kind sucks, that's why I always save it to my pc first before uploading it to dropbox.

Try using Google docs if you have multiple people editing at once.

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