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Dropbox allows users to store, share and sync their files across multiple computers via multiple sources. The sync is transparent and continuous. The best part is the process runs in the background and it consumes very less amount of RAM.

Dropbox download is available for Windows, Mac and Linux.

Setting up Dropbox is very easy. We need to install dropbox, then

1. Create a Dropbox account.
2. Specify the Dropbox location in your PC (All the files and folders are sync’d with your online dropbox)

The mirror image of your files/folders can be accessed in all the PCs with dropbox and your online dropbox account. The folder structure of your local dropbox folder is maintained across the PC’s and the your online dropbox.

We can easily open our online dropbox account from the trayicon. We can also get the Status, Recently changed files etc from the tray icon.

Dropbox automatically maintains revisions of the files which are syncd. So that we can restore the previous versions as in when required.

Dropbox is not only used as an ultimate sync’ing solution but also to store and share any files to public users. You can put the public files inside the predefined public folder inside your dropbox. To share it with friends, provide the public URL as shown below. (We dont need to go to our dropbox site to copy the public URL, we can get the it from our local public folder itself by right click and select ‘Copy public link’).

We can also share our files with other dropbox users with the help of ‘Share folders’.

Check the Video demo here,