How do you use Dropbox?

Eugene2011-01-20 11:26:51

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Eugene, 2011-01-20 11:26:51

For many , Dropbox is just easy-to-access file storage, but that's not the only way to use it.

For example I use Dropbox

to synchronize FF bookmarks on work and home computers
I keep Portable KeePass on it
I keep a couple of small projects that are under development, so I can easily return to finalize them from almost anywhere, and also have their current version on the test server

Please share some interesting examples.

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LORiO, 2011-01-20
@LORIO

Books and work environment

kruteev, 2011-01-20
@kruteev

I use dropbox to store saves (playthroughs) of games. To be able to continue the game during the break.

Kakysha, 2011-01-20
@kakysha

Well, of course, as a full backup (I set up symlinks), so that all my work and documents are always available online
. Like a ball with team members (we post screenshots, documents, ideas in a ball). Very useful, the notification that the file has been added occurs immediately and the work does not take long. Ideas are generated)
How to transfer files to an iPhone. (Although I don’t see any special advantages over some iFile, it’s just a matter of habit already)
Like a flash drive (I carry all my homework to the university through dropbox), respectively, I download it immediately at the university from the web interface.
Configs for all IDEs. A very useful thing, especially in the university, where everything is reset to default after a reboot. I sat down, downloaded the config, fed the IDE and everything was like at home, poked a couple, turned off the computer, everything was erased by default by itself)

mambet, 2011-01-20
@mambet

Maybe someone will be interested in such an opinion. Several times I tried to accustom myself, but in the end I carry a laptop with me everywhere. I store important and working documents in Google Docs, if the rest is lost, I won’t grieve.

deleted-Hotblack, 2011-01-20
@deleted-Hotblack

It is very convenient to synchronize different business documents/scripts and more if you work not alone, but with someone in a team… you always see all the updates + the people you work with are also aware of what is happening :)

elisium, 2011-01-20
@elisium

Small projects and experiments on html & js along with a git repository. I know there is a github for this, but I keep forgetting to push the latest copy there so I can continue somewhere else where I left off.

Anton Lomakin, 2011-01-20
@t0H

folder for downloading torrent files at work)
Hosting for pictures…

Atrax, 2011-01-20
@Atrax

Instead of a file sharing service, for exchanging files with your phone.
And for backups, it would really be a shame to lose.

Eugene, 2011-01-20
@Agent_J

I came across an interesting use case that I didn’t know about before
Download automation for the µTorrent torrent tracker

metar, 2011-01-20
@metar

I handle dropbox like a student.
I keep the laboratory ones so as not to grieve after an accidental deletion.
I post screenshots and documents.
I use a shared group folder for shared materials.

p1nger, 2011-01-20
@p1nger

bagyr, 2011-01-20
@bagyr

Various CV options, several configs used everywhere, snippets of your own composition.
The main thing is a map for FreeMind with notes for 3 years.

Krio, 2011-01-20
@Krio

A set of scripts for "maybe come in handy", books, a couple of projects, fresh pictures.
But I don’t use it to store keys and “password files”.
Even in the bins of the drop, I found a disk image with installed ubuntu :)

Alexander, 2011-01-20
@lumenous

The history of messages in QIP is synchronized so that there is one copy of the history at work and at home.
And also, since I'm studying now, they do various jobs. It’s also convenient, both at home and at work, when I have time, I do everything in “one copy”.

kuil, 2011-01-20
@kuil

MS OneNote keeps its files in a dropbox folder - very convenient!

shipovalov, 2011-01-20
@shipovalov

at work I download a .torrent file and throw it into dropbox
utorrent at home monitors the dropbox folder and starts downloading

antonick, 2011-01-20
@antonic

I have denwer there

fasi, 2011-01-20
@fasi

I use it as a library

schursin, 2011-01-20
@schursin

Three servers back up there :)

AstonMartin, 2011-02-06
@AstonMartin

To synchronize FF bookmarks, I recommend Firefox Sync. IMHO, a more native and correct solution. It can also synchronize passwords, bookmarks, settings, tabs.

sisaenkov, 2011-01-20
@sisaenkov

1. Psi+, Mozilla Thunderbird Portable, KeePass.
2. Shara with a friend.
3. Current projects.

agul, 2011-01-20
@agul

I recently cleaned my drive. Everything that was a pity to delete + something that weighs a lot, but you don’t need it every day (movies, music, books) - threw it on DropBox.

mdevils, 2011-01-20
@mdevils

I sync my iTunes library at home and at work.

Xronos, 2011-01-20
@Xronos

90,000 files are already in it, 45 gigabytes of photos, a couple of gigabytes of laboratory for 5 years.

GrinKZ, 2011-01-20
@GrinKZ

I use it to store CVs, PDF readings, configs of various pieces of hardware and to upload files from a torrent tracker to my home torrent client. Well, as a flash drive, of course.

Alexander, 2011-01-21
@Alexx_ps

And is it not scary to keep the KeePass database on the Internet?

Alexey Skobkin, 2011-02-06
@skobkin

Yes , a lot like ... I
synchronize, educational materials between a computer and a laptop, backup program settings, upload files to friends in the public, shared folders - with a couple of friends are established, I kept the QiP history (link in the file system) until I started using Linux on the laptop, etc. d…

118088, 2011-02-06
@118088

Synchronization of 1password, safari bookmarks via symlinks, iTunes library (playlists, etc.)

Dmitry, 2011-02-06
@mezastel

I use for something like continuous integration but more realtime.

Evgeny Bezymyannikov, 2011-02-07
@psman

I somehow set up a torrent client for auto-collection of torrent files from the /Dropbox/torrents/ folder
At work I went to the forum, downloaded the torrent file to a folder and forgot it, but at home everything downloaded by itself.

Largo, 2011-02-07
@Largo

I have migrated all graphic content from my site. It turned out something CDN - the server loads less. Yes, and database backup in the same place.

Kapatskiy, 2011-04-29
@Kapatskiy

I exchange tasks with designers.
I store projects so that they can be accessed from work and from home.

dbf, 2011-04-29
@dbf

For some unknown reason, when printing from the main computer in two-sided mode, the process hung. Dropped the file via dropbox on a netbook and printed from it.
I made backups of small sites.

BannedMi, 2011-04-30
@BannedMi

I store all photos and documents + the necessary software, and most importantly, the whole qip. you can start working from anywhere and there’s nothing to think about) it’s unpleasant that it doesn’t fit in 20GB anymore (I think I’m already buying an acc.

@nstorm, 2011-04-30
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I use it to exchange study files with my classmates. I keep all sorts of small projects in order to have access to them from anywhere and not produce a bunch of files. I also post files from it that I mention in my blog notes (source codes, programs, etc.) - my blog has a small traffic, so they don’t ban, but people who still get to my blog can download the file without delay and advertising, yes and it's easy for me to upload files.

OmKol, 2011-04-30
@OmKol

1. Synchronization of some important files between desktop and laptop.
2. The function of obtaining direct links to uploaded files.

geosub, 2011-04-30
@geosub

My .profile for the console is synchronized with the dropbox (so that all servers and locally have the same, familiar settings).
I also put a symlink on the folder with history and settings from adium (now ICQ stores all settings and history on the dropbox, very convenient for using one win on several computers)
I tried to make the chrome settings symlink, but it constantly uploads the changed files, and they are many weigh.
I send more photos from the iPhone through dropbox to my friends.
Well, I also store there what is far to erase and does not weigh much :)

User55555, 2014-05-11
@User55555

I keep a backup of my data on Dropbox. I use Google Drive to share files.