A couple months ago we moved from iDisk/Me.com to Dropbox for file storage and syncing.

Using it on 3 Macs to keep documents, presentations and other files has been very satisfying and dependable.

It took a few days to realize that you just move all the files you wish to share between Macs in the special “Dropbox” folder.

This folder is essentially a virtual copy of what exists on the remote storage volume at their site. Much like how you can tell Me.com to keep a local copy in sync with Me.com in the system preferences.

A couple of important differences, first its free for the first few gigs of storage. Better yet, it has an amazing revision control system built-in.

Say you edit a document and a few hours, days or weeks later realize that the old version is what you really wanted. A quick trip to their web site you can locate the version you want and with a simple click all your Macs have that version sitting in their local Dropbox folder.

There is much more and the service has been rock solid. So give it a try at http://getdropbox.com.

A couple months ago we moved from iDisk/Me.com to Dropbox for file storage and syncing.

Using it on 3 Macs to keep documents, presentations and other files has been very satisfying and dependable.

It took a few days to realize that you just move all the files you wish to share between Macs in the special “Dropbox” folder.

This folder is essentially a virtual copy of what exists on the remote storage volume at their site. Much like how you can tell Me.com to keep a local copy in sync with Me.com in the system preferences.

A couple of important differences, first its free for the first few gigs of storage. Better yet, it has an amazing revision control system built-in.

Say you edit a document and a few hours, days or weeks later realize that the old version is what you really wanted. A quick trip to their web site you can locate the version you want and with a simple click all your Macs have that version sitting in their local Dropbox folder.

There is much more and the service has been rock solid. So give it a try at http://getdropbox.com.

posted 1 year ago | Permatime

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