3 Selective folders
You can either choose to sync everything to your computer
from your Dropbox or use what’s called Selective sync. With this
you choose which Dropbox folders to synchronise with this
particular PC. With new Dropboxes this won’t be a problem, but
we’re demonstrating this with a (nearly full!) Dropbox to show you
how everything works as it wouldn’t be much good if we had no
4 Share screenshots
When you start up Dropbox for the first time you’ll get this
prompt. It asks if you want Dropbox to manage screenshots is you
take them – this can be useful as they’ll pop into a Screenshots
folder in your Dropbox and sync right away. Similarly you can ask
Dropbox to instantly take photos from cameras you plug into
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Cloud storage
Online storage
systems such as
Dropbox or
OneDrive are often
referred to as ‘cloud
storage’ – cloud
services are any
servicesonline.Dropbox plan
Dropbox offers
several different
plans for consumers
and businesses. The
basic one is free, but
if you want more
than 2GB of storage,
you will need to pay.
It can quickly get
expensive, so it’s
best for the files you
need currently rather
thanlong-term.Synchronisation
This is what Dropbox
does between
multiple computers- if a file is edited on
one PC, it’ll appear
on the other in
seconds – providing
that computer is
connected to the
internet, of course!
FILE LISTING
The main part of this
screen shows the
files in our Dropbox.
We can preview,
delete or rename
them from here.FOLDER OPTIONS
You can create a
folder or upload
files should you
wish to do things
that way instead of
synchronising them.SEARCH
Dropbox’s search is
fast. You can find
things quickly and it
can often be more
rapid than searching
within Windows.SHARE YOUR FILE
Sharing is also a key
tenet of Dropbox.
You just need an
email address so you
can send files or
folders to others.ƧDŽ16%NJ67ƼǏ3
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Windows 10 Dropbox app
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