While I have two very large external hard drives sitting on my desk right now you can’t be too safe. That folder then synchs with my hard drive(s) and I have what I need to build their product. Instead of them trying to email very large files (like images) they simply place them into the shared folder. #2 Working with Clients:When I’m building a new website or Facebook App for a client I need their content. Even better later that day I met with the client at Starbucks and showed them the image on my smartphone! I clicked save, the folder synced automatically and by the time I opened the program on the PC the header image was already on my hard drive. Example: The other day I was working on a header image for a blog I’m building on my Mac but needed a program I have on my PC. #1 The Sync: My favorite use of Dropbox is the way it syncs the shared folder across all my computers and even with my smartphone. I can tell you, I would! HOW I USE DROPBOX What they hope is that after you try their product, you ll like it so much that you’ll fill it up and then buy more storage. I believe the standard FREE account starts with 5GB of storage. For everyone who creates an account (even a free one) my referral link earns me a small amount of additional storage.Īs you can see I’m currently running on 3/4ths of tank on DB. Not only did Dropbox create something awesome in their product, they also came up with a viral way to get people to spread the word. If you haven’t signed up for the free version of DropBox here’s a link: Notice anything about that link? Yup, it’s a referral link. If you are not familiar with it here’s a post, and another post. Let me start by saying I LOVE DROPBOX! I really do. You can minimize the impact of that risk by carefully choosing what to put in the cloud. Putting anything in the cloud is a calculated risk. To that end, I will say this… Nothing is completely secure.
I put the single most important tip deeper in this post make sure you don’t miss it. Those fears are founded in fact and rightfully so.
If I put my tax returns in the cloud, what happens when the cloud is hacked? I get that. That fear is based on a sense of security – or lack of it. Yet there are those out there that fear the cloud. And finally there’s the simple peer pressure as our friends and coworkers brag and boast about how they used the cloud for this and then for that to great success. Our desire to be connected to our data as well as our friends, nudges us towards the cloud. Software manufacturers are driving you to the cloud as well by offering their products as Apps and discontinuing the option to purchase the traditional CD. Like it or not, Cloud Storage is here and it’s going to become a bigger part of what you do.Ĭomputer makers are pushing you towards it with faster but smaller hard drives and the new Ultra Books and Chrome Book classifications.
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