DropBox: Sync to the Cloud

January 4th, 2010

Syncing files between two computers or more became an easy endeavor when DropBox was initially released.  In a nutshell, DropBox is an application that runs on your desktop and links your other DropBox installs across the Internet.  DropBox resides as a folder on your desktop where you can place files that you would like to keep synchronized.  This allows you to work on documents at one location and have the changes propagated automatically across all locations.  Since you get 2GB’s of free storage, it is a great secondary backup of your important documents where there is also an added benefit of accessing them from the web in a pinch.  DropBox is a great tool that also has other great advantages depending on how you choose to use it.  Storing your iTunes in your DropBox account is one option that I researched.  Imagine being able to sync your iPod with any of your computers instead of having to wait to get home or to work to sync!