How To Make Your Dropbox Portable With DropboxPortableAHK

Synchronizing data with Dropbox on multiple computers can indeed have a lot of privacy issues. While one may think that their Dropbox data is safe and secure on their office computer just because it is not a shared system or they have a Domain account, there is just one issue they might have overlooked, i.e. the privilege of the System Administrator. If you think that is not an issue, then think again. Being a former system admin, I know state it with experience backed up by plentiful facts that "Nothing is safe" - in fact, quite far from it. In such a case, it is far more practical to keep your Dropbox data on a USB stick, instead of saving it on office computers. Read More

Cloud Notes For Windows Phone 7 & PC Creates Notes, Syncs With Dropbox

Looking for a simple way to sync notes from your Windows Phone 7 device and Windows PC to your Dropbox account and back? Look no further than Cloud Notes. The app lets you create notes, share them via email and upload them to your Dropbox cloud storage. Both the mobile client and desktop variant establish a two-way sync between notes stored on your WP7 device/PC and a directory of your choice within your Dropbox folder. That is, any changes made to notes from within the app will be reflected in their Dropbox copies and vice versa. The application is not to be confused with a previously reviewed desktop gadget by the same name that syncs notes with Google Docs. More after the break. Read More

Send Email Requests So Others Can Upload Files To Your Dropbox Account

It may be a nightmare for you to ask people to email important files and you’re probably looking for a simple and effective way to get it done (like perhaps sending a troop of gorilla fighters to a coworker’s home and have them hold the last slice of pizza hostage until he/she emails you the file) or you could try something simpler like FileStork, a web app that combine two of the most commonly used services; your email and Dropbox, to make it easier to securely send file requests and receive files. Read More

Play Music Files Directly From Your Dropbox Account With DropTunes

Dropbox is a service that inspired people to create dozens of new services using its API and took the simple file syncing service to a whole new level. DropTunes is one such service that acts as an online media player for music files you’ve saved to Dropbox. It plays all MP3, M4A, OGA and WAV format files in your browser. For Chrome users this might not be a big deal since the browser plays almost all types of media files but for other browsers that can’t play all audio formats, the service can be extremely useful. Read More

Download Files Directly To Dropbox In Any Folder & Your Email Inbox

We previously reviewed URL Droplet, an online service for downloading files straight to your Dropbox account without accessing either the website or your Dropbox folder. One of our readers turned us on to sideCLOUDload; a service that does all that and more. It lets you download files but also gives you the freedom to create folders to download them to or to download them to existing folders. It isn’t just meant for sending files to Dropbox but also to your personal email inbox. The service has a bookmarklet that you can use to easily send files you might have open in your browser. Read More

URL Droplet Downloads Online Files To Your Dropbox

Dropbox has changed how we sync our files, instead of being plagued by USBs or emailing ourselves important document, we send them to the cloud right from our desktops and can then access them from anywhere. URL Droplet is a web service that enhances how we add files to Dropbox. It acts as a download manager and lets you queue files to download directly to your Dropbox account. Read More

DropBox Linker – Copy Public URL Of New Dropbox Files To Clipboard

Dropbox's native Public folder greatly serves the need of sharing uploaded files with others, but unlike its web UI, the desktop app doesn’t provide a convenient way to share links of files in public folder, as one has to open the Dropbox public folder and select Copy public link option from right-click context menu. Dropbox Linker makes this process seamless for users who share their uploads on regular basis and also modify the files. It’s an open source tool which requires nothing more than your Dropbox public folder path and public user ID to post notifications about latest file changes, and update / copy public link of recently modified or added files to Windows clipboard. This surely saves a lot of time to verify the file link whilst you can keep track of all the recent changes you’ve made to your Public folder. Read More

How To Empty Dropbox Cache (Hidden Deleted Files) To Free Disk Space

Who knew that Dropbox contains a hidden cache folder which is meant to store deleted files? This folder is present so that when one tries to recover deleted files from Dropbox, as the saved files within the cache are restored to quickly recover your data, instead of downloading it from Dropbox servers. While this  may seem to be quite useful, it does have its demerits. The cache folder is saved on the hard drive which can take up a lot of space. This might not only be problematic for people with less hard disk space but also for users like me who use Dropbox with virtual machines. These VMs are allocated a small size from the physical hard drive to save hard disk space. So assuming a virtual machine has 3 GB of allocated disk space and you delete nearly 1.5 GB of Dropbox files, you can end up having some issues with the available free space. This might also be a problem for people who always find themselves short of disk space. If such an issues occurs with your primary partition (assuming it contains your Dropbox folder), you can run into some serious system problems. In this post we will tell you how to empty your Dropbox cache to free up system space. Read More

Encrypt Dropbox Files With ENCFS In Ubuntu

ENCFS is an open source software which provides an encrypted file system in a user space. It runs without any special permissions and uses the FUSE library and Linux kernel module to provide the file system interface. ENCFS can also be used to encrypt your Dropbox files in Ubuntu to create a separate directory which auto encrypts data before synchronization. In this post we will tell you how to setup an encrypted directory for your Dropbox files using ENCFS. Read More

Otixo – Access All Online Files Across Different Services From A Single App

Cloud storage is taking the load off our local drives; not only does it allow us to backup and sync our files, but it also lets us worry less about viruses destroying data. Cloud storage being the great concept that it is, there are lots of different companies offering the service and no doubt you’re already using more than one. Otixo is a web service that syncs your files on different clouds and FTP servers and lets you access them from a single account. It currently syncs with Dropbox, Google Docs, Box.net, MobileMe and FTP servers. The service lets you move files between all supported services, upload new files, download files, delete and rename existing files and folders and create new folders. Read More

SmallTasks Is Mac To-Do List Manager With Dropbox Sync Support

SmallTasks is an elegant to-do list manager for Mac with an in-built notification system to keep you updated with up coming scheduled events. SmallTasks takes a simple yet effective approach in streamlining day to day important tasks. Be it office meetings, birthday events, appointments, etc., you can jot down jut about anything which you can’t afford to miss and it will keep you notified about all pending tasks. SmallTasks offers direct synchronization with Dropbox app installed on your Mac, iPhone and iPad. You just have to specify the Dropbox folder where tasks are to be saved, it will automatically sync them across all the Dropbox configured platforms, including Macs and other iOS  devices. Read More

Add Security To Your Dropbox Account With SecretSync Encryption

If you’re thinking to deploy a security layer to your Dropbox in order to protect highly confidential data before being sent to Dropbox to sync them across all the configured systems, it’d would rather a time consuming process to first create encrypted container for holding classified info and then send it to Dropbox. An easy solution is provided by SecretSync. It’s a tool backed by 256-AES encryption algorithm which does nothing except encrypting your private data with a pass key and syncing it with your Dropbox account. Using that pass key, you can access your synced private data easily from anywhere, without worrying about recently revealed Dropbox security related issues. Read More

Dropbox Share Syncs Any Folder With Dropbox From Ubuntu Context Menu

Dropbox is a great resources for saving and synchronizing data with the cloud. Sometimes it can be a bit annoying to crawl through various directory paths to locate a folder and then to copy it to the Dropbox folder separately. A more convenient method can be to use the context menu for this function. Dropbox Share is a Linux app which provides the convenience of syncing any file or folder from right-click context menu with Dropbox. Once a folder is sent to Dropbox, you receive a pop-up message displaying that the file has been moved. Read More

ZapDropbox – Remotely Change Desktop Wallpaper Using Dropbox

Are you looking for a simple way to remotely change desktop wallpapers? If you’re using Dropbox to sync files between different PCs, you can make use of ZapDropbox – a simple application developed solely to change desktop wallpapers. According to the developer, it comes useful when you want to change desktop wallpaper of your family's personal computer from miles away. You can for instance set it up on your home PC, specify wallpaper folder present in your Dropbox in order to change the wallpaper from any location, i.e from work/office PC. Read More

Save Email Attachments Directly To Dropbox With Send To Dropbox

Send To Dropbox is a web-based service which lets you send important email attachments directly to your Dropbox folder. This comes useful in situations where you send emails with attachments from, lets say, office PC or smartphones and want to save the important attachments on your primary PC without having to manually download them from Sent items folder. Send to Dropbox keeps track of all the important files which you’ve sent to different recipients with complete date and time info and other email specific attributes, such as, Attachment title, email address, filenames, and email subject. One noteworthy aspect of Send to Dropbox service is that it has an ability to automatically extract ZIP archives in your Dropbox, which can surely saves a lot of your precious time. Furthermore, unlike other email attachment to Dropbox services, it can keep copy of email body in plain text and in HTML format. Read More

Dropboxifier Makes Applications Read / Write Data From Dropbox Automatically

Droboxifier is a portable application that streamlines the process of creating symbolic links of added folders to Dropbox. It can make applications read and write directly from Dropbox which can provide the utility of placing and accessing saved games, profile information, etc via a symbolic link. In other words you can make applications read and write the same data on multiple computers from Dropbox. For example, you can save your game progress and allow the game to automatically read the progress file from Dropbox on another computer (or the same PC). Just add a link on one machine and then resolve the link on another machine so that Dropboxifier can link folders. Read More

Joukuu Manages Dropbox, Box.net, And Google Docs Backup Files

If you’ve signed up with multiple cloud based services for backing up and sharing data with your friends and colleagues, you might be looking for an application which serves as a centralized place for managing all the subscribed cloud services. Since managing each service is tedious, Joukuu brings a mashup of Drobox, Google Docs, and Box.net cloud services in a simple user interface (inspired by Metro UI). The basic idea behind its development was to facilitate those users who extensively use all these services, so they can easily manage all the uploaded files, move files from one service to another, and directly upload files and folders from a single platter. With Joukuu, managing files and folders is easy, you can simply drag & drop files to save them, create backups, and edit documents right from your desktop, and, most importantly, upload files and folders from Windows right-click context menu. Joukuu compiles a list of all the files and folders which are saved on added accounts. You wont need to open the account in separate windows to manage underlying files and folders. It can show the file and directory listings from all the accounts in multiple categories which are based on file types, such as, documents, music, images, and videos. Optionally, you can choose to pick up any of added service to organize folders and files. For instance, if you wish to view all the data contained in Box.net account, just select the service to add or remove folders and to move and edit files. Read More

Cloud Save Saves Files And Images To The Cloud From Chrome

As more users turn to the cloud and use it as their primary storage, it becomes clear that saving files directly to an online storage is a better solution than downloading it first to the desktop and then uploading later, as many users do. Cloud Save is a newly released extension for Google Chrome from the developer of drag2up, which can upload images (or any type of files) from websites directly to different cloud services, such as, Picasa, Flcikr, Dropbox, CloudApp, Box.net, Min.us, Droplr, Posterous, and Twitpic. For files it only supports Dropbox, CloudApp, Box.net, Min.us, and Droplr. Read More

Sync Android SD Card Files & Folders With Dropbox Using Dropspace

The official Dropbox application for Android allows you to pick files from your phone’s SD card to be uploaded to your remote Dropbox directory and vice versa. However, the files you select aren’t synced to their transferred (uploaded or downloaded) counterparts. That is, if you upload a file or directory from your SD card to Dropbox, any changes you make to that file after the upload will not be reflected in the remote Dropbox directory. Wouldn’t it be great if your phone would automatically back up an SD card directory of your choice (your photo gallery, for instance) every time changes were made to it? Well, now there is an app on the Android Market that does just that. Read More

On-The-Fly Dropbox Encryption With BoxCryptor

Users who rely on cloud services have a host of tools in mind which can be used to secure files and folders along with all the classified information which are to be synced. From all the cloud based sync services, Dropbox is the most prominent for so many reasons. BoxCryptor is an application which comes with Dropbox support, allowing user to sync and encrypt files on the fly with RC4 algorithm. It doesn’t confine you to use only Drobbox folder, one can specify any location where data is to be encrypted. Encryption and decryption takes place in realtime without asking passphrase each time to perform the operation. Read More