Tuesday Tidbits: Uexpected Ways to Use Dropbox

 

Ways to Use Dropbox other than Storage:

☆ Open PDFs saved in Dropbox in iBooks or other PDF apps

• Find PDF files saved in Dropbox. Tap the "open in" button and choose iBooks or any app that allows for PDF file viewing.

☆ Email Files to Dropbox as Attachments

• Email files to your Dropbox account as attachments for later use.
• SendToDropbox creates an email address for your Dropbox and allows you to send files to it from anywhere. 

☆ Send and Receive Large Files using DropItTOme

• Set up an upload address using DropItTOme.
• A password can also be set.

☆ Stream Music from the Cloud

• Drag and drop music files to your Dropbox desktop app.
• You can also upload files from the Dropbox web application. 

☆ Share Music with Friends

• Once music is stored on Dropbox, click the chain link next to the music or folder and share the file with your friends.

☆ Make your Dropbox Documents folder your "My Documents" Folder

• Moving your 'My Documents' folder to your Dropbox account can help you keep everything in sync. 

Sign-up for Dropbox by clicking this link.

Dropbox Upgrades

Dropbox just got better. I use Dropbox on a regular basis to store and share files with colleagues. The new upgrades takes Dropbox to a whole new level for users. Read the article below from Jeff Dunn on the recent upgrades made to Dropbox.

Dropbox just made it even enticing to give their service a try.

Dropbox Links
They’ve upgraded their ‘Dropbox Links’ functionality so it’s easier to use and provides a more robust user experience. You can now share links with non-Dropbox users and they can view your shared files without even logging in. Brilliant. That’s by far one of the more exciting updates that you should know about. Until now, Dropbox has certainly already had link-sharing abilities but the new model is vastly improved.

You can use Dropbox Links to share files with parents and students without having to worry if they’re tech-savvy enough to use Dropbox. You can now just share a URL and know that they’ll be able to access the info as long as they can click a link. Great for educators, administrators, students, and parents.

A Better UI
The second upgrade is really part of the Dropbox Links upgrade. There’s now a more immersive photo gallery (view this link to see what I mean) as well as a streamlined media experience. By that I mean that you can watch videos, browse photos, and generally interact with media as you would’ve hoped. It’s honestly surprising that you couldn’t do this before but hey, progress for a (mostly) free product like this is a good thing.

As you can see in the screenshot below, the photo browsing is quite simple and easy to use. I appreciate that it’s not loaded with bells and whistles. After all, the new multimedia capabilities are designed to help out people who may not be as tech-savvy as others.

10+ Best Apps for Dropbox

Today I found a great resource for Dropbox users...a brilliant way to expand the use of Dropbox. MakeUseOf.com shares ways to sync Google Docs with Dropbox, play music from Dropbox music files, host a website or blog in Dropbox, and so forth. Below is a quick list of what apps work to further you use of Dropbox. You can read the entire article, along with video tutorials, by clicking here.

10+ Best Apps for Dropbox:
  1. Let People Drop Stuff In Your Dropbox using DropItToMe.

• DropItToMe is a service which allows you to set up a URL specifically for your friends and clients to use for uploading things to your Dropbox. You can set a password which allows them uploading access via the URL.

  2.  Connect Dropbox With Other Cloud Documents

• Use programs like InSync and Otixo to perform DropBox-like syncs for Google Docs or any cloud service.

  3. Add URLs to Dropbox

• The app URL Droplet allows you to save a URL to your Dropbox to view later.

  4. Email Attachments to Dropbox

• You can set up SendToDropbox and get a unique email address for your Dropbox which you can forward emails to if you want the attachment saved.

• Attachments.me browser extension and website lets you save Gmail attachments to Dropbox from within Gmail.

  5. Encrypt Your Dropbox

• There are several great tools to encrypt (file protection) your Dropbox, such as BoxCryptor, DataLocker and SafeBox. MakeUseOf has a great article on how to use BoxCryptor here.

  6. Edit Files from Within Dropbox

• Using an app like TextDropApp might be a great way for you to keep notes in sync across devices and edit via a browser
• WriteBox does much the same thing

  7. Play Music from Dropbox

• DropTun.es is a way to listen to your music hosted on Dropbox via a web browser. You can already use Droptunes then. Simply add some music to your Dropbox folder and log into Droptunes

  8. Host a Website from Dropbox

• There are a number of great apps designed to make it easy to host a website from within Dropbox.To do it more easily, there are services like DropPages, Pancake.io and ScriptoGr.am to help you.

  9. Collect Web Clippings In Dropbox

• GimmeBar is an app which lets you collect various web clippings for later use. You save them directly to your Dropbox, where they can be accessed from all of your devices.

10. Automate Everything Dropbox

•  Here at MakeUseOf, we love ITFFF because it can do some awesome syncing between your favourite social networks and online data. It allows you to do some great automation with Dropbox, without needing to know anything about coding.

 

Source:  MakeUsOf.com. Article by Angela Alcorn