Access Your Files From Anywhere with Dropbox

OK. I’m late to the Dropbox game but better late than never. I’ve been running around town with a bag filled with portable hard drives and thumb drives – some filled with work related files and some filled with personal data. Suddenly while playing musical chairs with thumb drives searching desperately for a buried file, I decided to find a better way to manage accessing personal and work files when away from those computers. After some research I decided to go with Dropbox. This service allows you to sync files and directories among multiple computers. You need to install a small program on each computer that you would like to sync. The installer creates a directory on the system that syncs automatically with folders on each computer you sign in to your account. Place a file in your Dropbox folder on your home PC and it’s instantaneously available on the other computers signed in to your Dropbox account. If you use a password manager like KeePass you can access your passwords from other PCs by storing the KeePass database file in your Dropbox folder. Dropbox also has a web interface so you can access files without having to install the software. It also allows for sharing files and folders with others without their having to sign-up with Dropbox. You can get 2Gb of storage free with the basic account, 50GB of storage for $9.99 per month, or 100GB of storage for $19.99 per month.