Dropbox questions & answers

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Question by Guest #39367487
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Answer by Alex Urbach

You have to install the Dropbox application on your PC and configure it with an account. Once the Dropbox is configured, access the Express Scribe options and switch to the Income tab. Add the folder that's actually the Dropbox one and configure the load mode interval. This way the software will watch that folder for incoming files.

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Question by Cheryl
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Answer by Alex Urbach

You can't burn songs from Dropbox directly to a CD. You will have to download those songs, and the best way is to synchronize your online cloud with a local folder. Download and install the Dropbox client, then choose to synchronize only the folder with the music. Once the tracks have been downloaded to your PC, use Ashampoo Burning Studio Free to create an audio CD. Keep in mind that you can add to your CD 15-20 tracks with an approximate size of 3-5 MB each. To add more tracks, simply create a DATA CD.

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Answer by Sean Hill

Selective Sync is a feature offered by Dropbox that enables the user to select only the folders he wants to sync on his computer. Many application don't offer this option and instead download all the contents stored on the cloud storage. This could fill the empty space on a hard driver very fast.


The Dropbox team created a page where you can see exactly how the feature is used: https://www.dropbox.com/en/help/175

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Answer by Andrew Constandache

One of the ways to remove a photo or anything else from your Dropbox account is to install the client. Once you install it and log in, the client will automatically synchronize with your account and it will retrieve all the files and everything from your account. The client will ask you where to save the synchronization folder from where you can perform any action you want like file removal. Another way is to visit the website and delete the photo from your account.

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Question by Guest #34179850
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Are there any free promotions or other useful ways to upgrade Dropbox space for free?

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Answer by Stephen Prastman

Yes, there are ways to obtain free space up to 16 GB by referring other people to signup and install the Dropbox application. You can do this using the Referral page set up for users. Access the page, enter the email for users and then wait for completion. Once the client was installed on their computer, your account will be credited with 500 MB cloud space.

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Answer by Robert Polubinski

Yes, you can add an extra layer of security to your files by enabling 2nd authentication factor. If you enable this, each time you're connecting to Dropbox, a PIN will be asked. The PIN is sent to your mobile phone that's defined when the security feature is activated on the browser version of Dropbox.


You can go directly to the Settings page using the following URL: https://www.dropbox.com/account#security

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Question by Guest
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Thanks, Julie Bocchetta. One question about your answer: who is the developer of Dropbox? Also, how can I install it without my mom knowing it? We both share the same iTunes account, so it's difficult to download something on my iPod without her knowing.

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Answer by Julia Bocchetta

There isn't an official developer to Dropbox since it's a service founded by two people. There is an entire team behind Dropbox. Also, you can install the application from the shared account, but once you create an account only you have access to it. Even though you remove the application, you can still restore the backed up content.

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Question by Guest
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Can I use a free version to transfer? I'm using a free version and when sliding the Upload All to "ON" it didn't ask my username and password on Dropbox. It then slide back to "Off".


Should I use the pro version?

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Answer by Stephen Prastman

First you need to set up an account in the configuration menus before the sliders can be activated. Also PRO and Free version have the possibility to use the 'Upload All' function. It is recommended to use PRO version because it offers way more features than the Free version.

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Question by Nadia Caul
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Answer by Alex Urbach

The Dropbox client acts as a bridge between you and the files stored on the cloud servers. You download the application from its official website and install it. Log-in with the username and password that you created. After this procedure, select a local folder that will act as a mirror for the cloud service. Once you accept all the changes and set the application, the client will automatically add all the files from the cloud storage to the computer where the client is installed. Every action you do on your computer in that folder, will automatically replicate for the cloud storage as well (eg. you delete a file from a folder, then on the cloud the file will be deleted as well ). Once you add a file in the synchronized folder, then that file will be uploaded on the cloud servers, then you access it from everywhere (mobile device, web browser, etc).

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Question by Guest #34179850
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What are the benefits of PRO subscription? Is there anything else besides the obvious increase of storage space?

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Answer by Robert Polubinski

The Pro versions comes with additional feature you couldn't get in the free mode. One of them is the obvious storage increase, but there are other features like higher sharing size limit, remote support, priority support, etc. For more information, simply access the features page provided by the Dropbox developers. You should choose Dropbox just in case you actually need that 1 TB of space, else the free version should be just fine.

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