For long term readers of this blog, todays post may bring back a memory of a similar post that I wrote back in June 2010, but this app is so great and seeming still uncommon enough to inspire me to once again sing its praises.
Unusually, this article is actually relevant to anyone that owns any kind of smartphone with either iOS, Android or Blackberry OS or anybody that owns a Windows, OSX or Linux based computer. To me that seems like everyone!
The purpose of dropbox is to back up your important files online, and allow you to access them from any computer anywhere in the world. (You do not even need the app installed on the computer you wish to get your files on, but you will need the app on a computer if you want the documents to be updated and uploaded automatically). Installing the app on your smartphone allows you to also access these documents without even having access to a computer.
As usual in my app highlight section, Dropbox is totally free for 2gb of storage space in which to back up your documents, which can be absolutely any type of file that you wish. Users wishing to store more than this can either pay money to increase their storage space up to 200gb or refer friends to dropbox, giving a bonus 250mb of space whenever a friend signs up.
The beauty of dropbox, and to me what sets it apart from its competitors is that it is RIDICULOUSLY EASY TO USE. For totally fail safe backups and peace of mind all you need to do is install dropbox on your computer, and save any documents you wish to be backed up online into the "dropbox" folder that the program will create. (When installing the software on a computer there is a great tutorial which displays automatically explaining exactly what to do).
By trying this software you have nothing to lose, in all honesty I think it is genuinely one of the best pieces of software around at the moment and is extremely well executed. For anybody with important things on their computer that they do not wish to lose (seems to happen to everybody at somepoint) I would urge you to give dropbox a try by downloading at the link below!
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