Dropbox is a web-based file hosting service with desktop clients for all three major operating systems and for Android, iOS, and Blackberry mobile devices. It creates a special folder on machines it is installed on, which synchronizes any files saved in that folder with Dropbox's servers. Any ...
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Prevent data corruption when using dropbox
So i have a backup system running that basically stores all files in Dropbox using encfs. (In addition i do a nightly rsync of the complete Dropbox folder to Amazon S3). I'm quite happy with that ...
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How do I restore a folder in SpiderOak to the 2nd last revision?
I want to recursively restore a folder in SpiderOak to the 2nd last revision of all the files. Is there any way to do something like this?
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How to add videos on the 2.0 Dropbox Android client?
I've been using Dropbox's Android client for a some time now, but just recently updated to version 2.0.1.
On a previous version there was a menu item for "Add Item", which then had a secondary menu ...
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Using only the Dropbox folders vs. symlinks on OS X
I'm a Dropbox user working in a Mac environment. I'm experimenting with two different ways to sync two computers via Dropbox and also get the benefits of multiple off-site backup. I need advice on ...
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Files appear online, but won't sync to my machine
I am running linux mint 11. Shortly after installing someone shared a Dropbox folder with me. That folder syncs online and down to my machine. All of it's immediate subfolders sync online and down to ...
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Lost a Word 2003 document, any chance to find it?
I wrote a document in Word 2003, using Windows XP, and it all seemed fine. However, I saw that its size was not increasing and its modification date was not changing. When I tried to close and reopen ...
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Using Dropbox without installation from PC lab?
Is it possible to use Drop Box without installing it to a computer, for instance to use it from PC lab computers where installing software is not permitted?
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Total Commander and DropBox
I already have Total Commander in my DropBox directory, and I have set it to have its .INI field in the program directory.
That should be enough, right?
I am remote desktopping, and both the PCs ...
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Why does Dropbox upload at only 1/10th of my internet upload speed?
I have just purchased 50g of storage and am transfering files to go roaming.
My internet speed shows as 860kb/sec on a speed test but I ma only getting a transfer rate to Dropbox of50 -80 kb/sec. That ...
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Fast way to migrate dropbox
I have Dropbox installed on my laptop and my old desktop with 15.6 GB of data. Typically when I reinstall the operating system on either machine I would leave the other one on so it would sync over ...
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Continuous Sync
I'm looking for a open source software to synchronize two folders in a Private Network (or a VPN) in a continuous/transparent way. Like DropBox, for exemple, but without the server aspects.
I found ...
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Simple dropbox client for windows
I am looking for a client for dropbox that doesn't have so much windows integration.
Doesn't run in the background.
Portable executable.
Looks like an ftp client.
I would just use the web ...
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OwnCloud and Truecrypt
I have tried the OwnCloud sync software recently and it works pretty nice.
It synchronizes all the files pretty fast, but I am a bit worried about security.
So, my idea was to put my private files ...
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How can I e-mail files to dropbox?
I'd like to be able to send an e-mail and have the attachments (and possibly the body of the e-mail) uploaded into my dropbox. I saw this question, which has one "correct" answer which is a broken ...
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Permissions issue serving websites from Dropbox using Apache on Lion
I'm trying to serve web pages from my Dropbox folder (at ~/Dropbox/Projects/MySite/) on Lion 1.7.2 using Apache. But all I get are 403 Forbidden errors.
I'm positive this has something to do with the ...
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Is there a way to make Dropbox public folders read-only?
I basically want to share a folder in Dropbox but I don't want that others have read-write access. How to achieve that?
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dropbox file type statistics
Is there any way to see the percentage of the filtetypes shared on dropbox? I mean, how many music files, how many zip files, how many rar files etc.
Both the figures themselves and percentages would ...
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Symbolic Links to an Existing Folder
I'm trying to synchronize two folders on two different computers to my Dropbox folder on their respective machines. So for example:
XP:
C:\Dev -> C:\Documents and Settings\username\Dropbox\Dev
OSX:
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Reasons why Dropbox could be accessing files it should not be accessing
I was just using SysInternals ProcMon.exe to track down a problem and found Dropbox.exe accesing files outside of the Dropbox folder I have configured.
My Dropbox location is at C:\users\pats\Dropbox
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Dropbox Permissions Error
I've been using Dropbox without any problems for the last 2 months.
I'm currently using Archlinux with XFCE, recently update my Distro
(that might be the problem, and it might be something else).
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Restore Default OSX Home Folder Icons
I want to keep folders such as Pictures and Documents in my home folder in sync between computers; at the moment, I'm using Dropbox to do this. On Computer A I added a symlink to the folders in my ...
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Timed/Periodical automatic uploads to DropBox?
I'm wondering if there are any tools/apps out that allow you to; select a specific set of files/folders -> select a specific time (every 3 hours for example) -> automatically upload/sync the selected ...
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Is there a performance hit to local file access with dropbox?
I've been considering using dropbox for a few reasons, since it seems to solve a lot of potential headaches. However, one thing I didn't find a lot of information on were the drawbacks from a ...
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Install Dropbox client version for Linux Debian wheezy
I try to searching the .deb pkg for amd64 to install the Dropbox client version, but I didn't find it. I also try to put in source.list more repositories and try to the official page of Dropbox, but ...
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chown does not apply owner change
I'm having a problem with Dropbox which seems to be quite common (the problem apperas on all sorts of systems - I'm running on Ubuntu 11.10). From the reading I've done, it seems the problem is that ...
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How to sync files on Windows 7 so Dropbox notices the changes
I want a file on my hard drive in Windows 7 to sync to my public dropbox folder.
I can do this with:
mklink /H "c:\dropbox\Public\test.txt" "c:\data\test.txt"
And the first time after I do this, ...
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Run Dropbox as a service on Fedora 15
I installed the dropbox using the text based install method described here. However I'd now like dropbox to start automatically when the machine starts up, and start syncing the files. I'll need ...
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How to find my stolen Macbook
A friend of mine just had her Macbook stolen. Her Dropbox account is still working on the Macbook, so she can see each time the Macbook comes online, and she can get its IP address.
She has given ...
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Folder sharing for private group
I would like to share a folder with a group (requires some sort of Invite)
The current structure is:
Group/
User1/
User2/
User3/
All users (that are invited) can view all ...
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Eclipse, workspaces, DropBox and source control
Eclipse has an idea I've always been kinda uncomfortable with - the idea of the workspace.
The workspace is that folder you store ALL your projects in. You cannot store projects outside the ...
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creating symbolic link to Dropbox on two different computers
This is what I am hoping to do -- on computer A
computer A/~/Dropbox/folder@ -> /~/Documents/folder
and on computer B
computer B/~/Dropbox/folder@ -> /~/Documents/folder
That is, I want ...
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Dropbox for home and office accounts on the same machine [closed]
Possible Duplicate:
Dropbox - can you have multiple accounts on once computer?
I have two different Windows users on the same PC and Dropbox is installed on one. Now I am unable to run the ...
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Is keeping a KeePass file in Dropbox safe? [closed]
Is it safe to keep KeePass password database file in Dropbox? Database can have long (14+ alpha, numeric, special character) password and local Key file on machine or on mobile which is not shared in ...
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Does Dropbox affect Internet line speed?
My Internet speed is awful. Browsing, the works. Does Dropbox affect internet line speed because of the constant updating of the info in your Dropbox?
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How do I hide .dropbox Files?
I have a bunch of these files automatically produced by Dropbox and I'd love to hide them:
Any ideas on the best way to do this?
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How can I prevent a disk image from unmounting in OS X?
I would like to use a case-sensitive and encrypted disk-image for my development work. I need some folders inside it to be Dropbox-ed (using symlinks). However if I accidentally unmount the dmg, ...
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Share two Dropbox accounts?
How can I synchronize on my computer two different dropbox accounts?
I share one privately and one with my office.
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Cross-platform Mercurial settings
I have project files in Dropbox, VC-ed with Mercurial. This way I can work on the same code in Windows at work and in Linux at home. The central repository is on our institute Samba file server, which ...
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Use DropBox Cloud storage from Linux file system
Anybody know how to use DropBox cloud storage from the Linux file system? I can find a Windows Shell extension project for DropBox. How about Linux?
Or, do you know any other Cloud storage solution ...
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Is there a way to automate file/folder syncing if and when there is a change to specified files/folders?
Right now I have a Dropbox Folder synced to another folder on my hard drive and to one on my external hard drive. I have done this by using Sync Toy and a scheduled event that fires every 30 minutes.
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Sharing a Dropbox folder with Host & Guest OS (Virtual Box)
I am using VirtualBox on Windows 7 with Ubuntu as a guest OS. I have installed the Guest OS Additions and know how to share folders and automatically mount them.
My question is out of pure curiosity. ...
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protecting Dropbox files - Dropbox & encryption
I'm using Dropbox to sync files. There's a big disadvantage that files are stored somewhere unencrypted. I'd like to encrypt and decrypt them on the client, but have no clue how to do it.
Tried ...
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Keep Dropbox folder location common in Windows and in Ubuntu
What I'm trying to do is pretty tricky that Dropbox client is not allowing me to do.
I have dual-boot computer with Windows 7 and Ubuntu 10.10, now, my dropbox account (with 4 GB of space) has 500 MB ...
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Multiple Dropbox accounts on the same IP?
I use Dropbox a lot and I have everything organized. My friends and my 2 brothers would like to use the application too.
The problem is that my brothers and me are on the same network. And it could ...
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Can you link an NTFS junction point to a directory on a Network Attached Storage?
I'm using Windows, and I want to use Dropbox to back up a folder outside my Dropbox directory. So I want to create a junction point from my target directory to my Dropbox folder. Accoding to the ...
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I'm using Windows, and I want to use Dropbox to back up a folder outside my Dropbox directory
On Mac OS X, I create a symbolic link to the folder I'm trying to back up, and put it in the Dropbox folder (e.g. /Users/zachary/Dropbox/DocumentsBackup ---> /Users/zachary/Documents) and that solves ...
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How do you do examine a Google Chrome extension before installing it?
I found what appears to be a very cool extension for Google Chrome - a Dropbox addin that lets you compare versions of files in your Dropbox by using a diff tool.
Like most Chrome extensions, this ...
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How to see which file Dropbox is currently uploading/downloading?
How can you see which file Dropbox is currently uploading (or downloading, I assume dropbox doesn't do both at the same time) ?
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Is it possible to turn off Dropbox's file-labelling?
Dropbox labels files with a "✓" if they completed syncing, with an "x" if there's some problem, etc.
These labels are very annoying because in order to maintain their accuracy, the Dropbox app ...
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Keep connection to external HDD alive on Mac OSX
Currently I have an external hdd connected to my Mac Mini and (as a temporary measure) we are backing this up to Dropbox using a Symbolic Link. This works fine but the main problem is when the ...
