I use a product that just caught my attention in the last month and has now become absolutely invaluable–Dropbox. It’s one of those products that I can’t see getting very much better–it’s almost perfect already. It’s like a folder out on the internet, accessible from all your devices (Mac, Windows, Linux, iOS, Android, Blackberry). Unlike Apple’s iCloud, Dropbox runs on my 11 year old Macs.
Like most things that people absolutely adore, it just works. I really can’t say enough about how awesome it is. I really started using it when I began work on VBS for 2013. It lets me keep all my stuff online, access it from everywhere, and share specific folders with specific people. Best of all–it’s free.
I know you’re thinking, ‘what’s the catch?’ And you should–everything has a catch. The catch with Dropbox is that it is free for the first 2GB of storage. If you need more than 2GB, that’s when it becomes a paid product subscription. For me, once I hit that limit of stuff that I absolutely need accessible everywhere all the time, it will be well worth the money, especially since I’ve gotten such a benefit from the free 2GB.
The only improvement I could see them making is being able to assign differing levels of permissions to shared folders; right now when you share a folder, everyone you share it with has as much power as you do.
I’ve included a handy link below where you can download it. I should tell you that if you download it with this link they will give me some more free storage for recommending you.
Shameless Plug to get Dan some more free storage
Or you can just go to http://dropbox.com/install.
You’ll love it.