I was telling a colleague at work one day recently how frustrating it was to email documents to myself if I decided to work on them when I got home. And USB keys just don't cut the mustard with how inconveniant they are in case you lose them, forget them, or worse off, they lock on you like I've had many do before. I always found it such a daunting task at the end of the day to make sure I emailed myself the right versions of work, etc.
Enter.... "Dropbox".
My colleague mentioned this online service which you can register for, for free. It lets you save your documents on essentially a "server" where you get 2GB of space free. If you need more space you have the option of purchasing more GB each month at an additional cost. You download it on your personal computer at home, and then can download it on your work computer, and put files in your "dropbox" which you can then access in both locations. It is seriously the best thing since sliced bread. Why didn't I know about this before? Before I go home at night, I drop my files and then return home to find the right version, easily available at my finger-tips. And there is even cooler features, like people can access your "public" folder of files if you choose too, so the days of sending multiple emails with large images are gone!
Have you tried Dropbox yet?! If you haven't, you are missing out. If you have it downloaded, share your love stories with me!
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