Questions tagged [dropbox]
Cross-platform file syncing program for Windows, Mac OS, Linux and various mobile devices.
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Stop DropBox for Windows desktop syncing when on metered wireless connection
I use a wireless "Mifi" metered internet connection at home and while traveling on a laptop I periodically also use on various unmetered wireless connections.
Unfortunately, the DropBox desktop ...
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File syncing across multiple operating systems [closed]
What would be the best way for me to sync multiple folders in various locations across Windows 7, XP, Ubuntu, OSX computers as well as firefox addons (that might just be a folder anyway, i'm not sure)?...
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Share files at arbitrary locations by Dropbox
I would like to have a terminal tool which would allow me to share files at arbitrary locations by Dropbox. For instance, by
dropbox /users/cs/python/codes/1.py
This should share the file at the ...
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How to synchronize an arbitrary Windows folder with a Dropbox account?
How can I do this with Dropbox:
I want to ensure that all my files stored under C:\Users\Gerard\Images and C:\Users\Gerard\Documents are stored automatically online.
I don't want to copy them ...
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How to make Dropbox "ignore" specific folders in the sync
I tried using Dropbox to sync my computer's code files, however it syncs everything. I want to be able to configure Dropbox not to sync folders with specific names like ".git" and/or "target" as ...
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Why can Dropbox be super fast compared to FTP?
I'd like to know why technically Dropbox is much faster than FTP? What kind of technology does it use?
I'm not talking about diff files, I'm talking about transferring new files in both cases, ...
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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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Is it possible use Dropbox as my OSX Time machine backup drive?
Is it possible use Dropbox as my OSX Time machine backup drive?
I am thinking of getting Dropbox Pro.
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How does Dropbox determine when to overwrite the local file vs overwrite the cloud file?
When Dropbox encounters a file on one's computer that is different than the cloud version of that file that it knows about, how does it decide whether it should sync them by overwriting the local file ...
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File sync service supporting symbolic links
I wonder if any of the mainstream sync services (e.g. Dropbox and the likes) is able to sync relative symbolic links among the synced folders correctly.
And by supporting I mean uploading and ...
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View incremental diffs of my revisions to files using Dropbox
Sometimes I use a simple editor like Notepad++ to edit my webpages on Dropbox.
Notepad++, not being an über-editor or IDE, does not track file changes for me.
But Dropbox does!!
Has anybody ...
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Locally encrypt Dropbox folder
I would like to encrypt the local copies of my Dropbox files, but not the online versions.
I have log on password protection (not BIOS) on my Windows 7 Ultimate laptop but that's easily circumvented ...
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Uploading large folders to Dropbox from external hard drive
I've got a puzzling dilemma that I've been trying to solve for weeks. I want to backup about 500 GBs from an external hard drive to my Dropbox Pro account.
My computer's hard drive is nowhere near ...
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Syncing dropbox folder accross dual boot
I'm dual booting windows and linux. My dropbox folder is currently installed via windows. On linux, can I just symlink my dropbox folder to the windows version or something to that effect? I know I ...
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How to Maintain a small differential Virtualbox hard drive
I am trying to use a virtualbox hard drive over several computers using dropbox (a popular cloud tool) synchronization. I assume no two machines will open the same drive at the same time.
To reduce ...
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