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Dropbox is similar to Apple=92s
iDisk<http://www.apple.com/mobileme/features/idisk.html>,
in the respect that it is an online backup/data storage facility. The only
difference is, dropbox will give you 2GB of free storage, just for signing
up. There=92s also an option to pay either $9.99 per month, or $99 per year=
,
which will upgrade your storage capacity to 50GB. For me personally, I don=
=92t
(yet) need any more than the 2GB, though I may consider looking into the
50GB option in future.

What I like most about Dropbox is that it=92s cross platform. For me this i=
s
fantastic, because I run Ubuntu (9.04 64 bit if you=92re interested) on my
desktop, and my laptop is an aluminum Macbook. Now I had the problem of
somehow remembering to put things in the Dropbox directory so that they
would get synced to the server and thus between my 2 machines.

Solving that problem was a lot easier than I could=92ve expected. No thanks=
 to
my friend Gabby, who told me what he had done on IRC. Using ln -s you can
create soft links to the directories to/from the Dropbox directory, and any
changes you make to that directory outside of the Dropbox directory, get
automatically synced. Put simply, if I make any changes to something in
~/Documents, it automatically gets backed up/synced to Dropbox. Awesome!!

If you=92re unsure of the syntax of ln, as it is a little confusing, it=92s=
 the
following:

ln -s source_file target_file

And finally, if you want to join Dropbox because you haven=92t already,
following this link will (according to Dropbox) get you a little bit more
space [image: :)] Join Dropbox<https://www.getdropbox.com/referrals/NTEwNTY=
wMDk>

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        <h4 class=3D"post-title"><a href=3D"http://blog.joeb454.com/2009/04=
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<p>From what I recall, quite a few people have heard of, or even use <a tit=
le=3D"Dropbox" href=3D"http://www.getdropbox.com/">Dropbox</a>.</p>
<p>Dropbox is similar to <a title=3D"iDisk" href=3D"http://www.apple.com/mo=
bileme/features/idisk.html">Apple=92s iDisk</a>,
in the respect that it is an online backup/data storage facility. The
only difference is, dropbox will give you 2GB of free storage, just for
signing up. There=92s also an option to pay either $9.99 per month, or
$99 per year, which will upgrade your storage capacity to 50GB. For me
personally, I don=92t (yet) need any more than the 2GB, though I may
consider looking into the 50GB option in future.</p>
<p>What I like most about Dropbox is that it=92s cross platform. For me
this is fantastic, because I run Ubuntu (9.04 64 bit if you=92re
interested) on my desktop, and my laptop is an aluminum Macbook. Now I
had the problem of somehow remembering to put things in the Dropbox
directory so that they would get synced to the server and thus between
my 2 machines.</p>
<p>Solving that problem was a lot easier than I could=92ve expected. No
thanks to my friend Gabby, who told me what he had done on IRC. Using <code=
>ln -s</code>
you can create soft links to the directories to/from the Dropbox
directory, and any changes you make to that directory outside of the
Dropbox directory, get automatically synced. Put simply, if I make any
changes to something in ~/Documents, it automatically gets backed
up/synced to Dropbox. Awesome!!</p>
<p>If you=92re unsure of the syntax of <code>ln</code>, as it is a little c=
onfusing, it=92s the following:</p>
<p><code>ln -s source_file target_file</code></p>
<p>And finally, if you want to join Dropbox because you haven=92t
already, following this link will (according to Dropbox) get you a
little bit more space <img src=3D"http://blog.joeb454.com/wp-includes/image=
s/smilies/icon_smile.gif" alt=3D":)" class=3D"wp-smiley"> <a title=3D"Join =
Dropbox" href=3D"https://www.getdropbox.com/referrals/NTEwNTYwMDk">Join Dro=
pbox</a></p>

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      <div class=3D"post-footer">
        <p><a href=3D"http://blog.joeb454.com/2009/04/dropbox/">April 17, 2=
009 11:17 PM</a>
      </p></div>
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