Drop BOX.

[cvette98pacecar]

As I have noticed we share a lot of photos and information. I us Drop box which is a web filing system that gives you 8GB of storage for free.

advantage of using a web based storage system.
1. data or photos are not lost.
2. Any computer that you have linked to you account updates your drop box
as soon as the computer is connected to the internet.
3. You can share files, folders, photos with anyone with a share email string.

If anyone is interested let me know and I can send you a link.

[Gunny]

Drop Box is good ... I've used it several times. But I found a similar service that seems to be easier to use (at least for me) ... Transfer Big Files. Google it for the link.

George

[cvette98pacecar]

Originally Posted by tuband

Drop Box is good ... I've used it several times. But I found a similar service that seems to be easier to use (at least for me) ... Transfer Big Files. Google it for the link.

George

You dont transfer the files with drop box you just allow various user access and they can pull off the data that they want.

[Gunny]

Originally Posted by cvette98pacecar

You dont transfer the files with drop box you just allow various user access and they can pull off the data that they want.

Transfer Big Files works the same way ... has some good features plus the user interface is reasonably easy.

[Paul Workman]

Thanks Robert!

Got me outta a jam yesterday. Client had no FTP site, ours is limited access, so emailing 45M PDF files resulted in mulitple emails, e.g., 1 of (x), 2 of (x) argh!

After reading this post, I signed up and voila! Instant FTP! One email to send the link, and that's it!

Why is this thread important to the forum? Well, we're warming up to some big file dumps for the Registry magazine, and one of the bottle necks has been handling big files, especially video clips as part of tech articles. This drop box might be the answer. Sure is easy to work with, and this from a person not all that savvy on PCs at all!

P.

[tomtom72]

Oh? That's cool! I will go check it out as I'm among the PC challenged!

[DaveK]

Somewhat related - I found a neat little tool that allows you to let others view your desktop. It's free and there's zero configuration for you or the people viewing. You as the presenter download a small executable and run, the viewers see what you're presenting through a web browser. Really useful for presenting to multiple people.

https://join.me/

Dave

[Paul in VA]

Hi All:
Just wanted to mention the flip side of free opportunities... no encryption to secure your info and photos (usually), no guarantee of security (you get what you pay for) and your information is no longer under your control.

[cvette98pacecar]

Originally Posted by Paul in VA

Hi All:
Just wanted to mention the flip side of free opportunities... no encryption to secure your info and photos (usually), no guarantee of security (you get what you pay for) and your information is no longer under your control.

Paul, as I mentioned I use this application for sharing data and photos. However here is the data on the security encryption.

Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) and AES-256 bit encryption
Dropbox website and client software have been hardened against attacks from hackers
Public files are only viewable by people who have a link to the file(s). Public folders are not browsable or searchable

While 256 bit encryption is not the best, every advanced users that can crack 256 bit encryption are either is jail or making 7 digit salaries. I think it would be easier to send me an Email and ask me for access to my Drop box application.

[Paul in VA]

Hi:
I am not arguing for or against the use of any free storage, only that there are drawbacks. The SSL/AES encryption you speak of is transmission to/from encryption. The data is stored without encryption so if someone penetrates the site, all the data is there for the taking. If what you are storing does not need any security then these types of solutions sound perfect.