Getting Started.pdf

Dropbox Quick Start

What is Dropbox?

Dropbox is a free service that lets you bring all your photos, docs, and videos anywhere. Any ile

you save to your Dropbox will also automaically save to all your computers, phones, and even

the Dropbox website. This means that you can start working on your computer at school or the

oice, and inish on your home computer. Never email yourself a ile again!

The Dropbox Folder

Ater you install Dropbox on your computer, a Dropbox folder is created. If you’re reading this

guide, then that means you had no problems inding your Dropbox folder :). This folder is just

like any other folder on your computer, but with a twist. Any ile you save to your Dropbox

folder is also saved to all your other computers, phones, and the Dropbox website.

On top of your Dropbox is a green icon that lets you know how your Dropbox is doing:

Green circle and check: All the iles in your Dropbox are up to date.

Blue circle and arrows: Files in your Dropbox are currently being updated.

Adding iles to your Dropbox

Step 1 Drag and drop a ile into your Dropbox folder.

Step 2 The blue icon means your ile’s syncing with Dropbox.

That’s it! The green icon means that your ile has inished

saving to your other computers and the Dropbox website.

Now that your ile’s in Dropbox, any changes made to it will

be automaically detected and updated to your other

computers.

The Dropbox Right-click/Context Menu

When you Right-Click (Windows/Linux) or Control-Click (Mac) a ile or folder in your Dropbox,

you’ll see a menu that lets you do a few neat things with Dropbox:

• Share a Folder Invite your friends, family and teammates to a folder in your Dropbox. It’ll be

as if you saved that folder straight to their computers.

• View Previous Versions View a record of changes made to a ile. You can choose to go back

to an earlier version of a ile if you’d like.

• Browse on Dropbox Website... View a ile on the Dropbox website.

• Copy Public Link Generate a link to any ile in your Public Folder. You can then send this link

to anyone you’d like to view that ile.

The Dropbox Tray/Menu bar icon

The Dropbox tray or menu bar icon is located on the botom (Windows) or top (Mac/Linux) of

your screen, and lets you check the status and seings of your Dropbox. The same green, blue,

and red icons that appear on the iles and folders in your Dropbox also appear over this icon to

let you know the status of your Dropbox.

Right-clicking this icon gives you a few opions:

• Open your Dropbox folder, the Dropbox website, or the Dropbox help center.

• See which iles were recently changed.

• View an esimate of how long it will take Dropbox to inish updaing iles.

• Change preferences for your connecion, Dropbox folder locaion, and more.

What do I do now?

Try dragging some photos or docs into your Dropbox. Then visit the Dropbox website at htps://

www.dropbox.com. When you log in, your iles will be waiing for you!

To learn more about Dropbox, take our tour at htp://www.dropbox.com/tour or visit the help

center at htp://www.dropbox.com/help.

Frequently Asked Quesions

How much does Dropbox cost?

Dropbox is free! If you run out of space, visit htps://www.dropbox.com/plans to view our avail-

able subscripions.

How much space does my Dropbox have?

Free accounts come with 2GB of space (deleted iles and revisions won’t count against your

limit). You can always check your usage by visiing your account seings page at htps://www.

dropbox.com/account.

How long unil my iles are fully synced?

Dropbox will download as fast or as slow as your network allows, and will try its best to not hog

your connecion. If you’d like to limit your upload or download rates, you can change them in

Dropbox’s preferences. For step by step instrucions, visit the help aricle at htps://www.drop-

box.com/help/26.

Dropbox is fast! How could it have possibly synced all of my iles in that ime?

Dropbox will look to see if it already has the ile you’re trying to upload. If it senses that it al-

ready has the ile, it won’t bother to upload it again. If the ile has been changed recently, it will

only upload/download the changes rather than the whole thing.

How secure is Dropbox?

Dropbox takes the security of your iles and of our sotware very seriously. Dropbox uses Secure

Socket Layer (SSL) and AES-256 encrypion. AES-256 is the same encrypion standard used by

banks to secure customer data.

Can I access Dropbox on my mobile device?

The Dropbox App is available for iPhone, iPad, Android, and Blackberry. To install Dropbox on

your mobile device, visit htp://www.dropbox.com/anywhere. You can also get to your Dropbox

at any ime by visiing htp://www.dropbox.com from your phone.

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