For most of us, Dropbox has become one of the one app we can’t imagine living without. Sure, we need to write documents, edit pictures, render movies, keep up with todo lists, email, and more, but if you can’t get to your data, you might as well have not made it. Founder Drew Houston imagined Dropbox as a box to store all of your files, so you wouldn’t have to keep up with flash drives any more. But even better than flash drives, it keeps your files synced between all of your computers and the cloud, so you’ll never lose that important file.
Best of all, you can share folders with others. I’ve shared folders with coleagues around the globe, which lets us send documents and pictures back and forth as easily as if we were in the same room. It’s transformed the way many of us think about files. For me, I keep my Documents, Pictures, and Music folders synced with Dropbox, and it’s the primary place I store most of my files, program settings, and more
So, how important is Dropbox to you? Do you use it enough to upgrade to a Pro account? Do you have your main Documents folders synced with it, and do you share folders with others? Or have you found an even better tool to sync your files that all of us are missing out on? Enter your choice in the poll, then we’d love to have you join the conversation in the comments below!
Don’t forget: you can get 250Mb of bonus space for each friend you invite, up to 8Gb on a free account. And, if you’re a student, you can double that to 500Mb of bonus space, up to 16Gb on a free account. That’s a nice way to help your friends and get more space, for free!