I have been using it many years. I store the drop box folder on the top level of my C drive and I put everything into drop box, even, when possible, executable programs. When I had two homes and 3 computers, counting my laptop, it was beautiful how it seamlessly syncing everything on each computer. And what a really like is that all my files are actually stored on my hard drive so when I am unconnected from the internet I still easily function.
Plus there have been a few times when I needed to find an earlier version of a file and drop box has helped me with that.
I have one question for you.... if I was unlucky enough to get hacked with ransomware and all my files got encrypted would drop box blindly sync up the encrypted files? And if so is it safe to assume that I could recover by downloaded earlier un encrypted versions after buying a new computer?
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\nOn the unfortunate chance that your account was hit by ransomware, your files would probably sync from the account to your connected devices, and vice versa.
\nHowever, you should be able to recover your content to an earlier version. That depends on the type of encryption, and what action has taken place on the account of course.
\nYou can read more about this here, and if you have any questions, I'm one post away.
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