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What you need to know about storing and backing up your photos with Dropbox
We see a lot of questions about storing, sharing and backing up your photos on Dropbox so here are some tips to make that as easy as possible! Back up photos automatically to your Dropbox account You know we love an automatic process, so whether it’s your camera roll photos, your screenshots or your document scans, your cloud photos are some of the most important files you have. In fact our own Emmet told us about a time when he almost lost his photos due to a tech malfunction - “One of my old hard drives of photos got corrupted several years ago. This was almost a year of photos. Thankfully, lot of these had been saved to my Dropbox account automatically, and this was important as a couple who I was friends with wanted a high definition photo of them from the first night they went out together, and I was only able to share it on their wedding day because it was saved on Dropbox.“ Keeping full-resolution copies backed up with online photo storage means you can access them anytime, and you know there is a safe and secure copy in the cloud. Here are just a few ways Dropbox can keep your photos safe: Camera uploads: Once you turn this on, photos from your phone or tablet will be automatically backed up to Dropbox. Or in our desktop app, photos will be copied from cameras, memory cards, or mobile devices whenever you connect one to your computer. Screenshot backups: You can set up our desktop app to automatically move screenshot images to your Dropbox, or have mobile device screenshots backed up using camera uploads. Document scanning: The native/built-in scan functionality in the Dropbox mobile app lets you use your phone’s camera to scan and make digital backups of receipts, whiteboards, and paper documents. Share your photos with links, shared folders and control access Storing your photos is great, but chances are you will want to share some - whether it’s with family members, teammates or the expense team at work. There are a few ways you can do that, and you can manage the access with a few clicks as well. Shared links: You can easily create a link to share any file or folder in your Dropbox. Copy and paste your link into an email, text message, or chat, to share with anyone—even if they don’t have a Dropbox account. Access control: Keep your photos in the right hands by adding password protection, expiration dates, and sign-in requirements to your shared links. Shared folders: Want to collect your photos and someone else’s in the same place? Share files back and forth by inviting other people to sync a folder between your account and theirs. Organize your photos: Saving and sharing your photos can be great but it’s no use if you can’t find the one your looking for, so organizing and viewing your photos is essential too! Here are some tips on how to do that, and if that’s not enough you can see how our own Eliene organizes her photos. Photo browsing: View and browse all of your photos and videos from the Photos tab in our mobile app or on the web. Image previews: View over 35 image file types from dropbox.com or our mobile app. You can preview common files like JPEG, PNG, TIFF, and GIF; app-specific types like Photoshop and Illustrator; raw formats like CR2, DCR, and DNG; and even iOS HEIC photos. Best of all, there’s no need for special photo software. Image tagging: Find your photos fast by adding searchable hashtags to individual photos or an entire folder. How do you manage your photos with Dropbox? Share your tips in the comments below, or if you have any questions you, we can answer those too!
Working with 3 Dropbox Accounts [2 Business 1 Personal] - Want three folders in Explorer
If somebody figures out how to accomplish this, I'll be able to not use different storage providers to be able to work that way. Every new business relationship has the potential that a business partner wants to setup a user in their account. Dropbox is account centric, that makes it easier to have different browsers/browser profiles, and different storage providers to keep things separate and accessible at the same time. How hard would it be to have Explorer folders that are individually authorized, like multiple FTP accounts can be different drives in Explorer, and NOT linked in any way? Community, please share your tricks on this subject. The Dropbox app is of no help as it does not have the efficiency of Explorer.Getting started with Dropbox
Welcome to the Dropbox Community! Hey there, new Dropbox users! If you're just starting your journey with Dropbox , we're thrilled to have you here. We would love to know why you started using Dropbox to begin with, so we can share tips and advice that works for you. To get us started, we’ll share some tips for getting started, and on some of the most popular and useful features of Dropbox to get you up to speed. Some of the top things we recommend to get up to speed and get the most out of Dropbox: Upload your first files: Enjoy the peace of mind that comes with starting at 3 TB of team storage and backup. Explore security features such as file recovery, password protection, watermarking, and viewer history to keep your data safe. To upload a file, you simply need to click the upload files button On dropbox.com, once you’re logged in, you just need to: Click Upload under the search bar at the top Then follow on and click Files Select as many files as you like and click Open. If you’re doing this on the Dropbox desktop app, you can take those files or folders you’d like to add, then drag and drop (or copy and paste) them into the open Dropbox folder. And you’re done! Share those files: Now that you have your files in the right place, you will probably want to share a file with someone else at some point, so let’s get into it. When you’re logged in to dropbox.com, you can hover over the file or folder you’d like to share and click the share icon (rectangle with an up arrow). Here you can type in the Email, or name of the person you’d like to share with, and click to select them from the results. Need to send it to multiple people? Perfect, you can do that here too. Select Can edit or Can view - it does what it says on the tin, but you can choose the permissions here to make sure you are in control of your file. Add a note if you’d like, and check the checkbox if you’d like to Post this note as a comment. (I usually use this to give someone context on why I’m sharing the file, or what they need to be aware of) Click Share file. That’s it! If you’re more of a visual learner, you can check out this great video here in the Learn video library. Now you can share photos, docs, basically files of almost any type with the people who matter to you. Whether you just want to share, or you’re working on something together, you can control access and be sure everyone has access to the same version. Edit those PDFs with ease No technical wizardry, no back-and-forth file conversions, and no additional software to install. Dropbox makes it easy to upload, edit, send, and sign PDFs in one place. Rather than explain it in too many words, check out this video here: That should cover your bases, but we want to emphasize that this is your Community too. Tell us what you want to see, start conversations, share ideas, and get involved. This is your space, so get the most out of it! Looking forward to seeing you around here! Let us know what you’d like to hear from us, or start a discussion
Need All The Modified Files and Folders list for a particular date
I want to obtain a list of all files and folders modified in Dropbox on a specific date for example 08/01/2023. Can you please provide the way in order to get this information as I can only see last modified date on a folder/file but not version history of the file/folder being modified and this requirement is crucial for our business.Space for your mind to wander
When we worked in an office, we were working in a space designed specifically for work. The entire office exists entirely to allow people to get their work done, no matter what it is. Now, we’re working at home, a place that is made for everything else in our lives. It can be easy to get distracted anywhere, but your home offers a lot of personal distractions, whether there’s a pile of laundry just out of sight of your webcam, or you start mentally assembling your lunch in your head during a call. But is distraction always a bad thing? According to David Vallance’s deep dive over on the Work In Progress blog, it’s not — if you can learn how to manage it. Why does my mind wander? Your mind wandering is caused by your default mode network (DMN). The DMN kicks into gear when you find yourself without a specific goal-oriented mental task—say, solving a complex mathematical problem. Without a clear focus, blood rushes to a different part of your brain, and that causes your mind to wander on to other topics, like imagining future events, reliving a past event, or even assessing your environment for threats! Luckily, we don’t need to worry about our imminent survival all that often anymore, but nevertheless it’s still important that our brain is active. How to manage a wandering mind If the DMN can distract us from particular types of work without much warning. Tt then becomes a matter of accepting and managing your distractions. “Many people use meditation as a way to manage their Default Mode Network, which involves accepting your thoughts and then letting them go,” Brian Wind, a clinical psychologist and Chief Clinical Officer of an addiction treatment center explains. “If you have a thought that might be useful, write it down somewhere and let it go. You'll be able to come back later to your notebook or notes on your phone to explore the thoughts and ideas you had. Discuss them with someone and see if there are initiatives or projects you can propose from your thoughts and ideas.” When I read this, I started keeping a to-do list on Paper to track the things that were distracting me and, silly and all as it sounds, it makes it easier to box those thoughts off, once you know you can revisit them later. To further help to manage a wandering mind, you might find that routine or little rituals can help to reengage your mind. For me, if I notice that I’ve been staring at the blinking line in a Paper doc for a while, I will go and get a glass of water. I use this little screen break to refocus while walking back to my desk. Others have specific songs that get them into a productive headspace. The key is doing something that helps to send you a signal your brain to say ‘ok, that’s enough of that now’. You can check out our cheat sheet here for helpful triggers you might like to try out. What tricks do you use to ward off distraction? Tell us in the comments below so we can add them to our routine as well.How Connie, a member of the Community, uses Dropbox
We love hearing how you, the Community members use Dropbox. Everyone has their own favorite features and little hacks, so we want to share some with you! Up first, we haveConnie (ConF2_0), a long time Dropbox Plus customer, member of the Dropbox Community, and avid Vault user. Connie sat down with Gavin, a member of our Dropbox team, and told him all about how she uses Dropbox and why she loves Vault. I am Connie and I currently live in Germany. I've lived here for two years now. I've been a speech language pathologist for more than 30 years and that's what brought me to Dropbox, actually. I worked in a school setting for years and I frequently needed to be able to take work home. I needed a way to do this without having to carry stuff and make copies. I could email my spreadsheets, and reports and things, but I kept thinking “I don't know, emailing doesn't really make me comfortable - it's supposed to be really secure, but I'm not sure." I honestly cannot remember how I stumbled on Dropbox but I thought, “Oh, this is perfect!”, so I set up my account and I've been a user ever since. I was able to start writing my notes and reports at school, and then put them in Dropbox and finish them up when I got home. I could work on my spreadsheets and lesson materials at home and have them back at school waiting for me the next day. My only concern was that as a health care provider, you need to be able to ensure security and privacy. Before Vault, I was using a third party app to encrypt my school files. I thought “there's got to be another way, Dropbox has got to be able to do this”. That third party app was sometimes cumbersome and I'd lock myself out of files. Now, it's so easy - anything that I need to have protected gets uploaded to the Vault - done. No extra passwords to remember, no extra copying and/or downloading! Thanks Connie! We love to hear stories like this and how we can make Dropbox better for all of you. How do you use Dropbox? Tell us in the comments below! Share your tips, tricks, the features you love and how you make the most of Dropbox, whether it’s at home, at work or at school!
