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<blockquote data-quote="MacInWin" data-source="post: 1567303"><p>Great! Now that you have Dropbox, here's how it works. Every file you put in the dropbox folder on your mac is automatically copied to the dropbox folder at the dropbox.com site (the cloud). So from now on, all you have to do to share is to put the file in the dropbox folder, wait a bit for it to upload to dropbox.com, then send the email to share from there.</p><p></p><p>There is an even simpler way to share if you want to try it. That is to give people full sharing rights to the folder. In this scenario, you invite them to share with read and write privileges to a shared folder in your dropbox account. When they accept the invitation, they get read/write authority to that folder. So basically, any file anyone puts in the folder will then be automatically copied FROM that folder on their machine to all the other machines, also automatically, through dropbox. Basically, anything in that folder will be copied to every other machine that is sharing that folder. There is a downside risk in this approach in that if anyone deletes the file from their shared folder, it will be deleted from ALL the folders that are synced, so I only put copies, not the original, in the shared folder. But it's great for sharing big files as I only have to upload them once, don't have to fight email systems and it all works automatically. It is also great for collaboration on shared projects, as all the sharing members can see and work on the same document.</p><p></p><p>Basically, set it up once for your mom and now all you have to do is drop the picture in the folder on your machine, then email mom with a short note to tell her to look in HER folder for the picture.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MacInWin, post: 1567303"] Great! Now that you have Dropbox, here's how it works. Every file you put in the dropbox folder on your mac is automatically copied to the dropbox folder at the dropbox.com site (the cloud). So from now on, all you have to do to share is to put the file in the dropbox folder, wait a bit for it to upload to dropbox.com, then send the email to share from there. There is an even simpler way to share if you want to try it. That is to give people full sharing rights to the folder. In this scenario, you invite them to share with read and write privileges to a shared folder in your dropbox account. When they accept the invitation, they get read/write authority to that folder. So basically, any file anyone puts in the folder will then be automatically copied FROM that folder on their machine to all the other machines, also automatically, through dropbox. Basically, anything in that folder will be copied to every other machine that is sharing that folder. There is a downside risk in this approach in that if anyone deletes the file from their shared folder, it will be deleted from ALL the folders that are synced, so I only put copies, not the original, in the shared folder. But it's great for sharing big files as I only have to upload them once, don't have to fight email systems and it all works automatically. It is also great for collaboration on shared projects, as all the sharing members can see and work on the same document. Basically, set it up once for your mom and now all you have to do is drop the picture in the folder on your machine, then email mom with a short note to tell her to look in HER folder for the picture. [/QUOTE]
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