The popular cross-platform file-syncing application Dropbox is a hit among Lifehacker readers, but it has one major drawback: It only syncs files placed inside the My Dropbox folder. Here's how to get ...

When you upload a file to Dropbox, it's first sent in its entirety to Dropbox's servers and then it's downloaded to any synced computers. In a new, experimental version of Dropbox, however, you can ...

Dropbox today released Smart Sync, its tool that allows users to access files stored online in Dropbox accounts automatically on a desktop without having the file stored locally. Previously dubbed ...

Dropbox has upgraded the infrastructure behind how users automatically upload and sync content from the Dropbox desktop client, a process now dubbed as Streaming Sync. With Streaming Sync, Dropbox ...

With Smart Sync, Dropbox Business teams can view files from the desktop, even if they're not on a machine. I'm PCMag's managing editor for consumer electronics, overseeing an experienced team of ...

One of the strengths of file sync-and-share cloud provider Dropbox — but also an obstacle when the company wants to be taken seriously — is that people take its service for granted. They just use it, ...

Dropbox is a newcomer still in beta testing that has some welcome features despite its simplicity. Like other synchronizers, it requires that you download and install ...

Dropbox, the Y Combinator and Sequoia-funded file synchronization startup that makes it easy to share files across multiple computers at once, just hit a major milestone: it now has over 1 million ...

Remember Dropbox, the service that lets you back up files, share them with others, and sync them with other PCs? It's no longer an invitation-only beta: Now anyone can sign up. After installing the ...

Dropbox on my Mac had been stuck for weeks trying to sync a file called main.scpt. Other files continued to sync properly in the background, so it wasn’t getting in my way, but it was annoying to see ...

I spend too much time making sure I have the right file in the right place, or ensuring that a colleague has the latest version of something we’re collaborating on. Dropbox, a Web and desktop file ...

Dropbox is a hugely popular “cloud based” file sharing service (and app), that allows you to synchronize files among different computers. It has a cool user experience, but has its downsides as well – ...