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 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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

At a glance Expert's Rating Pros ・Super simple for the average user ・Available with any Dropbox account, including free ...

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 is the most widely used and simplest file-synchronization system worldwide not attached to a major technology company. Every machine on which you install Dropbox and use the same account has ...

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 ...

BitTorrent is going head to head against cloud file synchronization services like Dropbox and Google with the launch of Sync, a new, free tool designed to synchronize files across computers securely ...

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 – ...