Tutorial on How To Use Dropbox
How To Use Dropbox
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What is Dropbox?
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It is a cloud storage
provider that helps you
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Store files whatever
they are
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And access them
anytime, wherever you
are!
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Isn’t it awesome? Take
your files anywhere you
go!
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How Does It Work?
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Dropbox creates a special
folder on all your devices.
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Anytime you need to save
a file
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Drag it into the folder
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And it will appear in the
same folders
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On all your other devices
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It is also easy to share
files with others
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By sending the link of a
file or folder.
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How to Get Dropbox
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Open your browser
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Type www.dropbox.com
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First we have to create
an account
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Enter your First Name
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Enter your Last Name
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Enter your Email
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Enter your Password
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Check I agree to Dropbox
Terms
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Click Sign up for free
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This page telling Dropbox
is downloading appears
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When downloading is
done, click the installer
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Click Open
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A user account control
pop-up notification appears
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Click Yes
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Dropbox installer pop-up
notification appears
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After installation, you will
see this in your screen
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Notice the dropbox icon added
to your notification bar
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Click Open my Dropbox Folder
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A notification tells that your
computer is linked to Dropbox
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Dropbox has automatically
placed this file on your
dropbox folder
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To begin, I want to add
this folder to dropbox
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Just drag it to Dropbox
Folder
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It is now added to my
dropbox folder
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Notice the blue circle with
rotating arrows
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This means Dropbox is
currently syncing
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Green circle with check means
Dropbox is fully synced
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Let’s go back to Dropbox
Home on the web
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Click Get Started
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Earn additional 250MB,
complete at least 5 of these
steps
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Click your name to view
settings
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Click Settings
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Edit your Profile here
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If you want to upgrade
your 2GB account
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and get 1TB storage, click
Upgrade now
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A fee of $9.99 per month
or $99 per year
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is needed to upgrade your
Dropbox account
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Now, let’s click Account
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Here you can see your
available dropbox space
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Earn additional 500MB by
inviting a friend, click here
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Connect your Facebook,
Twitter, Gmail, Yahoo Mail here
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Click Security
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Change Security settings here
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Click here to go back to
Dropbox Homepage
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Click Verify your email
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Click Verify my email
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Dropbox will ask you to
check your email
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Log-on to your email account
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Find and open the email
from Dropbox
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Click on this to verify your
email
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Your Dropbox account is
now verified
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Click Done
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Click Share a Link
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To share a folder, click Share
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There are two ways of
sharing a file
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Let’s try to invite people to
collaborate, click this
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Enter the email address of
the person you are inviting
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You can also type a
message here
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Click Share Folder
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See how the folder of the
shared file changed
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Let’s try sharing by sending
a link
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Click Share
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Click Send Link
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This is the link to the folder
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Enter email address to whom
you like to share the link
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You can type a message here
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Click Send
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To upload a file, click here
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Click Choose Files
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Select the file or files you
want to upload
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Click Open
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The files are now being
uploaded to Dropbox
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The files are now uploaded
in Dropbox
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Check the Dropbox folder
on your computer
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Your files are both synced in
the computer and online
DROPBOX FOLDER IN
COMPUTER
DROPBOX HOMEPAGE
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To create New Folder, Click
this
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Enter the Name of the Folder
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Click Create Folder
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New Folder is created
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You can also share a
folder by clicking this
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When you right click a file,
these options appear
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To comment on a file, Click
Comment
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Type your comment here
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Click Post
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To delete a file, Right Click
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Click Delete
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Confirm delete by clicking
Delete
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To rename a file, Right Click
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Click Rename
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Type the new name for the
File
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To see the recent changes in
your Dropbox, click Events
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To invite anyone to upload
a file in your Dropbox
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Click File Requests
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Click Create A File Request
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Enter the file you are
requesting here
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Click Next
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Type email address of the
person here
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Click Send
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Congratulations! By now
you should be familiar
with Dropbox basics.
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“The will to persevere is
often the difference
between failure and
success.”
-David Sarnoff
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