If you’d rather not futz with the command line, you could instead use utilities such as MacDropAny ( ), SymbolicLinker ( ), or DropLink to accomplish the same thing.ģ It’s probably impractical to put your entire user folder in Dropbox, but you can put the most important folders there: The Documents folder is an obvious one. So, for example, if you wanted to move your Documents folder to Dropbox, you could do so and then enter this command in Terminal: ln -s ~/Dropbox/Documents ~/Documents. To do it manually, open Terminal (in /Applications/Utilities) and enter ln -s ~/Dropbox/newfolder ~/path/to/symbolic/link (adjusting as necessary for the locations of your folders). There are a couple of ways to create symbolic links.
Once you’ve done this, whenever you appear to be saving a file to a folder on your Mac (to ~/Documents/Work, say) you’re actually saving it to Dropbox ( /Dropbox/Work). One benefit of storing important files in Dropbox is that it automatically retains older versions of your files, so you can revert to them if necessary.Ģ Create folders in Dropbox, and then create symbolic links to those folders on your Mac. Then repeat these steps on your other Macs, Windows PCs, and iOS devices. Put files and folders that you need to access from various locations and devices into your new Dropbox folder.
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Next, download and install the Dropbox app. (We added two tips of our own at the beginning, to establish the basics.)ġ Go to Dropbox and set up an account.
We sorted through them and then boiled them down to our 60 favorites. Towards that end, a couple of months ago we posted a note on, asking readers, “How do you use Dropbox?” The response was incredible: Between our forums and email, we received nearly 250 suggestions. The file-synchronizing service has revolutionized the way we use our Macs we’re always looking for new things it can do. Ask Macworld editors to name our favorite apps, and most of us would mention Dropbox.
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