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It's worth noting that only devices (PCs, mobiles) using the official Dropbox app count as devices. I've never used the official app to connect to Dropbox, so

It's worth noting that only devices (PCs, mobiles) using the official Dropbox app count as devices. I've never used the official app to connect to Dropbox, so now I guess I never will.

nextlevelwizard 7y ago
How do you sync files? Do you just manually upload them throw browser and download them from another?
- copperx 7y ago
  It seems like the OP doesn't use Dropbox's killer feature, which is seamless and faster syncing than anything else out there. I don't see the point then of using Dropbox exclusively in such fashion. All cloud storage services used like that are interchangeable.
  - nitemice 7y ago
    Fair and true. I've always been a bit scattered across multiple cloud service, for various reasons, so I opted to use software that could sync with multiple and avoid installing so many clients. That said, Dropbox's other maybe-not-quite "killer feature" is that it's exclusively intergrated into a number of applications for settings and data backup/syncing. In those cases, Dropbox's purpose is interchangable, but in practice it's not.
  - thirdsun 7y ago
    Just like OP I'm a paying Dropbox customer that doesn't use the official client. I mainly use it to backup my 600 Gb and counting music library via Arq [1]. There's no way I'd store something as critical as my music collection in the default Dropbox sync folder. Plus, I only need a one way sync that preferably happens at night. So I have no need for the official client. I know there are dedicated backup services like Backblaze, however occasionally I also need to share a large file or two with someone or need to offer a public download. It's often enough that I don't want to use wetransfer or similar services. Even more often I need a service that syncs data and settings of various iOS apps. While iCloud is fine, Dropbox is widely supported on iOS. I basically need a general purpose web storage and Dropbox seems to be the only one that handles all these use cases fine. [1] https://www.arqbackup.com/ https://www.arqbackup.com/
- nitemice 7y ago
  I mainly use Dropbox as a way of syncing a bunch of textfiles between my PC and phone, so I use GoodSync[1] on my PC and FolderSync[2] on my phone. That said, I've recently started using Resilio for some other stuff, so I could probably do away with Dropbox for this use case, and just use that instead. The other time I use Dropbox is for apps that use it as an intergrated way of syncing or backing up settings, such as MoneyDance[3]. [1] https://www.goodsync.com/ https://www.goodsync.com/ [2] https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=dk.tacit.android.foldersync.lite https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=dk.tacit.andro... [3] https://infinitekind.tenderapp.com/kb/syncing-and-sharing-data/syncing-with-other-computers https://infinitekind.tenderapp.com/kb/syncing-and-sharing-da...

It's worth noting that only devices (PCs, mobiles) using the official Dropbox app count as devices. I've never used the official app to connect to Dropbox, so now I guess I never will.

nextlevelwizard 7y ago

How do you sync files? Do you just manually upload them throw browser and download them from another?

copperx 7y ago
It seems like the OP doesn't use Dropbox's killer feature, which is seamless and faster syncing than anything else out there. I don't see the point then of using Dropbox exclusively in such fashion. All cloud storage services used like that are interchangeable.
- nitemice 7y ago
  Fair and true. I've always been a bit scattered across multiple cloud service, for various reasons, so I opted to use software that could sync with multiple and avoid installing so many clients. That said, Dropbox's other maybe-not-quite "killer feature" is that it's exclusively intergrated into a number of applications for settings and data backup/syncing. In those cases, Dropbox's purpose is interchangable, but in practice it's not.
- thirdsun 7y ago
  Just like OP I'm a paying Dropbox customer that doesn't use the official client. I mainly use it to backup my 600 Gb and counting music library via Arq [1]. There's no way I'd store something as critical as my music collection in the default Dropbox sync folder. Plus, I only need a one way sync that preferably happens at night. So I have no need for the official client. I know there are dedicated backup services like Backblaze, however occasionally I also need to share a large file or two with someone or need to offer a public download. It's often enough that I don't want to use wetransfer or similar services. Even more often I need a service that syncs data and settings of various iOS apps. While iCloud is fine, Dropbox is widely supported on iOS. I basically need a general purpose web storage and Dropbox seems to be the only one that handles all these use cases fine. [1] https://www.arqbackup.com/ https://www.arqbackup.com/
nitemice 7y ago
I mainly use Dropbox as a way of syncing a bunch of textfiles between my PC and phone, so I use GoodSync[1] on my PC and FolderSync[2] on my phone. That said, I've recently started using Resilio for some other stuff, so I could probably do away with Dropbox for this use case, and just use that instead. The other time I use Dropbox is for apps that use it as an intergrated way of syncing or backing up settings, such as MoneyDance[3]. [1] https://www.goodsync.com/ https://www.goodsync.com/ [2] https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=dk.tacit.android.foldersync.lite https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=dk.tacit.andro... [3] https://infinitekind.tenderapp.com/kb/syncing-and-sharing-data/syncing-with-other-computers https://infinitekind.tenderapp.com/kb/syncing-and-sharing-da...