Dropbox

The two gigabytes of space that free tier Dropbox accounts get can seem like plenty of space if you’re just uploading a few documents. You can feel like you’ll never come close to using it all. This can quickly change if you decide to start uploading images or videos to your Dropbox account, though. … [Read more...] about Dropbox: How to Disable Emails Warning You That You’re Running out of Space

You can store a pretty large amount of data in your Dropbox account. This is both in terms of total file size and the sheer number of files uploaded. Generally, most people use their cloud storage for long-term data backup. This is the ideal use case for cloud storage. Many people’s internet is too slow to quickly open files larger than a simple word document. … [Read more...] about Dropbox: How to Disable Emails Informing You That You’ve Deleted a Large Number of Files

Most people use the same small set of devices, browsers, and apps to perform the same tasks. Because this is standard, it’s pretty safe to say that access from a new device, browser, or app is unusual. Dropbox assumes this to be the case and defaults to sending you an email every time this happens. … [Read more...] about Dropbox: How to Disable the New Sign in Notification Emails

Through just using the Dropbox app, you can gain general experience in how most things work. Most people, however, will end up choosing to only use a limited set of features. For some, this choice may be because they know that they don’t need any of the other features offered. For others, though, this will be because they don’t know about the other features available. … [Read more...] about Dropbox: How to Get Emails About New Features and Tips

If you want to know when messages or files have been sent to you on Dropbox, you’ll want to look at the timestamp. A timestamp is a piece of message metadata that indicates when a message was sent. To make these timestamps easier to understand, they are translated into your local time zone. To do so accurately, Dropbox needs to know what time zone you’re in. … [Read more...] about Dropbox: How to Change Your Time Zone

Pretty much every product that is actively in development will have a range of features coming soon. These features will be on the drawing board and in the early stages of development for a while. Once those features have been developed far enough, they will start being tested. … [Read more...] about Dropbox: How to Opt Into Beta Features

Over time you may find that your contact list in any communication app can get bloated. One of the things you can do to help make it easier to navigate is to clear some of your contacts. Dropbox separates your contacts into two categories. You can choose between “manually added” and “automatically added.” … [Read more...] about Dropbox: How to Clear Your Manually Added Contacts

Your password is the primary tool that keeps your accounts secure on the internet. You must use a long, complex, and unique password for every account you have. This makes it harder for hackers to guess your password and access your account. All of these factors are important, but probably the most overlooked requirement is uniqueness. … [Read more...] about Dropbox: How to Change Your Password

No matter how much you use any account, at some point, you may decide to close it. There are plenty of reasons you could choose to do so. Maybe the account was too expensive, maybe you don’t need the service anymore, or maybe you found a better competing product. … [Read more...] about Dropbox: How to Delete Your Dropbox Account

One of the ever-present risks on the internet is that a hacker can gain access to your account. In many cases, they will then make themselves immediately apparent by changing things. In other cases, they can be more subtle and wait to find something more sensitive to steal. One of the things you can do to counteract this risk is to check where your account is signed in. … [Read more...] about Dropbox: How to View Which Browsers and Devices Are Signed into Your Account