Originally Posted by
StaceyF
I used Dropbox on someone's recommendation here (getting a shedload of photos from a Christening bash in Redruth from there to here).
It works perfectly but I'm still not sure of the technology behind it.
When I turn this machine on, if my nephew in Cornwall has uploaded anything new, my pc instantly synchs with the Dropbox website and downloads it to the Dropbox folder here
Does it work off of ip address or what?
I think the easiest way to explain is to consider it similar to email. The app you have on your computer logs into your account with your user name and password and syncs the documents etc in the Dropbox. which are held on the Dropbox server.
Someone else will probably have a better explanation....Like you, I just know it works very well. There is an IPhone app for it. I find it very good for quickly syncing/storing docs on the run. For Photographs I use either Photobucket, for odd pictures or Picasa (probably the best way and integrated into your computer) for whole albums. All free of course with the added bonus of being able to link to them so others can see/download them.
