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Cross-platform file syncing program for Windows, Mac OS, Linux and various mobile devices.

Dropbox is a web-based file hosting service with desktop clients for all three major operating systems and for Android, iOS, and Blackberry mobile devices. It creates a special folder on machines it is installed on, which synchronizes any files saved in that folder with Dropbox's servers. Any other machine attached to the user's accounts will then have the same changes uploaded to their dropbox folder. Files can also be downloaded and viewed through Dropbox's web interface from any computer with an internet connection.

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In addition to syncing computers, Dropbox can also be used for collaboration. Shared folders can be set up between Dropbox users, and any files changed in the shared folder will be changed for everyone who has joined that folder.

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Questions about Dropbox at Super User should be primarily about the PC or Mac client and local file storage.

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How to exclude files (not folders) from dropbox sync?

I am trying to sync my Firefox profile folder using Dropbox, but there are several files that Firefox changes quite frequently Folders: Cache, OfflineCache can be excluded Files: urlclassifier3.sqlite, places.sqlite - these files are big and are…
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How to make Dropbox "ignore" specific folders in the sync

I tried using Dropbox to sync my computer's code files, however it syncs everything. I want to be able to configure Dropbox not to sync folders with specific names like ".git" and/or "target" as target folders get generated automatically and gets…
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How to serve HTML off my dropbox

I have an HTML5 game that I would like anyone on the internet to be able to access. However, when I give a link to the page, it just prompts to download the file instead of rendering it. How do I serve webpages from dropbox?
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How to see which file Dropbox is currently uploading/downloading?

How can you see which file Dropbox is currently uploading (or downloading, I assume dropbox doesn't do both at the same time) ?
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Transferring whole folders using Dropbox without the desktop app

Is there any way I can upload whole folders to my Dropbox account without the desktop application? I am syncing my home computer to a computer at university and the university computers do not allow users to install applications anywhere, meaning…
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Dropbox is slow and only uploads at fraction of download speed

I've started using Dropbox but I'm finding that my upload speeds are dropping down to the withering pace of 6Kb per second. I have checked my upload speed with speedtest.net and I get just under 1Mbs. Is this due to preferences or settings on my…
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How do you get a public link to a file in Dropbox that isn't in a public folder?

In Dropbox's Android app, it is easy to grab a shareable link to any file, not just ones in a shared folder. Is there a way to get this link from Dropbox when I'm on Windows (or via the Web) without creating a public shared folder?
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Syncing folders outside Dropbox using Symbolic Links and Junctions

I've been reading a lot of information on this and yet I'm still unsure if its possible. What I want to achieve is: sync a folder that is outside Dropbox and any changed to that folder or the files within get mirrored to the Dropbox folder and the…
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Reasons why Dropbox could be accessing files it should not be accessing

I was just using SysInternals ProcMon.exe to track down a problem and found Dropbox.exe accesing files outside of the Dropbox folder I have configured. My Dropbox location is at C:\users\pats\Dropbox I see the following in a ProcMon log I was…
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Can you have multiple Dropbox accounts on one computer?

Can Dropbox be used with multiple accounts on one computer?
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Set dropbox to only use LAN sync (dont allow web sync)

Is it possible to set Dropbox to only use LAN sync and compeltly ignore the external web sync - ie. back to the server and then the server pushses the changes to the other machines.
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Moving dropbox to another PC without downloading it all again

Is this possible? ie zip the dropbox folder copy it to a new PC extract it and have drop box point to it. Thus avoiding downloading it all again. This is what I did: I had a 7zip backup of the Dropbox folder, dropbox.7z which I extracted on a new…
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Why does Dropbox show sync of files that are not mine ?

Why does Dropbox show sync of files that are not mine ? In the image below, the top item is my file, the others ex. i-didnt-feel-appreciated--blabla, etc are not mine. However when checking my Dropbox folder, the spam files are not there, they…
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How do I download an entire directory from Dropbox?

Is it possible to download an entire directory and its sub-directories from Dropbox, or do I have to download each file individually?
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What's special about the Dropbox Photos folder?

Is there anything special about the Photos folder in Dropbox? As far as I can see it behaves exactly the same as any other non public folder, yet Dropbox seems to suggest there's something different about it.
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