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    <title>topic How Raymond uses Dropbox sync to access his files on any device at any time in Dropbox tips &amp; tricks</title>
    <link>https://www.dropboxforum.com/t5/Dropbox-tips-tricks/How-Raymond-uses-Dropbox-sync-to-access-his-files-on-any-device/m-p/317727#M1983</link>
    <description>&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-center" image-alt="1500x500.png" style="width: 400px;"&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.dropboxforum.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/7988i76D79533E6E5C7EE/image-size/medium?v=v2&amp;amp;px=400" role="button" title="1500x500.png" alt="1500x500.png" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;DIV&gt;Meet Raymond, a seasoned Dropbox user who works in tech and uses Dropbox as his one stop shop for file storage. This is Raymond’s story…&lt;/DIV&gt;
&lt;DIV&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/DIV&gt;
&lt;DIV&gt;&lt;SPAN class="ace-all-bold-hthree"&gt;&lt;SPAN class=" author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qovwiz73zz65zz83zz67ziz69zz76zz82zz85zl2z66zwnawrz74zhz65zz88zz68z1z78z6z82zz65z2z73z"&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;What brought me to Dropbox&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;
&lt;DIV&gt;&lt;SPAN class=" author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qovwiz73zz65zz83zz67ziz69zz76zz82zz85zl2z66zwnawrz74zhz65zz88zz68z1z78z6z82zz65z2z73z"&gt;I needed a way to always have my files available on any computer or device that I was working on. In addition, I needed to make sure that my files were safe and always up to date.&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;
&lt;DIV&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/DIV&gt;
&lt;DIV&gt;&lt;SPAN class=" author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qovwiz73zz65zz83zz67ziz69zz76zz82zz85zl2z66zwnawrz74zhz65zz88zz68z1z78z6z82zz65z2z73z"&gt;Ensuring that files were up to date and available between a phone, tablet, laptop, and desktop was nearly impossible. In addition, when I used a flash drive as an attempted source of truth, I would often misplace or lose it, making my files unavailable and potentially lost.&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;
&lt;DIV&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/DIV&gt;
&lt;DIV&gt;&lt;SPAN class="ace-all-bold-hthree"&gt;&lt;SPAN class=" author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qovwiz73zz65zz83zz67ziz69zz76zz82zz85zl2z66zwnawrz74zhz65zz88zz68z1z78z6z82zz65z2z73z"&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;How I use Dropbox&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;
&lt;DIV&gt;&lt;SPAN class=" author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qovwiz73zz65zz83zz67ziz69zz76zz82zz85zl2z66zwnawrz74zhz65zz88zz68z1z78z6z82zz65z2z73z"&gt;I consider Dropbox to be the new&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN class=" author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qovwiz73zz65zz83zz67ziz69zz76zz82zz85zl2z66zwnawrz74zhz65zz88zz68z1z78z6z82zz65z2z73z h-quot"&gt;"My&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class=" author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qovwiz73zz65zz83zz67ziz69zz76zz82zz85zl2z66zwnawrz74zhz65zz88zz68z1z78z6z82zz65z2z73z"&gt; Documents" folder. Every document that I work on is saved to Dropbox and categorized into folders, much the same way I categorized docs into folders before Dropbox. When accessing files from other devices, I can choose to use the mobile app, web client, or desktop app to ensure that I'm always able to get access to the files that I need at any time.&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;
&lt;DIV&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/DIV&gt;
&lt;DIV&gt;&lt;SPAN class=" author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qovwiz73zz65zz83zz67ziz69zz76zz82zz85zl2z66zwnawrz74zhz65zz88zz68z1z78z6z82zz65z2z73z"&gt;The three features that have been the most impactful include:&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;
&lt;DIV&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/DIV&gt;
&lt;UL class="listtype-bullet listindent1 list-bullet1"&gt;
&lt;LI&gt;&lt;SPAN class=" author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qovwiz73zz65zz83zz67ziz69zz76zz82zz85zl2z66zwnawrz74zhz65zz88zz68z1z78z6z82zz65z2z73z"&gt;Syncing files between computers and devices: Every file that I work on now lives in Dropbox and I always know that my latest version is available to me on any device.&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/LI&gt;
&lt;LI&gt;&lt;SPAN class=" author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qovwiz73zz65zz83zz67ziz69zz76zz82zz85zl2z66zwnawrz74zhz65zz88zz68z1z78z6z82zz65z2z73z"&gt;Easily generating shareable links: When I have to share files with other people, I can easily generate a link to that file. The link&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN class=" author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qovwiz73zz65zz83zz67ziz69zz76zz82zz85zl2z66zwnawrz74zhz65zz88zz68z1z78z6z82zz65z2z73z h-lparen"&gt;(as&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class=" author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qovwiz73zz65zz83zz67ziz69zz76zz82zz85zl2z66zwnawrz74zhz65zz88zz68z1z78z6z82zz65z2z73z"&gt; opposed to a file attachment) will always be automatically updated when I save a change to a file.&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/LI&gt;
&lt;LI&gt;&lt;SPAN class=" author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qovwiz73zz65zz83zz67ziz69zz76zz82zz85zl2z66zwnawrz74zhz65zz88zz68z1z78z6z82zz65z2z73z"&gt;Smart Sync: On my laptop, I'm able to save space by enabling Smart Sync. This ensures that only the files I absolutely need are locally downloaded, but I can access any of the other files in my Dropbox at any time.&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/LI&gt;
&lt;/UL&gt;
&lt;DIV&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/DIV&gt;
&lt;DIV&gt;&lt;SPAN class="ace-all-bold-hthree"&gt;&lt;SPAN class=" author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qovwiz73zz65zz83zz67ziz69zz76zz82zz85zl2z66zwnawrz74zhz65zz88zz68z1z78z6z82zz65z2z73z"&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;Tips for the community&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;
&lt;UL class="listtype-bullet listindent1 list-bullet1"&gt;
&lt;LI&gt;&lt;SPAN class=" author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qovwiz73zz65zz83zz67ziz69zz76zz82zz85zl2z66zwnawrz74zhz65zz88zz68z1z78z6z82zz65z2z73z"&gt;Give Dropbox a try. It's painless&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN class=" author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qovwiz73zz65zz83zz67ziz69zz76zz82zz85zl2z66zwnawrz74zhz65zz88zz68z1z78z6z82zz65z2z73z h-lparen"&gt;(you&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class=" author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qovwiz73zz65zz83zz67ziz69zz76zz82zz85zl2z66zwnawrz74zhz65zz88zz68z1z78z6z82zz65z2z73z"&gt; can even change it so the documents folder is automatically the Dropbox folder), comes with 2 GB of storage free forever to try it out, and gives you peace of mind to know your documents are always safe.&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/LI&gt;
&lt;/UL&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN class=" author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qovwiz73zz65zz83zz67ziz69zz76zz82zz85zl2z66zwnawrz74zhz65zz88zz68z1z78z6z82zz65z2z73z"&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;Do you use Dropbox in a similar way? Have questions for Raymond&amp;nbsp;about their workflow? Reply below with your thoughts! &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;</description>
    <pubDate>Mon, 10 Jan 2022 19:08:04 GMT</pubDate>
    <dc:creator>DBXCommunity</dc:creator>
    <dc:date>2022-01-10T19:08:04Z</dc:date>
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      <title>How Raymond uses Dropbox sync to access his files on any device at any time</title>
      <link>https://www.dropboxforum.com/t5/Dropbox-tips-tricks/How-Raymond-uses-Dropbox-sync-to-access-his-files-on-any-device/m-p/317727#M1983</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-center" image-alt="1500x500.png" style="width: 400px;"&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.dropboxforum.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/7988i76D79533E6E5C7EE/image-size/medium?v=v2&amp;amp;px=400" role="button" title="1500x500.png" alt="1500x500.png" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;DIV&gt;Meet Raymond, a seasoned Dropbox user who works in tech and uses Dropbox as his one stop shop for file storage. This is Raymond’s story…&lt;/DIV&gt;
&lt;DIV&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/DIV&gt;
&lt;DIV&gt;&lt;SPAN class="ace-all-bold-hthree"&gt;&lt;SPAN class=" author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qovwiz73zz65zz83zz67ziz69zz76zz82zz85zl2z66zwnawrz74zhz65zz88zz68z1z78z6z82zz65z2z73z"&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;What brought me to Dropbox&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;
&lt;DIV&gt;&lt;SPAN class=" author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qovwiz73zz65zz83zz67ziz69zz76zz82zz85zl2z66zwnawrz74zhz65zz88zz68z1z78z6z82zz65z2z73z"&gt;I needed a way to always have my files available on any computer or device that I was working on. In addition, I needed to make sure that my files were safe and always up to date.&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;
&lt;DIV&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/DIV&gt;
&lt;DIV&gt;&lt;SPAN class=" author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qovwiz73zz65zz83zz67ziz69zz76zz82zz85zl2z66zwnawrz74zhz65zz88zz68z1z78z6z82zz65z2z73z"&gt;Ensuring that files were up to date and available between a phone, tablet, laptop, and desktop was nearly impossible. In addition, when I used a flash drive as an attempted source of truth, I would often misplace or lose it, making my files unavailable and potentially lost.&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;
&lt;DIV&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/DIV&gt;
&lt;DIV&gt;&lt;SPAN class="ace-all-bold-hthree"&gt;&lt;SPAN class=" author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qovwiz73zz65zz83zz67ziz69zz76zz82zz85zl2z66zwnawrz74zhz65zz88zz68z1z78z6z82zz65z2z73z"&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;How I use Dropbox&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;
&lt;DIV&gt;&lt;SPAN class=" author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qovwiz73zz65zz83zz67ziz69zz76zz82zz85zl2z66zwnawrz74zhz65zz88zz68z1z78z6z82zz65z2z73z"&gt;I consider Dropbox to be the new&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN class=" author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qovwiz73zz65zz83zz67ziz69zz76zz82zz85zl2z66zwnawrz74zhz65zz88zz68z1z78z6z82zz65z2z73z h-quot"&gt;"My&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class=" author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qovwiz73zz65zz83zz67ziz69zz76zz82zz85zl2z66zwnawrz74zhz65zz88zz68z1z78z6z82zz65z2z73z"&gt; Documents" folder. Every document that I work on is saved to Dropbox and categorized into folders, much the same way I categorized docs into folders before Dropbox. When accessing files from other devices, I can choose to use the mobile app, web client, or desktop app to ensure that I'm always able to get access to the files that I need at any time.&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;
&lt;DIV&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/DIV&gt;
&lt;DIV&gt;&lt;SPAN class=" author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qovwiz73zz65zz83zz67ziz69zz76zz82zz85zl2z66zwnawrz74zhz65zz88zz68z1z78z6z82zz65z2z73z"&gt;The three features that have been the most impactful include:&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;
&lt;DIV&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/DIV&gt;
&lt;UL class="listtype-bullet listindent1 list-bullet1"&gt;
&lt;LI&gt;&lt;SPAN class=" author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qovwiz73zz65zz83zz67ziz69zz76zz82zz85zl2z66zwnawrz74zhz65zz88zz68z1z78z6z82zz65z2z73z"&gt;Syncing files between computers and devices: Every file that I work on now lives in Dropbox and I always know that my latest version is available to me on any device.&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/LI&gt;
&lt;LI&gt;&lt;SPAN class=" author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qovwiz73zz65zz83zz67ziz69zz76zz82zz85zl2z66zwnawrz74zhz65zz88zz68z1z78z6z82zz65z2z73z"&gt;Easily generating shareable links: When I have to share files with other people, I can easily generate a link to that file. The link&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN class=" author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qovwiz73zz65zz83zz67ziz69zz76zz82zz85zl2z66zwnawrz74zhz65zz88zz68z1z78z6z82zz65z2z73z h-lparen"&gt;(as&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class=" author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qovwiz73zz65zz83zz67ziz69zz76zz82zz85zl2z66zwnawrz74zhz65zz88zz68z1z78z6z82zz65z2z73z"&gt; opposed to a file attachment) will always be automatically updated when I save a change to a file.&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/LI&gt;
&lt;LI&gt;&lt;SPAN class=" author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qovwiz73zz65zz83zz67ziz69zz76zz82zz85zl2z66zwnawrz74zhz65zz88zz68z1z78z6z82zz65z2z73z"&gt;Smart Sync: On my laptop, I'm able to save space by enabling Smart Sync. This ensures that only the files I absolutely need are locally downloaded, but I can access any of the other files in my Dropbox at any time.&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/LI&gt;
&lt;/UL&gt;
&lt;DIV&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/DIV&gt;
&lt;DIV&gt;&lt;SPAN class="ace-all-bold-hthree"&gt;&lt;SPAN class=" author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qovwiz73zz65zz83zz67ziz69zz76zz82zz85zl2z66zwnawrz74zhz65zz88zz68z1z78z6z82zz65z2z73z"&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;Tips for the community&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;
&lt;UL class="listtype-bullet listindent1 list-bullet1"&gt;
&lt;LI&gt;&lt;SPAN class=" author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qovwiz73zz65zz83zz67ziz69zz76zz82zz85zl2z66zwnawrz74zhz65zz88zz68z1z78z6z82zz65z2z73z"&gt;Give Dropbox a try. It's painless&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN class=" author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qovwiz73zz65zz83zz67ziz69zz76zz82zz85zl2z66zwnawrz74zhz65zz88zz68z1z78z6z82zz65z2z73z h-lparen"&gt;(you&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class=" author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qovwiz73zz65zz83zz67ziz69zz76zz82zz85zl2z66zwnawrz74zhz65zz88zz68z1z78z6z82zz65z2z73z"&gt; can even change it so the documents folder is automatically the Dropbox folder), comes with 2 GB of storage free forever to try it out, and gives you peace of mind to know your documents are always safe.&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/LI&gt;
&lt;/UL&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN class=" author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qovwiz73zz65zz83zz67ziz69zz76zz82zz85zl2z66zwnawrz74zhz65zz88zz68z1z78z6z82zz65z2z73z"&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;Do you use Dropbox in a similar way? Have questions for Raymond&amp;nbsp;about their workflow? Reply below with your thoughts! &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 10 Jan 2022 19:08:04 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://www.dropboxforum.com/t5/Dropbox-tips-tricks/How-Raymond-uses-Dropbox-sync-to-access-his-files-on-any-device/m-p/317727#M1983</guid>
      <dc:creator>DBXCommunity</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2022-01-10T19:08:04Z</dc:date>
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