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    <title>topic Back to basics: Setting up your new Dropbox account in Dropbox tips &amp; tricks</title>
    <link>https://www.dropboxforum.com/t5/Dropbox-tips-tricks/Back-to-basics-Setting-up-your-new-Dropbox-account/m-p/542926#M1613</link>
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&lt;H1 data-usually-unique-id="422058314966468704657651"&gt;&lt;SPAN class=" author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qowz82z5l6z74zz80zz69zz67zspz79zjfysz88zivcz83zfluz88zrbnz82zz83zcn"&gt;How to set up a dropbox account&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/H1&gt;
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&lt;DIV&gt;&lt;SPAN class=" author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qowz81zz66z28pz68zu5ycwz89zgz80zuz83z5z89zz86zbz72zz78zz75zz89zz90zz87zz66zz70zmuz75z"&gt;If you’re here on the Dropbox Community, chances are you are a Dropbox user or you’re thinking about &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class="thread-761444395463028178008155 author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qowz81zz66z28pz68zu5ycwz89zgz80zuz83z5z89zz86zbz72zz78zz75zz89zz90zz87zz66zz70zmuz75z"&gt;signing up&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class=" author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qowz81zz66z28pz68zu5ycwz89zgz80zuz83z5z89zz86zbz72zz78zz75zz89zz90zz87zz66zz70zmuz75z"&gt;. Here&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class="thread-731382163197080283770975 author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qowz81zz66z28pz68zu5ycwz89zgz80zuz83z5z89zz86zbz72zz78zz75zz89zz90zz87zz66zz70zmuz75z"&gt; are some simple tips to get your Dropbox account set up and ready to use. Get everything organized how you like, and know that it’s safe, that you can access it everywhere and you don’t have to worry about a lost file again.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;
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&lt;H2 data-usually-unique-id="599602458485673231340955"&gt;&lt;SPAN class=" author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qowz81zz66z28pz68zu5ycwz89zgz80zuz83z5z89zz86zbz72zz78zz75zz89zz90zz87zz66zz70zmuz75z"&gt;Creating your Dropbox account:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/H2&gt;
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&lt;DIV&gt;&lt;SPAN class=" author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qowz81zz66z28pz68zu5ycwz89zgz80zuz83z5z89zz86zbz72zz78zz75zz89zz90zz87zz66zz70zmuz75z"&gt;This is obviously step one, so if you’ve done that already, skip right on down.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;
&lt;DIV&gt;&lt;SPAN class=" author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qowz81zz66z28pz68zu5ycwz89zgz80zuz83z5z89zz86zbz72zz78zz75zz89zz90zz87zz66zz70zmuz75z"&gt;If you haven’t set your account up yet, here’s how&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class=" author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qovvz89zz65zz71zyz76zynz90zz79z25z74zz68z37z66zz83zz81z2z85zg5z85zz88zpz90zz66zz75zf6"&gt;:&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;
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&lt;LI&gt;&lt;SPAN class="thread-184497091555532828506240 author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qowz81zz66z28pz68zu5ycwz89zgz80zuz83z5z89zz86zbz72zz78zz75zz89zz90zz87zz66zz70zmuz75z"&gt;Create an account on dropbox.com.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/LI&gt;
&lt;LI&gt;&lt;SPAN class="thread-184497091555532828506240 author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qowz81zz66z28pz68zu5ycwz89zgz80zuz83z5z89zz86zbz72zz78zz75zz89zz90zz87zz66zz70zmuz75z"&gt;To do that you simply need to type your name and email address&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN class="thread-184497091555532828506240 author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qowz81zz66z28pz68zu5ycwz89zgz80zuz83z5z89zz86zbz72zz78zz75zz89zz90zz87zz66zz70zmuz75z h-lparen"&gt;(your&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class="thread-184497091555532828506240 author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qowz81zz66z28pz68zu5ycwz89zgz80zuz83z5z89zz86zbz72zz78zz75zz89zz90zz87zz66zz70zmuz75z"&gt; email address is the username for your Dropbox account), create a unique password.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/LI&gt;
&lt;LI&gt;&lt;SPAN class="thread-184497091555532828506240 author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qowz81zz66z28pz68zu5ycwz89zgz80zuz83z5z89zz86zbz72zz78zz75zz89zz90zz87zz66zz70zmuz75z"&gt;Once you click to agree to the&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class="thread-184497091555532828506240 thread-264582350226243995903067 author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qowz81zz66z28pz68zu5ycwz89zgz80zuz83z5z89zz86zbz72zz78zz75zz89zz90zz87zz66zz70zmuz75z"&gt; T&amp;amp;Cs&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class="thread-184497091555532828506240 author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qowz81zz66z28pz68zu5ycwz89zgz80zuz83z5z89zz86zbz72zz78zz75zz89zz90zz87zz66zz70zmuz75z"&gt; and finally click Create an account - you’re all set!&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class="thread-184497091555532828506240 author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qowz81zz66z28pz68zu5ycwz89zgz80zuz83z5z89zz86zbz72zz78zz75zz89zz90zz87zz66zz70zmuz75z"&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/LI&gt;
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&lt;DIV&gt;&lt;SPAN class=" author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qowz81zz66z28pz68zu5ycwz89zgz80zuz83z5z89zz86zbz72zz78zz75zz89zz90zz87zz66zz70zmuz75z"&gt;When you’re all set up, we recommend creating a Community account too, so you can find answers to your Dropbox questions and chat with other Community members - sign up or &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class="attrlink url author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qowz81zz66z28pz68zu5ycwz89zgz80zuz83z5z89zz86zbz72zz78zz75zz89zz90zz87zz66zz70zmuz75z"&gt;&lt;A class="attrlink" href="https://www.dropboxforum.com/t5/About-the-Dropbox-Community/The-Dropbox-Community-is-here-to-help/td-p/508901?utm_source=community&amp;amp;utm_medium=ATC&amp;amp;utm_campaign=welcome" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer nofollow noopener" data-target-href="https://www.dropboxforum.com/t5/About-the-Dropbox-Community/The-Dropbox-Community-is-here-to-help/td-p/508901?utm_source=community&amp;amp;utm_medium=ATC&amp;amp;utm_campaign=welcome"&gt;learn more here&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class=" author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qowz81zz66z28pz68zu5ycwz89zgz80zuz83z5z89zz86zbz72zz78zz75zz89zz90zz87zz66zz70zmuz75z"&gt; if you haven’t already. &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class="thread-500755704146128009386885 attrcomment attrcommentfirst thread-500755704146128009386885-first author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qowz81zz66z28pz68zu5ycwz89zgz80zuz83z5z89zz86zbz72zz78zz75zz89zz90zz87zz66zz70zmuz75z"&gt;&lt;SPAN class="comment-extra-inner-span"&gt;Don’t forget to sign up with the same email address as your Dropbox account, just to keep it all connected&amp;nbsp;&lt;img class="lia-deferred-image lia-image-emoji" src="https://www.dropboxforum.com/html/@D88F213CAFB196B6AB70612B08AD9D31/emoticons/1f601.png" alt=":beaming_face_with_smiling_eyes:" title=":beaming_face_with_smiling_eyes:" /&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;
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&lt;H2 data-usually-unique-id="888544518468804907745460"&gt;&lt;SPAN class=" author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qowz81zz66z28pz68zu5ycwz89zgz80zuz83z5z89zz86zbz72zz78zz75zz89zz90zz87zz66zz70zmuz75z"&gt;Add your files to Dropbox:&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/H2&gt;
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&lt;DIV&gt;&lt;SPAN class=" author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qowz81zz66z28pz68zu5ycwz89zgz80zuz83z5z89zz86zbz72zz78zz75zz89zz90zz87zz66zz70zmuz75z"&gt;Dropbox is the perfect place to keep your files safe and up to date, so let’s get them into your account. To add files from dropbox.com, sign in and click Upload. Choose either Files or Folder and select the ones you want. It’s that easy!&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;
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&lt;H2 data-usually-unique-id="958878558232209368011039"&gt;&lt;SPAN class=" author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qowz81zz66z28pz68zu5ycwz89zgz80zuz83z5z89zz86zbz72zz78zz75zz89zz90zz87zz66zz70zmuz75z"&gt;Backing up:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/H2&gt;
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&lt;DIV&gt;&lt;SPAN class=" author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qowz81zz66z28pz68zu5ycwz89zgz80zuz83z5z89zz86zbz72zz78zz75zz89zz90zz87zz66zz70zmuz75z"&gt;We’ve all been through the gut wrenching moment of realising you’ve lost a file, so here are some tips about&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class="thread-321600223551313527799453 author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qowz81zz66z28pz68zu5ycwz89zgz80zuz83z5z89zz86zbz72zz78zz75zz89zz90zz87zz66zz70zmuz75z"&gt; backing up your files and your computer.&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class=" author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qowz81zz66z28pz68zu5ycwz89zgz80zuz83z5z89zz86zbz72zz78zz75zz89zz90zz87zz66zz70zmuz75z"&gt; Computer backup lets you back up certain key folders on your computer, such as&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN class=" author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qowz81zz66z28pz68zu5ycwz89zgz80zuz83z5z89zz86zbz72zz78zz75zz89zz90zz87zz66zz70zmuz75z h-ldquo"&gt;“Desktop”,&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN class=" author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qowz81zz66z28pz68zu5ycwz89zgz80zuz83z5z89zz86zbz72zz78zz75zz89zz90zz87zz66zz70zmuz75z h-ldquo"&gt;“Documents”,&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class=" author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qowz81zz66z28pz68zu5ycwz89zgz80zuz83z5z89zz86zbz72zz78zz75zz89zz90zz87zz66zz70zmuz75z"&gt; and&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN class=" author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qowz81zz66z28pz68zu5ycwz89zgz80zuz83z5z89zz86zbz72zz78zz75zz89zz90zz87zz66zz70zmuz75z h-ldquo"&gt;“Downloads”,&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class=" author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qowz81zz66z28pz68zu5ycwz89zgz80zuz83z5z89zz86zbz72zz78zz75zz89zz90zz87zz66zz70zmuz75z"&gt; to Dropbox. Keeping everything important to you safe and synced gives you serious peace of mind. &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class="thread-127400444777672492044819 author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qowz81zz66z28pz68zu5ycwz89zgz80zuz83z5z89zz86zbz72zz78zz75zz89zz90zz87zz66zz70zmuz75z"&gt;Check out a guide &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class="attrlink url thread-127400444777672492044819 author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qowz81zz66z28pz68zu5ycwz89zgz80zuz83z5z89zz86zbz72zz78zz75zz89zz90zz87zz66zz70zmuz75z"&gt;&lt;A class="attrlink" href="https://www.dropboxforum.com/t5/Dropbox-tips-tricks/How-to-back-up-your-computer-with-Dropbox/m-p/488420" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer nofollow noopener" data-target-href="https://www.dropboxforum.com/t5/Dropbox-tips-tricks/How-to-back-up-your-computer-with-Dropbox/m-p/488420"&gt;here&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class="thread-127400444777672492044819 author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qowz81zz66z28pz68zu5ycwz89zgz80zuz83z5z89zz86zbz72zz78zz75zz89zz90zz87zz66zz70zmuz75z"&gt;.&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;
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&lt;H2 data-usually-unique-id="016693609139662522492342"&gt;&lt;SPAN class=" author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qowz81zz66z28pz68zu5ycwz89zgz80zuz83z5z89zz86zbz72zz78zz75zz89zz90zz87zz66zz70zmuz75z"&gt;Dropbox Passwords:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/H2&gt;
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&lt;DIV&gt;&lt;SPAN class="thread-807142300922612369862637 author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qowz81zz66z28pz68zu5ycwz89zgz80zuz83z5z89zz86zbz72zz78zz75zz89zz90zz87zz66zz70zmuz75z"&gt;Now that you’re set up, you can use&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class=" author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qowz81zz66z28pz68zu5ycwz89zgz80zuz83z5z89zz86zbz72zz78zz75zz89zz90zz87zz66zz70zmuz75z"&gt;&lt;A href="https://help.dropbox.com/installs-integrations/desktop/how-to-use-dropbox-passwords" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt; Dropbox Passwords&lt;/A&gt;, to take the pain out of logging in to everything. Dropbox Passwords is a password manager that syncs across your devices. It lets you seamlessly sign in to websites and apps by storing your passwords securely. The app remembers your usernames and passwords on all your devices — so you don’t have to. Learn more about it &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class="attrlink url author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qowz81zz66z28pz68zu5ycwz89zgz80zuz83z5z89zz86zbz72zz78zz75zz89zz90zz87zz66zz70zmuz75z"&gt;&lt;A class="attrlink" href="https://www.dropbox.com/features/security/passwords" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer nofollow noopener" data-target-href="https://www.dropbox.com/features/security/passwords"&gt;here&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class=" author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qowz81zz66z28pz68zu5ycwz89zgz80zuz83z5z89zz86zbz72zz78zz75zz89zz90zz87zz66zz70zmuz75z"&gt;.&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;
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&lt;H2 data-usually-unique-id="444008159082831408083037"&gt;&lt;SPAN class=" author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qowz81zz66z28pz68zu5ycwz89zgz80zuz83z5z89zz86zbz72zz78zz75zz89zz90zz87zz66zz70zmuz75z"&gt;Camera uploads:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/H2&gt;
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&lt;DIV&gt;&lt;SPAN class=" author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qowz81zz66z28pz68zu5ycwz89zgz80zuz83z5z89zz86zbz72zz78zz75zz89zz90zz87zz66zz70zmuz75z"&gt;If the last year taught us anything, it’s to make the most of the moments you enjoy, and capture the important ones! Making sure those moments are backed up is important too so &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class="attrlink url author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qowz81zz66z28pz68zu5ycwz89zgz80zuz83z5z89zz86zbz72zz78zz75zz89zz90zz87zz66zz70zmuz75z"&gt;&lt;A class="attrlink" href="https://www.dropboxforum.com/t5/Dropbox-tips-tricks/Learn-all-about-camera-uploads-with-Dropbox/td-p/518635" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer nofollow noopener" data-target-href="https://www.dropboxforum.com/t5/Dropbox-tips-tricks/Learn-all-about-camera-uploads-with-Dropbox/td-p/518635"&gt;here are some tips on how to upload your photos and videos&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class=" author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qowz81zz66z28pz68zu5ycwz89zgz80zuz83z5z89zz86zbz72zz78zz75zz89zz90zz87zz66zz70zmuz75z"&gt;, and how to make that process automatic too!&amp;nbsp;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;
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&lt;DIV&gt;&lt;SPAN class=" author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qowz81zz66z28pz68zu5ycwz89zgz80zuz83z5z89zz86zbz72zz78zz75zz89zz90zz87zz66zz70zmuz75z"&gt;After that, we highly recommend checking out how other Community members use Dropbox or even how Dropboxers do, like &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class="attrlink url author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qowz81zz66z28pz68zu5ycwz89zgz80zuz83z5z89zz86zbz72zz78zz75zz89zz90zz87zz66zz70zmuz75z"&gt;&lt;A class="attrlink" href="https://www.dropboxforum.com/t5/Dropbox-tips-tricks/How-we-use-Dropbox-Amelia/td-p/538570" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer nofollow noopener" data-target-href="https://www.dropboxforum.com/t5/Dropbox-tips-tricks/How-we-use-Dropbox-Amelia/td-p/538570"&gt;Amelia&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class=" author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qowz81zz66z28pz68zu5ycwz89zgz80zuz83z5z89zz86zbz72zz78zz75zz89zz90zz87zz66zz70zmuz75z"&gt;! What else do you want to know about Dropbox? Let us know in the comments below!&amp;nbsp;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;
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    <pubDate>Tue, 28 Sep 2021 08:28:52 GMT</pubDate>
    <dc:creator>Amy</dc:creator>
    <dc:date>2021-09-28T08:28:52Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Back to basics: Setting up your new Dropbox account</title>
      <link>https://www.dropboxforum.com/t5/Dropbox-tips-tricks/Back-to-basics-Setting-up-your-new-Dropbox-account/m-p/542926#M1613</link>
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&lt;H1 data-usually-unique-id="422058314966468704657651"&gt;&lt;SPAN class=" author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qowz82z5l6z74zz80zz69zz67zspz79zjfysz88zivcz83zfluz88zrbnz82zz83zcn"&gt;How to set up a dropbox account&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/H1&gt;
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&lt;DIV&gt;&lt;SPAN class=" author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qowz81zz66z28pz68zu5ycwz89zgz80zuz83z5z89zz86zbz72zz78zz75zz89zz90zz87zz66zz70zmuz75z"&gt;If you’re here on the Dropbox Community, chances are you are a Dropbox user or you’re thinking about &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class="thread-761444395463028178008155 author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qowz81zz66z28pz68zu5ycwz89zgz80zuz83z5z89zz86zbz72zz78zz75zz89zz90zz87zz66zz70zmuz75z"&gt;signing up&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class=" author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qowz81zz66z28pz68zu5ycwz89zgz80zuz83z5z89zz86zbz72zz78zz75zz89zz90zz87zz66zz70zmuz75z"&gt;. Here&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class="thread-731382163197080283770975 author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qowz81zz66z28pz68zu5ycwz89zgz80zuz83z5z89zz86zbz72zz78zz75zz89zz90zz87zz66zz70zmuz75z"&gt; are some simple tips to get your Dropbox account set up and ready to use. Get everything organized how you like, and know that it’s safe, that you can access it everywhere and you don’t have to worry about a lost file again.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;
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&lt;H2 data-usually-unique-id="599602458485673231340955"&gt;&lt;SPAN class=" author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qowz81zz66z28pz68zu5ycwz89zgz80zuz83z5z89zz86zbz72zz78zz75zz89zz90zz87zz66zz70zmuz75z"&gt;Creating your Dropbox account:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/H2&gt;
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&lt;DIV&gt;&lt;SPAN class=" author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qowz81zz66z28pz68zu5ycwz89zgz80zuz83z5z89zz86zbz72zz78zz75zz89zz90zz87zz66zz70zmuz75z"&gt;This is obviously step one, so if you’ve done that already, skip right on down.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;
&lt;DIV&gt;&lt;SPAN class=" author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qowz81zz66z28pz68zu5ycwz89zgz80zuz83z5z89zz86zbz72zz78zz75zz89zz90zz87zz66zz70zmuz75z"&gt;If you haven’t set your account up yet, here’s how&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class=" author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qovvz89zz65zz71zyz76zynz90zz79z25z74zz68z37z66zz83zz81z2z85zg5z85zz88zpz90zz66zz75zf6"&gt;:&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="thread-184497091555532828506240 author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qowz81zz66z28pz68zu5ycwz89zgz80zuz83z5z89zz86zbz72zz78zz75zz89zz90zz87zz66zz70zmuz75z"&gt;Create an account on dropbox.com.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/LI&gt;
&lt;LI&gt;&lt;SPAN class="thread-184497091555532828506240 author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qowz81zz66z28pz68zu5ycwz89zgz80zuz83z5z89zz86zbz72zz78zz75zz89zz90zz87zz66zz70zmuz75z"&gt;To do that you simply need to type your name and email address&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN class="thread-184497091555532828506240 author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qowz81zz66z28pz68zu5ycwz89zgz80zuz83z5z89zz86zbz72zz78zz75zz89zz90zz87zz66zz70zmuz75z h-lparen"&gt;(your&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class="thread-184497091555532828506240 author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qowz81zz66z28pz68zu5ycwz89zgz80zuz83z5z89zz86zbz72zz78zz75zz89zz90zz87zz66zz70zmuz75z"&gt; email address is the username for your Dropbox account), create a unique password.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/LI&gt;
&lt;LI&gt;&lt;SPAN class="thread-184497091555532828506240 author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qowz81zz66z28pz68zu5ycwz89zgz80zuz83z5z89zz86zbz72zz78zz75zz89zz90zz87zz66zz70zmuz75z"&gt;Once you click to agree to the&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class="thread-184497091555532828506240 thread-264582350226243995903067 author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qowz81zz66z28pz68zu5ycwz89zgz80zuz83z5z89zz86zbz72zz78zz75zz89zz90zz87zz66zz70zmuz75z"&gt; T&amp;amp;Cs&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class="thread-184497091555532828506240 author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qowz81zz66z28pz68zu5ycwz89zgz80zuz83z5z89zz86zbz72zz78zz75zz89zz90zz87zz66zz70zmuz75z"&gt; and finally click Create an account - you’re all set!&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class="thread-184497091555532828506240 author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qowz81zz66z28pz68zu5ycwz89zgz80zuz83z5z89zz86zbz72zz78zz75zz89zz90zz87zz66zz70zmuz75z"&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/LI&gt;
&lt;/UL&gt;
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&lt;DIV&gt;&lt;SPAN class=" author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qowz81zz66z28pz68zu5ycwz89zgz80zuz83z5z89zz86zbz72zz78zz75zz89zz90zz87zz66zz70zmuz75z"&gt;When you’re all set up, we recommend creating a Community account too, so you can find answers to your Dropbox questions and chat with other Community members - sign up or &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class="attrlink url author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qowz81zz66z28pz68zu5ycwz89zgz80zuz83z5z89zz86zbz72zz78zz75zz89zz90zz87zz66zz70zmuz75z"&gt;&lt;A class="attrlink" href="https://www.dropboxforum.com/t5/About-the-Dropbox-Community/The-Dropbox-Community-is-here-to-help/td-p/508901?utm_source=community&amp;amp;utm_medium=ATC&amp;amp;utm_campaign=welcome" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer nofollow noopener" data-target-href="https://www.dropboxforum.com/t5/About-the-Dropbox-Community/The-Dropbox-Community-is-here-to-help/td-p/508901?utm_source=community&amp;amp;utm_medium=ATC&amp;amp;utm_campaign=welcome"&gt;learn more here&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class=" author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qowz81zz66z28pz68zu5ycwz89zgz80zuz83z5z89zz86zbz72zz78zz75zz89zz90zz87zz66zz70zmuz75z"&gt; if you haven’t already. &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class="thread-500755704146128009386885 attrcomment attrcommentfirst thread-500755704146128009386885-first author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qowz81zz66z28pz68zu5ycwz89zgz80zuz83z5z89zz86zbz72zz78zz75zz89zz90zz87zz66zz70zmuz75z"&gt;&lt;SPAN class="comment-extra-inner-span"&gt;Don’t forget to sign up with the same email address as your Dropbox account, just to keep it all connected&amp;nbsp;&lt;img class="lia-deferred-image lia-image-emoji" src="https://www.dropboxforum.com/html/@D88F213CAFB196B6AB70612B08AD9D31/emoticons/1f601.png" alt=":beaming_face_with_smiling_eyes:" title=":beaming_face_with_smiling_eyes:" /&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;
&lt;DIV&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/DIV&gt;
&lt;DIV&gt;
&lt;H2 data-usually-unique-id="888544518468804907745460"&gt;&lt;SPAN class=" author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qowz81zz66z28pz68zu5ycwz89zgz80zuz83z5z89zz86zbz72zz78zz75zz89zz90zz87zz66zz70zmuz75z"&gt;Add your files to Dropbox:&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/H2&gt;
&lt;/DIV&gt;
&lt;DIV&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/DIV&gt;
&lt;DIV&gt;&lt;SPAN class=" author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qowz81zz66z28pz68zu5ycwz89zgz80zuz83z5z89zz86zbz72zz78zz75zz89zz90zz87zz66zz70zmuz75z"&gt;Dropbox is the perfect place to keep your files safe and up to date, so let’s get them into your account. To add files from dropbox.com, sign in and click Upload. Choose either Files or Folder and select the ones you want. It’s that easy!&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;
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&lt;DIV&gt;
&lt;H2 data-usually-unique-id="958878558232209368011039"&gt;&lt;SPAN class=" author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qowz81zz66z28pz68zu5ycwz89zgz80zuz83z5z89zz86zbz72zz78zz75zz89zz90zz87zz66zz70zmuz75z"&gt;Backing up:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/H2&gt;
&lt;/DIV&gt;
&lt;DIV&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/DIV&gt;
&lt;DIV&gt;&lt;SPAN class=" author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qowz81zz66z28pz68zu5ycwz89zgz80zuz83z5z89zz86zbz72zz78zz75zz89zz90zz87zz66zz70zmuz75z"&gt;We’ve all been through the gut wrenching moment of realising you’ve lost a file, so here are some tips about&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class="thread-321600223551313527799453 author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qowz81zz66z28pz68zu5ycwz89zgz80zuz83z5z89zz86zbz72zz78zz75zz89zz90zz87zz66zz70zmuz75z"&gt; backing up your files and your computer.&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class=" author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qowz81zz66z28pz68zu5ycwz89zgz80zuz83z5z89zz86zbz72zz78zz75zz89zz90zz87zz66zz70zmuz75z"&gt; Computer backup lets you back up certain key folders on your computer, such as&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN class=" author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qowz81zz66z28pz68zu5ycwz89zgz80zuz83z5z89zz86zbz72zz78zz75zz89zz90zz87zz66zz70zmuz75z h-ldquo"&gt;“Desktop”,&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN class=" author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qowz81zz66z28pz68zu5ycwz89zgz80zuz83z5z89zz86zbz72zz78zz75zz89zz90zz87zz66zz70zmuz75z h-ldquo"&gt;“Documents”,&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class=" author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qowz81zz66z28pz68zu5ycwz89zgz80zuz83z5z89zz86zbz72zz78zz75zz89zz90zz87zz66zz70zmuz75z"&gt; and&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN class=" author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qowz81zz66z28pz68zu5ycwz89zgz80zuz83z5z89zz86zbz72zz78zz75zz89zz90zz87zz66zz70zmuz75z h-ldquo"&gt;“Downloads”,&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class=" author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qowz81zz66z28pz68zu5ycwz89zgz80zuz83z5z89zz86zbz72zz78zz75zz89zz90zz87zz66zz70zmuz75z"&gt; to Dropbox. Keeping everything important to you safe and synced gives you serious peace of mind. &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class="thread-127400444777672492044819 author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qowz81zz66z28pz68zu5ycwz89zgz80zuz83z5z89zz86zbz72zz78zz75zz89zz90zz87zz66zz70zmuz75z"&gt;Check out a guide &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class="attrlink url thread-127400444777672492044819 author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qowz81zz66z28pz68zu5ycwz89zgz80zuz83z5z89zz86zbz72zz78zz75zz89zz90zz87zz66zz70zmuz75z"&gt;&lt;A class="attrlink" href="https://www.dropboxforum.com/t5/Dropbox-tips-tricks/How-to-back-up-your-computer-with-Dropbox/m-p/488420" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer nofollow noopener" data-target-href="https://www.dropboxforum.com/t5/Dropbox-tips-tricks/How-to-back-up-your-computer-with-Dropbox/m-p/488420"&gt;here&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class="thread-127400444777672492044819 author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qowz81zz66z28pz68zu5ycwz89zgz80zuz83z5z89zz86zbz72zz78zz75zz89zz90zz87zz66zz70zmuz75z"&gt;.&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;
&lt;DIV&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/DIV&gt;
&lt;DIV&gt;
&lt;H2 data-usually-unique-id="016693609139662522492342"&gt;&lt;SPAN class=" author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qowz81zz66z28pz68zu5ycwz89zgz80zuz83z5z89zz86zbz72zz78zz75zz89zz90zz87zz66zz70zmuz75z"&gt;Dropbox Passwords:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/H2&gt;
&lt;/DIV&gt;
&lt;DIV&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/DIV&gt;
&lt;DIV&gt;&lt;SPAN class="thread-807142300922612369862637 author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qowz81zz66z28pz68zu5ycwz89zgz80zuz83z5z89zz86zbz72zz78zz75zz89zz90zz87zz66zz70zmuz75z"&gt;Now that you’re set up, you can use&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class=" author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qowz81zz66z28pz68zu5ycwz89zgz80zuz83z5z89zz86zbz72zz78zz75zz89zz90zz87zz66zz70zmuz75z"&gt;&lt;A href="https://help.dropbox.com/installs-integrations/desktop/how-to-use-dropbox-passwords" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt; Dropbox Passwords&lt;/A&gt;, to take the pain out of logging in to everything. Dropbox Passwords is a password manager that syncs across your devices. It lets you seamlessly sign in to websites and apps by storing your passwords securely. The app remembers your usernames and passwords on all your devices — so you don’t have to. Learn more about it &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class="attrlink url author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qowz81zz66z28pz68zu5ycwz89zgz80zuz83z5z89zz86zbz72zz78zz75zz89zz90zz87zz66zz70zmuz75z"&gt;&lt;A class="attrlink" href="https://www.dropbox.com/features/security/passwords" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer nofollow noopener" data-target-href="https://www.dropbox.com/features/security/passwords"&gt;here&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class=" author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qowz81zz66z28pz68zu5ycwz89zgz80zuz83z5z89zz86zbz72zz78zz75zz89zz90zz87zz66zz70zmuz75z"&gt;.&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;
&lt;DIV&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/DIV&gt;
&lt;DIV&gt;
&lt;H2 data-usually-unique-id="444008159082831408083037"&gt;&lt;SPAN class=" author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qowz81zz66z28pz68zu5ycwz89zgz80zuz83z5z89zz86zbz72zz78zz75zz89zz90zz87zz66zz70zmuz75z"&gt;Camera uploads:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/H2&gt;
&lt;/DIV&gt;
&lt;DIV&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/DIV&gt;
&lt;DIV&gt;&lt;SPAN class=" author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qowz81zz66z28pz68zu5ycwz89zgz80zuz83z5z89zz86zbz72zz78zz75zz89zz90zz87zz66zz70zmuz75z"&gt;If the last year taught us anything, it’s to make the most of the moments you enjoy, and capture the important ones! Making sure those moments are backed up is important too so &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class="attrlink url author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qowz81zz66z28pz68zu5ycwz89zgz80zuz83z5z89zz86zbz72zz78zz75zz89zz90zz87zz66zz70zmuz75z"&gt;&lt;A class="attrlink" href="https://www.dropboxforum.com/t5/Dropbox-tips-tricks/Learn-all-about-camera-uploads-with-Dropbox/td-p/518635" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer nofollow noopener" data-target-href="https://www.dropboxforum.com/t5/Dropbox-tips-tricks/Learn-all-about-camera-uploads-with-Dropbox/td-p/518635"&gt;here are some tips on how to upload your photos and videos&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class=" author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qowz81zz66z28pz68zu5ycwz89zgz80zuz83z5z89zz86zbz72zz78zz75zz89zz90zz87zz66zz70zmuz75z"&gt;, and how to make that process automatic too!&amp;nbsp;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;
&lt;DIV&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/DIV&gt;
&lt;DIV&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/DIV&gt;
&lt;DIV&gt;&lt;SPAN class=" author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qowz81zz66z28pz68zu5ycwz89zgz80zuz83z5z89zz86zbz72zz78zz75zz89zz90zz87zz66zz70zmuz75z"&gt;After that, we highly recommend checking out how other Community members use Dropbox or even how Dropboxers do, like &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class="attrlink url author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qowz81zz66z28pz68zu5ycwz89zgz80zuz83z5z89zz86zbz72zz78zz75zz89zz90zz87zz66zz70zmuz75z"&gt;&lt;A class="attrlink" href="https://www.dropboxforum.com/t5/Dropbox-tips-tricks/How-we-use-Dropbox-Amelia/td-p/538570" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer nofollow noopener" data-target-href="https://www.dropboxforum.com/t5/Dropbox-tips-tricks/How-we-use-Dropbox-Amelia/td-p/538570"&gt;Amelia&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class=" author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qowz81zz66z28pz68zu5ycwz89zgz80zuz83z5z89zz86zbz72zz78zz75zz89zz90zz87zz66zz70zmuz75z"&gt;! What else do you want to know about Dropbox? Let us know in the comments below!&amp;nbsp;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;
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      <pubDate>Tue, 28 Sep 2021 08:28:52 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://www.dropboxforum.com/t5/Dropbox-tips-tricks/Back-to-basics-Setting-up-your-new-Dropbox-account/m-p/542926#M1613</guid>
      <dc:creator>Amy</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2021-09-28T08:28:52Z</dc:date>
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