Go further with Dropbox. Once you've mastered
there's much more you can do
one up its most useful features is sharing and you can easily send links to
files
folders and albums to others allowing access with controls or permissions
you can also create shared folders others can join when invited
the folder appears inside their Dropbox and content they place into it
is automatically synced, you can see how handy this would be
working on projects with people over the internet no need to email files
just a synced folder
when you collaborate several people may open and work on a single document
Dropbox supports versioning, as a new version of a file is saved in synced
it keeps Both, the old and new versions and you can access or store any version
at any time
and if someone accidentally deletes a file that's no problem either
synced items that you removed from your local Dropbox folder
or manually delete from your main file list on the Dropbox website
are not fully deleted from Dropbox is servers
they just disappear from your listing and are removed from your computer storage
they can be restored unless you choose to permanently delete them
how to share collaborated recover deleted files
share a file
the main file list in your Dropbox web account provides a way to send a link to
any file easily
click once on a file to highlight it and a link appears in the toolbar at the top
of the file list
that performs the same action or simple double-click on a file
and a drop down list appears click to open in webview
and then you can share is content
copy items
you can
copy any items
inside Dropbox without downloading it
right click on an item in the file list and select copy
you're prompted to choose a destination folder it to which the item
is duplicated
email the link
click share at the top of the screen, and the window opens, where you can enter the email addresses
and recipients
as well as adding an optional message
Facebook and Twitter buttons let you post the link to your social media
account
click Send or click get link to copy the link to the clipboard
create new folder
to share multiple files group them into a folder first
click on the New Folder button in the toolbar at the top
and name your folder then select the items in the list that you want
to select multiple items click the first
then command click on Mac or control-click on PC
and select any others you want then drag them into the new folder
share the folder
select your new folder in the main file listing right click on it
this is another way to share an item using the contextual menu
in the same menu you can also rename
or move it to any other location within your Dropbox account
elaborate
collaborate on a folder
to create
collaborative folder right click on it in the list and selected by to folder
again add recipients details plus an optional message
you can also
allow the recipient to allow and to invite others or not if you want to keep it private
the folder appears in there is Dropbox account
view versions
of a file
fi you open and modify a file in your Dropbox folder
the updated version is sent to the cloud if you right click on the file on the
Dropbox website
and select previous versions you see all available versions from newest
to oldest
as well as who uploaded and when it was synced.
restore a previous version
in
go to your folder
right click on a file and click on previous versions
from the versions list you can select any previous version and restore it by
clicking restore
now the version shown in your main file list as the one you selected
if you look at the previous versions list again you see nothing has been
overwritten
everything remains available
restore a deleted file
if you deleted a synced
file from your Mac or from Dropbox it hasn't actually gone
click the trash can icon at the top of the main filelist to show deleted files
then right click on a deleted file and choose restore 21 delete it
where you can choose permanently delete to get rid of it for good
versioning
means storing different versions have any file if you're working on
say a Word document you may make lots of changes over time
if they are being synced drop box stores each version and let you access them all
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