Other Tips, Tricks And Hacks

There are far too many tips and tricks to list in-depth in this section. The Dropbox community is vibrant, and is constantly coming up with new and innovative ways to use the product. With that said, however, here are some other advanced tricks you should look into if you want to customize Dropbox.

  • AirDropper - This web app lets you request files from folks that don't have a Dropbox account. This is very handy if you need to receive a file quickly from someone who doesn't have and/or doesn't want to install Dropbox.
  • DropBoxen - Makes it possible to launch multiple Dropbox instances on a single PC. Obviously this isn't going to be well liked by Dropbox, since you can use it to side-step the need to subscribe; use it at your own risk.
  • Dropbox Buddy - An advanced remote control suite that makes it possible to transfer files both ways from a remote computer and also take certain actions, such starting or terminating programs.
  • DropBoxPath - This hack lets you change the location of your DropBox folder.
  • Dropbox Dashboard Widget - For Macs, this adds a widget that you can drag files into in order to automatically copy them to your Dropbox public folder.

All of the tricks listed above can be found on the Dropbox wiki, and there are numerous other niche tricks and hacks that can be very handy. You can email files to Dropbox, use DropBox to host a photo gallery or even web page, and use Ruby scripts as a methods of DropBox interaction, so be sure to check that site out.