Share Files in Collaboration with DropBox - Grab Your Invites

By Manav

Sharing files on Internet is one of the most common activities we do these days. However there is little control on who is reading your files and when it comes to sharing files between many users, each user need to go and grab it. Well no more. Welcome toDrop Box DropBox , an online collaborative service which allows you to share files with whom you want and also supports versions in case somebody changes the file whom you shared with. Sounds Complicated Let me simplify it.

We might have some DropBox invitation ( Drop Box invites ) left to give it away for free. Just comment and ask

  • You create a folder online.
  • You decide whom to share with and invite him.
  • He gets the invite accepts and get access to shared folder.
  • Drop Box Software creates a replica of folder which you created online and all the files get downloaded on your system. ( In Short After this installation you need to link your account with your computer.)
  • The person whom you invited also uses the same software and Drop box creates only those folder he got shared.
  • Now you drop a file into the folder and that person gets the folder directly downloaded on his computer.

Now imagine you need to share a file with 100 users. If all use this method all 100 people just need to drop a file and everybody gets it without even going any where.

Now let’s have a walk through of the Features of Dropbox

  • You can decide who is going to share the data, in particular folder, once you allow someone to share, still rights to discontinue this sharing are with you

create-shared-folder

dropbox-folders-computer

  • Adding files to shared folder is simple, you just need to copy paste it in the shared folder, after this you can continue with your work, and it Dropbox will silently upload it so as to make available to other collaborators, and will notify once the upload is finished.
  • You can delete or modify files and get it back anytime as it maintains the versions of each change made.
  • If you want to recover any deleted file , just go to the site and click Show file button of that shared folder.You will be able to see hidden files link. Once you click that it will show the deleted files too in the list and deleted files can be recognized by the characteristic that these will not have any data in the size field of these files.

file-versions

  • You have a public folder too which can be used if you just want to share with every body.

Over all Advantages :

  • Faster way to share files with any number of people.
  • 5Gb is allotted which is good amount. Just keep on deleting older files in case you fall short.
  • More control who is sharing.
  • The installed component on the computer for Dropbox keeps updating itself silently, nothing is to be done by the user.
  • While the files are being transported they follow an encryption algorithm to keep your data safe
  • In case of the edited files, Dropbox saves the extra work by comparing it with the older version and only sends the minimum (i.e the difference).

Now here is little bad news, You just cant go directly and start using it. Its in Public Beta and hence you will need an invite. Once invited you can use it the way we told here

Don’t get upset we just forgot to tell you that we have got invites and just make a comment that makes sense ( Hint Hint Ask something !! ) on this post or any of our post and we will send you an invite right away. So what are you waiting for Grab it!!!

PS: If you make a comment anywhere else just tell us you need an invite. :D

 


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Manav is one of the co-author of this blog and writes on various interesting softwares, PC tips and more. You can read more of his articles here.

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  • Rasesh, March 14, 2008:

    I tried this out yesterday with an invite, works pretty well.. neat!

  • Joel, March 14, 2008:

    I was using foldershare after it got released coupla days ago….Was hoping to get an invite for dropbox the other day but couldnt get it….If you can send me one that would be great

  • Stephen, March 14, 2008:

    This offering looks awesome and what we have all been waiting for. If you could send me an invite that would be great and I’ll even share some of my art with you!

  • Brown Baron, March 14, 2008:

    Looks good to me. I’d like an invite too :)

  • whofysh, March 14, 2008:

    Would love a dropbox invite if you have any left.

    TIA

  • S Porter, March 14, 2008:

    I’d like a invite, guardkitty(at)gmail.com

  • Jasmine, March 14, 2008:

    Great tool to share files with many people easily…I still don’t have any file to be shared but interested to try.

  • Ashish Mohta, March 14, 2008:

    Manav will be sending the invites soon. We have enough left so dont worry.

  • Adheeth, March 14, 2008:

    Ashish.. I would love to give it a try. Invite please :)

  • Andrew, March 14, 2008:

    This looks really neat, an invite would be great please.

  • Manav, March 14, 2008:

    Thanks a lot for the comments, I have sent the invitations, if by any chance I missed someone please feel free to remind me.
    Thanks again.

  • Chris, March 14, 2008:

    Do you have any invites left?

  • Ashish Mohta, March 14, 2008:

    If anybody missed it I will try to invite . I should be having some. If not people who got invite can help each other out too.

  • mika73, March 14, 2008:

    If you have an invite left … pls invite me ;-)

    THX
    mika73

  • Lint, March 14, 2008:

    Could I please have an invite, too?

  • Ashish Mohta, March 14, 2008:

    @Chris: Invite Sent to your. Hope you enjoy it

  • Ashish Mohta, March 14, 2008:

    @Mika73: Invite Sent to your email address.

    @Everybody: I hope you all got your invites 

     

  • Donald Vlahovic, March 14, 2008:

    I watched their video and it’s impressive. I would like an invite also. Thanks.

  • Ashish Mohta, March 14, 2008:

    Sorry Guys, My invites are done. If i get I will add. Till then you can ask people who got invites from here

  • Nirmal, March 14, 2008:

    This is one of the coolest service I have seen so far, very interesting concept.

  • Jay, March 14, 2008:

    I would really appreciate an invite if anybody has an extra, this looks like a great new service.

  • Ashish Mohta, March 14, 2008:

    @Nirmal: I am working on it simulate it . Its little tricky but can be done using Dot net. I simulated twitter in my office it. It was so much fun

  • Timothy Burgher, March 14, 2008:

    Hello, I am posting for an invite. The interface looks clean in the pictures. Is it really that easy to use and look that good? So many programs have crappy interfaces and this one looks nice. I’d love to check itout.

  • Dave, March 14, 2008:

    Can u send me idropbox invite plz. thanks

  • Kinjal, March 14, 2008:

    Hi
    If you still have invites can you send it to me?
    Thanks

  • Gilzoo, March 15, 2008:

    I would LOVE and invite.
    Send to gilseltz [at] gmail.com

  • Eugenio Errazuriz, March 15, 2008:

    Great article, ill gladly accept an invitation!

  • angel, March 15, 2008:

    I really want an invitation, i’ve seen the video andit seems great, i think this storage system is it’s some kinda different, and i really wanna try. Thanks

  • Leinad, March 15, 2008:

    Great news.
    I’d like to receive an invite, if it’s possible.
    Thank you so much!

    leinad80[at]gmail.com

  • Jasmine, March 15, 2008:

    Hi Ashish,
    I already accept Manav’s invitation…Now I am still learning how to use. Thank you.

  • Johan, March 15, 2008:

    Would love an invite!!
    reklam[at]carlj.se

  • Benjamin, March 15, 2008:

    May I have the invitation?

  • Stanley, March 15, 2008:

    Hi, Is it possible to get an invite. This service seems ideal for small businesses where one or more people are constantly on the road.

    Thanks for any invites.

  • VinnieF, March 15, 2008:

    Sounds like a great solution for small groups and organizations, too. Teachers could probably use it for distributing files and keeping handouts updated.

    And it’s great the the source computer doesn’t have to be online (right)?

    Send me and invite if you still have some left!

    :D

  • Ashish Mohta, March 15, 2008:

    @Vinnief: What a lovely Idea. Yes They get downloaded to shared people when they get online. I am sorry but our invites are finished. But If i am able to do I will surely send you

  • Srinidhi, March 16, 2008:

    Invites much appreciated =)
    If you can, feel free to send one over right away.
    This stuff looks awesome. Could make filesynching much easier for everyone, provided it’s used in a sensible manner.

    srinidhiv123+NOSPAMFORME {at} hotmail.com

    Provided you’re not a bot, just delete that +NOSPAMFORME part. (if you’re a bot, make sure you spam me using that part too)

  • Thomas Jordy, March 16, 2008:

    Nice application ! I’d like to try that one, i’m not convinced yet by skydrive !

  • Hugo Sousa, March 16, 2008:

    I’ld love to comment the little feature… but first i need to have the invite , so plz… invite me :P

    thanks

  • Alex, March 16, 2008:

    Can I get an invite?

  • Sergio, March 16, 2008:

    Best of the other services like gmail. microsoft (bleah) etc etc.
    Can I have an invite too? :-) regards

  • Tariq, March 16, 2008:

    Hey, just wondering about the Business model… :)

    Can I get an invite?

    Thanks

    Tariq

  • Simen, March 16, 2008:

    Looks like just the thing we need!
    Pls give me if you still have invites :)

  • Tushar Telichari, March 17, 2008:

    Excellent going Ashish & Manav. Keep it up :-)

  • Ashish Mohta, March 17, 2008:

    Thanks a lot sir. Really felt good when got your comment :)

  • Ben, March 17, 2008:

    I’d like an invite if you still have some! Thanks!

  • Reg Martin, March 17, 2008:

    Can I get an invite PLEASE! <3 Reg blissfullydysphoric (at) gmail.com

  • Cameron, March 17, 2008:

    This service is brilliant. I’ve had an eye out for something like this for the longest time. This time it looks like someone has done it right.
    I would much appreciate an invite if there’s any left. Thanks.

  • TechnoLaziness, March 17, 2008:

    Hi Ashish , the service is great and interface(as seen in pictures ) seems very intuitive . The ability to sync the folder without prompting the user on the other side is awsome otherwise I would have to go to shared location every time I need to download some files.Great find!

  • niksy, March 17, 2008:

    Can I get invite please? niksy5 (at) gmail.com

    Thanks!

  • Nick DANgelo, March 17, 2008:

    I’d love an invite. thx!

  • izit, March 18, 2008:

    If there are any invites left, I would love to have one on portie [at] bitterbal [dot] org

    thanks

  • Manav, March 18, 2008:

    @ Tushar sir, Thank you sir, You made my day.

  • Manav, March 18, 2008:

    We are really sorry. Me and Ashish, have consumed all the invites we had, now we don’t have left with anymore, People who have got their invites, I request them to come forward and send the invites to others.

  • Jasmine, March 18, 2008:

    Hi Niksy & Izit,
    I just send invitation to both of you. Receive?

  • Danny, March 18, 2008:

    Would love to get one :)

  • Pozeidon, March 18, 2008:

    Looks to be a nice tool, love to get a invite.

  • Ashish Mohta, March 18, 2008:

    Thanks Jasmine. Thats really a good move we had been looing from people who got invites

  • Ofer, March 19, 2008:

    I would like to get an invitation, liofko at gmail

  • me too, March 19, 2008:

    undercoverdave (at) gmail (dot) com

  • Bill, March 19, 2008:

    I really want to try dropbox! I’ve tried foldershare, pownce, and a host of others, all with similar results — they’re clunky, not intuitive, and I stop using them after about 15 minutes!

  • Danny, March 19, 2008:

    If someone else has an invite to share, please do at
    cprelaxin36 at gmail dot com

  • Slix, March 19, 2008:

    Wow! This looks like a really great service! But I have a small question. When will this come out for Linux? And does it have any indication to show you unread files, or files being edited by another person?

    -Slix

    btw, invite? :)

  • Slix, March 19, 2008:

    Oops, forgot my email in the above comment.

    slix00@gmail.com

  • Sean, March 19, 2008:

    I would like an invite, Thanks.

    Sean

  • Dave, March 19, 2008:

    If someone else has an invite to share, please do at
    davidin@gmail.com

  • gary, March 19, 2008:

    If anyone has a invite they could share with me I will pass it forward when I sign up. gkeife@gmail.com

  • Ashish Mohta, March 19, 2008:

    @slix:You can file anytime if the file is editied, deleted or uploaded again. It maintains even the versions of the file when its changed. Hoever For linux they said its not sure till now. Unread file I dont think so that there is any optioen.

     On the invite part we really dont have any left now. If we get we will get back to you. Till that time if any body of the readers to have they can share with you. Just try to request

  • Jennifer Sander, March 19, 2008:

    Hi everybody…. ;o) I know that a lot of people did that before me. But I tried everywhere, so far I think I’ve already tested practically all the alternative online services and so far I found absolutely nothing like DropBox.

    I’d love to use the website.

    If anyone would be so kid to give me an invitation, this person would make my day!

    legba1974[at]gmail.com

    Thank you anyway

    Jennifer

  • morgan thomas, March 19, 2008:

    This service sounds like what I have been looking for. Can anyone tell me the differences between dropbox and skydrive or foldershare?

    Thanks, I would also appreciate an invite.

  • Meg, March 20, 2008:

    hey guys,

    would love to get an invitation too, have anyone one left for me please?
    my mail: be_amazed (at) hotmail.com

    many thanx in advance :*
    M.

  • Maajka, March 20, 2008:

    Hi,
    if anyone has invites please send one to
    a_dot_danilovic_at_gmail_dot_com

    just remove all underlines

    I’ll share :-)

    Thanks

  • Todd Wiggins, March 20, 2008:

    Requesting an invite if anyone has one to share. Many thanks in advance!

    toddwiggins ( @ ) gmail ( dot ) com

  • Nick, March 20, 2008:

    I’d love an invite. Please send me one. dropbox (at) nuggetofjoy.com

  • absent, March 20, 2008:

    this really sounds interesting! i would like to test dropbox and looking forward for an invitation.this seems so much better than abusing my gmail-account for storage reasons!

  • Kerstin, March 20, 2008:

    I would also love to get an invitation. Thanks!

  • Konrad, March 20, 2008:

    I’ve been looking for such a service for ages! Looks really nice and might be a very successful business in the very near future. Would love to receive an invitation to actually try it myself

  • Dennis, March 21, 2008:

    Having dropbox would be really useful in our office. If anyone can help with providing an invite here is my email address:

    keys80 ( @ ) gmail ( dot ) com

    Thanks in advance.

  • Mark, March 21, 2008:

    How does this service compare with humyo.com? I’ve tried humyo and had problems…I’d like to try dropbox.

  • Pat Drburgh, March 21, 2008:

    Hey
    I’d love an invite to dropbox.
    Thanks so much in advance!
    Pat

  • Micha, March 21, 2008:

    I’ve tried another program like dropbox called wuala (http://wua.la/en/home.html). It’s a german service and has many similarities (and is also available for Linux already). They have a pretty nice philosophy behind it all but I had my troubles using the program and left it alone for a while now hoping they would improve the software and kick out the bugs.

    To have a better understanding of the differences of dropbox and wuala, I would really like to try it out. But I can’t cause the internet seems to go crazy about dropbox :)

    Thanks for sending me one if there’s one left.
    Micha

  • Ashish Mohta, March 22, 2008:

    we are giving out 35 invites for Grooveshark music community. Make a comment here with name of your av song or artist and You would get it..

  • Sam, March 22, 2008:

    Are the single-size file limits for DropBox?

    A friend and I collaborate on multimedia projects and we’re trying to find a way to sync the files we are sharing online. This seems like just the ticket.

    If there are still invites, it’d be great to try. I’d also be curious to hear any other suggestions for online collaboration/file sharing for small groups.

    We’re currently using an external drive, but the lag in file updates can be frustrating at times.

  • jade, March 22, 2008:

    Get me an invite at :so16f1zapcuq93a@jetable.net

  • Ashish Mohta, March 22, 2008:

    @Sam: I dont think there is any particula limit and for your kind of work it seems to be perfect. But we dont have any more invites left. If we get one surely will send you. :)

  • Sargate, March 23, 2008:

    I want an invitation please s.argate at gmail

  • jade, March 23, 2008:

    Pls, somebody get me an invite.

  • Stuart Johnston, March 23, 2008:

    Hi

    I would love to an invite!

    Can someone please send one too:

    redfury [at] gmail.com

    Many thanks in advance,

    Stuart

  • Ashish Mohta, March 23, 2008:

    Hi Sturat,

    We dont have ny of drop box invites left, But we can send you another invite which is of Online music Sharing Community in which you can find and listen to songs shared by other people. Do tell me and I will send you one. 

  • Aldrin, March 24, 2008:

    does this require a fast upload connection? i would love to try this, i used the google drive for awhile but i really did not like it, this seems really promising!

  • zero0x, March 24, 2008:

    can I have one?

    thank you

  • Nicolas, March 24, 2008:

    Hi,

    I would like to know how much space is there available when you sign up for dropbox.

    I guess it must be big, otherwise it is not very useful. Anyway, do you still have invites so I can try it by myself?

    Thanks.

  • Ashish Mohta, March 24, 2008:

    Hi, Nicolas

    You get around 5GB . This should be sufficienct for  docsuments and folders. But if somebody is in mood of transfering movie like files its gonna be difficult.  However we dont have any more invites left :( Sorry

    Ashish 

     

  • Dimitris, March 24, 2008:

    Can I have an invitation?

    Thank you,
    Dimitris

  • Chris, March 24, 2008:

    This is so cool! :)

    Do you still have one invitation left for me? Thanks!

  • max, March 25, 2008:

    can i have one, too?
    thanks,
    max

  • cubs, March 25, 2008:

    i would love to have an invitation too, if anybody has one left!!!

  • edward, March 25, 2008:

    Could you please share a invitation with me if there’re still some left? thanks, yjwang at hotmail.com

  • andrewvmail, March 26, 2008:

    This looks like the program that i so need right now. Except everything is still in Beta mode does anyone know when they will be launching the public release? I tried to sign up for DropBox at their official site but cant.

    Tried Box.net similar type of program except this one is way better for sure. dont need to upload things anymore.

    send me some invites if possible

  • andrewvmail, March 26, 2008:

    OH need an invites please send me one andrewvt at hotmail dot com

  • Dimitris, March 26, 2008:

    Can you send me an invite on powercts [at] gmail [dot] com?

    Thanx

  • Fozi, March 26, 2008:

    Dropbox seems to be my solution while travelling
    If you have an invitation left, I’d appreciate if you’d forward it to me.

    Thanks in advance!!

  • Ashish Mohta, March 26, 2008:

    Hi Fozi, Sad but we dont have any of it left any more. However wr are giving out pro backsoftware key for next today . If you would like to use it  on your home cmputer or small number of computers do check our latest post and yeah do leave a solid comment to qualify.Ashish

  • Gol, March 26, 2008:

    Anyone have another DropBox invite?

    I would love one! Thankyou!!!

    fromptongol [at] hotmail.com

  • candy, March 27, 2008:

    Can any one tell me how to get Dropbox?

  • JC, March 27, 2008:

    Hi all
    I am trying Microsoft’s FolderShare to sync between my computers at home and my computer at the oofice. It’s neat, but I have an old laptop with Ubuntu that I am not able to sync with.

    Do you know a way to do it? As far as I read, DropBox is not able to that also, or have I misunderstood the info?

    (btw, is it possible to get one of those DropBox invitations so that I can have a first hand tryout of it? Thanks a lot)

  • JC, March 27, 2008:

    oops my email is jcmsousa [at] gmail.com

  • Bob, March 27, 2008:

    I would love an invitation. HINT HINT

  • Art Levin, March 27, 2008:

    In Dropbox what kind of up and download quotas are there other than the 5 gig limit? Can you upload a few gigs at one time or are there limits per day?

    All the raving about Dropbox makes me want to add this to my arsenal of back-up strategies.

    thanks for the invite

    art

  • cyberg4, March 27, 2008:

    so this limits the amount you can share to 5gb? would be sweet if it was something like jukefly does for music where it just links you through the web to your server for folders. PS. I would like an invite.

  • jingo, March 27, 2008:

    Any invites left? Thanks. jingo_ at hotmail dot com

  • laoshu, March 27, 2008:

    please spare a dropbox invitation for me, ‘d love to check out this service! woyaolaji (at) hotmail (dot) com

  • al, March 27, 2008:

    If anyone would be kind enough to send me an invite, it’ll be much appreciated.

    al_moranas (at) hotmail (dot) com

  • Joe,