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Share Files in Collaboration with DropBox – Grab Your Invites

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 to Drop 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

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  • 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.

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  • 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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Posted on 20th March 2008 by Manav Mishra , here to write articles about things which are somehow related to computers, internet (and at times, may be, to blogging as well). He wants to make an Identity for himself, he loves, testing new softwares and services which can really help to improve the productivity of individual. All posts by Manav Mishra | Connect with me @ Twitter | Stumble

51 Comments »

  • Samuel said:

    I’d love an invite if possible and if you have any left. Thanks a bunch.

  • Michael P. said:

    I’d also love an invite. Thanks!

  • Val said:

    If anyone has an invite, I would really appreciate it.
    Thanks in advance,
    Val

  • Val said:

    My email is v_juhasz at hotmail dot com
    Thanks.

  • Todd said:

    Me 3, if anyone has one available! atoddward at gmail

  • Jake Dillon said:

    An invite would be much appreciated! :)
    daft [dot] komrad [at] gmail [dot] com

  • Adam said:

    Wow! This looks like an incredible program.
    I would be most grateful for an invite. Pretty please :-)

  • Luis Contreras said:

    Well, it seems to be a simple and powerful idea. I definetly would like to try it…
    I wonder why Microsoft doesn’t offer this kind of integration with their “SkyDrive”. Maybe the costs of supporting this kind of services is not low enough to be offered for free together with their other “live” services.

  • devin said:

    would also love an invite, dropbox looks like an exelent service for folder syncronisation and backup of data. 2 gigs seems like plenty of space for documents

  • amit ray said:

    I would greatly appreciate an invite… makes my job much easier.
    Thanks
    Amit

  • amit ray said:

    sorry posting again email is dramitray@in.com

  • Paulo Ribeiro said:

    It’s really hard to get an invitation here in Brazil, so I would really appreciate if you could send me one. Thanx. pclribeiro at gmail.com

  • Liu, Hong-Chih said:

    I would love an invitation.

    It’s really hard to get an invitation here in Taiwan.

    2G seems like plenty of space for documents.

    This is my email:

    hcl@ms1.hinet.net

  • mr.boyle said:

    Hello there
    Thanks for advice

    Would you invite me?

    mr.boyle at gmail.com

  • Manav (author) said:

    Invites sent to,
    Liu,
    mr. Boyle
    amit ray
    Paulo Ribeiro
    Luis Contreras
    devin
    Dany
    Enjoy!!!!!

  • Manav (author) said:

    People who got the invites please share some invites, and invite the people who have asked for invites via the comments.
    Please Share.

  • Owen said:

    Thanks for the heads up on such a great service.

    I would love an invite, dropbox at lewisfamily.ca

  • Lars said:

    Hi! I would be real happy if someone could send me an invite!! qusack@gmail.com

  • Carl said:

    This program looks very interesting… would love to Beta it…. would it be possible to get an invitation?

    Also, how secure is the encryption algorithm?

    Thanks,
    Carl

  • Ben said:

    Well, Dropbox would be pretty helpful in sharing files among my computers and people who I know.
    Send an invite to [attached email address], if you can.

  • Pedro said:

    I really am surprised that the Big Dogs aren’t actively (or at least publicly) doing this.
    Nice article.
    If you have another invite, I would dig one:
    ped roco nejo (all one-word, no spaces) aat gmail

  • Rob said:

    I’d also love an invite.

    My installation of FolderShare is on the fritz and I have heard good things about Dropbox and so I’d like to give it a try.

    My email is robmonster@gmail.com

    Rob

  • Gustavo said:

    Thanks for the good tips. Can anyone get me an invite for the beta? Keep it up!

  • Daniel said:

    I would definitely love to get an invite. It would make filesharing a lot easier when collaborating with other people.

    If possible, please send an invite to dsh_85@hotmail.com :) Thanks!

  • Porter said:

    I’d love an invite too it’s “e” “be” e “are” “why” “vee” “oh” “de” “why” at g ma i l
    THANKS!

  • adam said:

    I would love an invite if you have any left

  • Stefan said:

    Would love an invite, seems like a great solution to my “problems”.

  • jitu said:

    awesome man , before this i used 2 send file by uploading on mail …which tok hell lot of time and hv 2 do it over and over again ….. keep it Up maanav sir …. send me a invite if possible

  • Lee O said:

    Hey guys. Great thing, would love to have an invitation.
    One question though: How much will it cost and can I upgrade my space?
    Cheers,
    Lee

  • Dominic said:

    Can I get one, please. I was looking for something like DropBox for past few weeks and now I finally founded.

  • Dominic said:

    Oh, sorry for double post but my email is: indexxas@gmail.com just in case….. Thanks in advance

  • Stan said:

    I know it’s late in the game but…could I get an invite as well? chicagoecon@gmail.com Thanks!

  • zap said:

    Guess I’m too late but it never hurts to ask…

    Is there perhaps an invite over for me?
    jocke84 at gmail.com

  • JD said:

    Hey is it still possible to get an invite? Thanks!

  • dj said:

    is it still possible to get invites?

  • dj said:

    lol nevermind. i ddnt know dropbox is now open. :)

  • Rojesh said:

    This looks great and would definitely like to use. Thanks.

  • mohammad said:

    send me an invite. thank you.
    m.abdolirad@gmail.com

  • Mark Carlson said:

    Hi everyone,

    You can use this referral link to earn an extra 250 MB when you sign-up for Dropbox:

    https://www.getdropbox.com/referrals/NTEwNjIyMzk5

    Pass it on!

  • yesman said:

    GET 250MB MORE WITH THIS REFERRAL
    https://www.getdropbox.com/referrals/NTIxMDU5Nzk

    THANKS FOR USING IT

  • DarkskyZ said:

    In case somebody want to join dropbox and get 250MB over the basic 2Gb, just use this referral :
    https://www.getdropbox.com/referrals/NTE0MjYyNDk

    Thanks

  • Mark Carlson said:

    For those who are looking for a Dropbox invite, seek no further – Here’s the latest sign-up link: https://www.getdropbox.com/referrals/NTE5NjAzOTc5

    Use it to receive an additional 500 MB along with the standard 2 GB account. Enjoy!

  • Ehsan said:

    please send me an invite !
    thanks
    ehsan.kalak@gmail.com

  • Manav Mishra (author) said:

    @Ehasan Dropbox is no more in beta, its open go to the homepage of Dropbox and sign-up.

  • Max Klien said:

    Hi – I could really use the extra space (250MB) –

    https://www.getdropbox.com/referrals/NTEzNTMxMjM5

    Thank you !

  • aryo said:

    here’s a link to get my invites, i must have close to 10 still

    https://www.getdropbox.com/referrals/NTYzMjc3ODk

  • John said:

    Hi,

    use this link to get extra space when you sign up on Dropbox:

    https://www.getdropbox.com/referrals/NTg1MTg2ODk

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