Dropbox... is it me?

magicbus wrote:

Maybe I misunderstand Dropbox. I thought Dropbox synchronized the data to all of ones registered devices. Are you saying is that Dropbox is simply cloud storage and does not synchronize between devices? That it just allows a device access to the cloud-stored data?

When I google Dropbox I see lots of discussion about synchronizing across devices - even on the dropbox.com discussion boards. If Dropbox is just cloud storage that isn't synchronizing.

So if Dropbox is simply cloud storage then I agree it isn't much different than Google Drive, I had always been under the impression it actually synchronized data between devices.

Dave

Drop Box, One Drive, Google Drive... EACH will allow all your devices (smart phone, tablet, computer) to sync your files on same (photo files or whatever) on all of your devices. Copies of said files are in the cloud. So, if you have say the One Drive app on your smart phone and One Drive installed on your computer the folders for One Drive all sync. You change a file on one synced device and they all sync and do the same. This is true of Drop Box, One Drive, Google Drive. My opinion is that One Drive is the pic of the litter. I might mention that if you have an Amazon Prime account they offer you unlimited photo storage and a large amount of file storage (you can sink pc and smart phone) as part of your Amazon Prime package.