DropBox

I went with Carbonite, $59.00 per year and a better automated backup solution than dropbox. We use it at work too.

Bill.Satellite wrote:
If you use cellular for your internet connection, do not install DropBox. It took a severe kick in the butt before I discovered that DB was uploading everything whether I liked it or not. I only installed it to share a couple of large files but discovered it eat up all of my data. A quick un-install and things were returned to normal.

I have it on my phone but sharing (Automatic) is disabled in settings.

That's how you do it.. Disable in settings.. Lots of settings not just Drop Box (And One Drive as well) but there are some settings in win-10 (Sharing of Wi-Fi Passwords and such) you need to disable.

Bill.Satellite wrote:
If you use cellular for your internet connection, do not install DropBox. It took a severe kick in the butt before I discovered that DB was uploading everything whether I liked it or not. I only installed it to share a couple of large files but discovered it eat up all of my data. A quick un-install and things were returned to normal.

Bill - You need to look in DropBox preferences for the option "Selective Sync". You can decide which folders get synced and which don't.

Also been using Dropbox from the beginning. It uses Amazon AWS servers, so can even host a website. I've got over 50G personal Dropbox for Free due to some promotions. I also have the enterprise version at work where each of our thousands of staff have a 1TB Dropbox drive.

I have 7.9GB of free space.

Get 3 GB of bonus space when you start using Carousel, the new gallery from Dropbox for all your photos and videos.

You can even earn space (1 GB!) by linking Dropbox with your Mailbox for iOS account.

Tips from one user with 40gb of space

I got 3.25gb of space, they offer more space if you invite friends aka fake email accounts. :) and other such promotions.

Oops now 4.28 GB i just got another GB for signing on with their email client. Now time to delete it.

Bill.Satellite wrote:
If you use cellular for your internet connection, do not install DropBox. It took a severe kick in the butt before I discovered that DB was uploading everything whether I liked it or not. I only installed it to share a couple of large files but discovered it eat up all of my data. A quick un-install and things were returned to normal.

I'm using an iPhone 5 and I can turn off cellular data for Dropbox. Settings--Dropbox--Use Cellular Data (Off).

Thanks guys! For what ever reason I couldn't find it. Duh! 2 G is more than enough. When I got aSamsung they gave me 49g free for two years and it running out and they want to sell me the $10 dollar a month plan. However, i returned the Samsung a few days after I bought it. Guess I was just signed up to that account.

2GB I think. I've been using it for years.

FlatBroke wrote:
Anyone know how many GB you get with the free DropBox? They keep sending mail to up grade to pro which is way more than I need. They want $99 bucks a year for pro, I'm not prepared to pay that. I'm confused to what they give out for free. I don't use much but I don't want to loose what I have stored.

I believe it is two or two and a half Gigabytes. That info is readily available on their website. Of all the ways is syncing your dats across multiple devices, I like Dropbox the best.