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Whether it’s for personal use, education or work, there are a lot of people who use Dropbox differently. We want to know more about how you get the most from Dropbox, and how you make it work for you. We would love to see any tips, tricks or Dropbox features that make your life easier in the comments, to help other Dropbox members.

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Ted-3

I use DropBox for university teaching, communicating with an iPad for graphics and drawings, sharing large files for research and sharing with a group for university administration.

antoniovandre

For the most important things I do on the internet.

Amy

Hi @ConF2_0, thank you for sharing your experience with us! We're glad to hear your thoughts and feedback on Vault as well, we've passed that on to the team. We’d love to chat with you more to build a picture of how users are getting value out of Dropbox - are you happy for us to reach out to you on the email address connected to your Community account?

Amy

Hi @Bjarnevp, thank you for sharing your experience with us! We're glad to hear about how you use Dropbox on different devices. We’d love to chat with you more to build a picture of how users are getting value out of Dropbox - are you happy for us to reach out to you on the email address connected to your Community account?

Edino

Activities 4 my students, research material, ebooks, personal archieves. Aldo suport for e-learning.

ConF2_0

Yes, @Amy. I would be happy to chat with you.

masond339

I'm a music producer and I use dropbox to send music. And I have one main problem, If i want to share my portfolio of beats to certain people; what am I supposed to do when two people end up liking the same beat? There is often little to no communication on the subject.

I thought of a system where people could get like a trial version of the beat that lasts for a few weeks or something. Or maybe some kind of NDA to sign before gaining access to the portfolio. Im not sure though.

Amy

Hi @Arandur, thanks for sharing your experience, I'm so glad to hear you utilize Dropbox for such varied things! We would love to chat to you more about how you use Dropbox for education and research, are you happy for us to reach out to you on the email address connected to your Community account?

Amy

Hi @Ted-3, thanks for sharing your experience! We would love to chat to you more about how you use Dropbox for education and administration, are you happy for us to reach out to you on the email address connected to your Community account?

Amy

Hi @Stefen H., that's a really interesting use of Dropbox! We would love to chat to you more about how you use Dropbox for audio files, are you happy for us to reach out to you on the email address connected to your Community account?

Stefen H.

anonymous Sure.

Amy

Hi @Adam G.18, that's a really interesting use of Dropbox! We would love to chat to you more about how you use Dropbox for teaching and sharing music files, are you happy for us to reach out to you on the email address connected to your Community account?

DerbyDoug

I sent family photos to my brother via Dropbox, but he refused to open them. He said that after reading the Dropbox agreement, he feared that Dropbox could access all of the photos he has stored on his PC and alter/delete them. My nephew, who does cyber security for a Fortune 500 company, said that scenario would be highly unlikely; however, he said this is still possible. I have stopped using Dropbox amongst family members but would appreciate your comments.

lkstar

I upload photos for my team in Bangladesh to re-touch, and then they send them back to me. Usually, I can upload a pic, then highlight the elements that need re-touching, but lately that "highlight" or "select" tool doesn't work in Chrome, which is frustrating. The other area that seesm hard to me is that when I upload 10 photos directly from my photo app, they have numeric, auto-assigned file names and I need to rename them for context. In folder view, it seems like the only way to rename a file is to select it (via the checkbox) and then select "rename" from the operations menu, one at a time. It would be much easier if I could rename the file by clicking on it (a la Google drive), and/or rename the file from the view page (instead of folder page.)

any suggestions? thank you!

radhikagupta1967

Using dropbox for almost 8 months earier camera upload even if the app is closed was done but since last one month it is not happening tried all possible tricks n tips as mentioned but still not working what to do

beckycr

Caspar, I'm wondering how you feel about the safety of CloudPlayer? I thought I would be able to give it permission to only my music folder, but it has permission to access all of my dropbox account. Not sure I'm going to use it without being able to give selective folder permission.

pamphleteer

Present and Accounted for. Will be upgrading very soon.

Laceforbes1984

I'm looking to store all my photos and videos. Also would want to easily find and pull up my whole gallery in one place. Nothing more nothing less at this time. Is this what I would be happy with?

Graham

Hi @Laceforbes1984,

I hope you're well! Thanks for sharing with us here on the Dropbox Community. We love to know how our members are using Dropbox and we really appreciate everyone who gives us a little insight into what they're doing. If you're looking for some tips on how to make the most of Dropbox when storing photos and videos you should check out this guide.

Please let us know if there's anything else we can help with, and have a great day!

Thanks again,

Graham

VNM

I use Dropbox in my iPad - 90% is for recipes. Love how it's easy to find a certain recipe. I've made files such as Vegetarian, Italian, Asian, Middle East, Dessert, Meat/Fish, Sauces, etc. - only because I don't like strolling down a long list with no end in sight. Say I need a recipe that includes carrots, or rose water, or jalapeño - just type in that word in the search tool and bam.

Theresa

Hi @VNM, I'm Theresa one of the Community managers here at Dropbox. I think your tip about how you use Dropbox is super cool 🙌 I'd love to know more about how you source or share your recipes, so we can share tips with the rest of the community, if you're interested? Also, I'm always up for new recipes if you have any great ones you want to share! 😁