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Pin files, add descriptions and more - Business Admin tips
When your team starts a project with all of the information they need, it’s smooth sailing. Make sure your team don’t have to waste time looking for files, figuring out who is taking charge of what task, or even misunderstanding the project overall. Want to learn how to add a description, pin relevant files and assign…
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How Built bridged a gap with Dropbox and Trello
Construction is one of the oldest industries in existence, but Built are making sure to incorporate technology every step of the way as they expand their business. With the Trello and Dropbox integration, the team is improving workflow and project management productivity while keeping its international team on the same…
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Back to school - forget the lunchbox, organize everything else
It’s that classic back to school time of year, and whether you’re a student, a teacher, an administrator or have a friend or family member going back to school, here is a list of things to make your day easier! * Create a folder system in Dropbox that makes sense Before you start classes (teaching, learning or organizing…
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Time to get organized
It might be getting a little colder and a little darker, but it’s the perfect time to reset those resolutions we tried out this January, the time for good habits to start again. Now is the perfect time to get organized, and where better to start than your online life? Keeping everyone on the same page: Whether it’s keeping…
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Refresher: Syncing with Dropbox
Storing and saving your files is important, we know that! It never hurts to refresh on how to sync your files, so here’s what you need to know. So, what is syncing? Sync is the process by which your content is synchronized (synced) between your cloud storage, computers and mobile devices. It means the latest versions of…
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Community ideas that are now a reality
Nothing makes us happier than saying ‘Your idea has become a reality’ and today, we get to say it a few times, with Dropbox Family, Vaults and Backup. We love to read your ideas, and to see what gets Community users excited too! Feel free to keep adding ideas for Dropbox to the mix here. Dropbox Family @Jean-Marc K. Hi…
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The poll results are in!
We asked our Community how organized their files are and the results are in! According to the poll, 58% of people are not entirely happy with their files and folders organization. For some, it comes down to confusion about whether to use files or folders. We can help you with that, here’s a flow chart to help you decide,…
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Even more ideas you might have missed
You keep coming up with great ideas, and we’re delighted to see it! We have pulled together some of the ideas that we’ve seen this last month, whether they’re new, gaining traction or just need some more votes. Have your say by voting, submitting or commenting on ideas. And don’t forget, it’s not just Dropbox, but also…
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How The University of Cambridge embraced collaborative work with Dropbox
For the past eight centuries, the University’s of Cambridge has been home to eminent mathematicians, scientists, philosophers, and heads of state. Plenty of things might have changed from those days until now, but The University of Cambridge is still proudly at the forefront of progress in so many different fields.…
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How do you use Dropbox?
We were delighted to hear your stories about how you use Dropbox, and we loved @MsKay’s idea, of using Dropbox as a tool for documenting the ongoing process of expanding a garden, almost as a photo journal. Whether it’s a project for work, your home, a group collaboration, we would love to hear about the different ways…
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New features for Dropbox Plus users are live
You may have seen that earlier this summer we mentioned that there were some very exciting new features coming to Dropbox Plus, including Dropbox Passwords, Dropbox Vault, and computer backup—to new Dropbox Plus users in beta. Well, we have some excellent news—today, those features are available to all Dropbox Plus users…
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Links - what you need to know
Hello, and welcome to the Dropbox Community if this is your first time here 😁 If you’re new here, and you have a question you want to ask, you can do that here, just click ‘Start a discussion’, and Community members and Dropbox staff can help you out. We see a lot of questions about copying and sharing links, so we wanted…
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The digital divide and working from home
There is a divide at the moment, between the people who have internet strong enough to work from home and those who don’t. Shared wifi with roommates, poor infrastructure and reliability issues make some places unliveable for work, but now it is down to the connection speed, and not the commute. There’s a big difference…
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Is your home office working for you?
There are pros and cons to working from home. No commute, but also less interaction with people. Saving money on expensive coffees is good, but you don’t get to experience those amazing pastries from that place near the office. There are less distractions but it can be hard to switch off. So, what does science say about…
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Helping your team with technical difficulties, while working from home.
Working from home has made it very clear that the IT team really are super heroes. From forgotten passwords, to making sure everything is operating as it should be, they always make sure we can get down to work ASAP. But now, while we’re working from home, if you are the Dropbox admin for your team, there are a few things…
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More ideas you might have missed
We love to see new and popular ideas from our Community, so we pulled together a few of the hottest ideas in our Community right now. We love to see which ideas get support from other Community members, and it’s always fun to see exciting new ideas get a lot of votes! Check out the below ideas, and feel free to join the…
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Working from home longer term - will it change how we work?
Earlier this year, a huge number of people moved to working from home as a temporary measure, to help keep as many people safe and healthy as possible. Many assumed it was going to be a week or two before we got back in to the office but for a lot of us, it will be a while before we can go back to normal and it can be hard…
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What’s new: App Center
There are a lot of apps that you can use and integrate with Dropbox - more than you might have guessed. Don’t worry, the new App Center makes it simple to find and connect the apps you want to integrate. You can find it on the left hand side of your Dropbox home screen on web or in the desktop app. Whether you are looking…
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State of Collaboration in Education
Over the last year, Dropbox has teamed up with research house, Vanson Bourne, to learn how organisations collaborate around the world, to understand the challenges they face and the improvements they require to drive the business forward. We asked some of our Super Users to take a look at the research in the fields they…
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Folder structure best practice
Should I deploy Shared Folders or Team Folders to manage content? One of the most asked questions on the Dropbox Community is ‘How do I organise my files and folders?’ and we are here to answer that simply and clearly. The first thing you need to look at is the purpose of the files, and the folders they live in. Is it for…
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The State of Collaboration: IT
Over the last year, Dropbox has teamed up with research house, Vanson Bourne, to learn how organisations collaborate around the world, to understand the challenges they face and the improvements they require to drive their business forward. Of course, once Dropbox got the results, we wanted to share it with our community.…
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What happened to chatting?
‘Some might categorize watercooler interactions as wasted time. Others would argue they actually fuel the business with innovation.’ One of the biggest things we’ve noticed missing from the new workday is day to day chat. You might message your co-workers about specific projects or ask a few questions but it seems like…
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Ideas you might have missed
Do you have a great idea for Dropbox or Dropbox Business? Well now you can share your ideas with us and potentially see them become features in the future. Other users like you have already starting sharing their ideas, and you can have your say too, by voting from ideas you like, or adding comments. We love seeing all of…
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Using your mobile device to stay in the loop while working from home
When you’re in the office, you may be used to working exclusively on a laptop or desktop computer. Now that you’re working from home you may want to change your habits, and make more use of your mobile devices. Learn how to make the most of your mobile access to Dropbox. Access your Dropbox files and folders anywhere by…
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What’s new: Zoom automations to make your day easier | April 2020
We know you’re probably on more Zoom calls than ever before and we wanted to make it as seamless as possible. Now, you can automatically copy cloud recordings of the Zoom meetings you host, to Dropbox. That’s one less thing to think about while you’re working from home. Finding your recordings again is easy, they will be…
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How to work remotely with Dropbox
The current environment of distributed work has meant that the way we work together has changed rapidly. Working from home means your team can no longer get together to discuss ideas and issues but with Dropbox your team can stay in sync wherever they’re located. Making sure your team is on the same page, literally and…
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Cut down the commute from app to app, with integrated Zoom meetings right from Dropbox.
Chances are, if you’re working from home, you’re in more Zoom meetings than ever before. You can’t stop by someone’s desk to catch up quite so easily at the moment, but you can start a Zoom call with your team, right from Dropbox. If you need to get everyone on the same page, share feedback or just catch up, you can start…
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How have your daily habits changed since you’ve began working remotely?
Last week a new series called “Homework” on the Dropbox blog started by looking at how working from home has changed the concept of “office hours” and whether the absence of commuting has given them more free time or just expanded our work day. Since we began working from home the community team have started to take more…
