Should you pay for Dropbox or use its free version?

Plunking down a monthly fee for Dropbox gets you more storage and features.

Thats the overview, at least.

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After signing up for a Dropbox account, youll want to download the desktop version of the software.

Once the folder is created, anything you place in it will automatically sync to the Dropbox cloud.

You will see areas to set up either selective or smart sync based on your subscription.

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you might also access permissions and rewind options via Dropboxs website.

Use the pull down menu to choose the proper permissions.

This allows you to open your document on a variety of platforms thanks to certain third-party integrations with Dropbox.

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Files can be uploaded from Dropbox or your own rig.

Remote wipe

Another featurereserved only for Plus and Premium membersis Drobpoxs remote wipe.

Dropbox will wipe the files the next time the rig connects to the internet.

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Should you pay for Dropbox?

That depends on your needs.

All of these services also beat Dropbox in terms of paid storage.

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These services all trounce Dropbox for their price-to-storage ratios and compete well on a feature-to-feature basis.

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