Drop Box - great tool!

[IgniteDM]

Ive been using Google Docs for about a year now, and found it invaluable many times. Not only can I access docs on the go - but I can create them as well.

I did try Evernote as well for a while but found the setup/layout just didnt mesh with the way I work.

Now that Ive just switched to a Mac, Ive started using MobileMe and found it pretty handy. Whether Ill give up Google Docs and switch completely to MobileMe remains to be seen.


Seeing as I jump between my Mac and about 3 other computers (the joys of multiple offices!) some sort of secure portal to access all my documents is essential. Ill check out this Drop Box thing, because if its as many above have mentioned, and it syncs changes between docs, that could be especially handy. Drives me nuts having multiple versions of documents across a home pc, 2 work servers and a laptop !

[brayhart]

I'm also using this to store files..
great site!

[Raky]

Love it, use it, will always recommend it!

http://web.appstorm.net/general/give...edit-giveaway/

The link above is worth a look if you're using DropBox and are curious about the cool things you can do with it.

[kbrookes]

Another vote for DropBox!

It's totally revolutionised our backup practices. As web designers, we rarely work with truly large files. Only for our occasional print work do we need to change our backup methods.

Here's how our setup works.

My wife and I (partners in our business) use one account on our main work machines, both of which are laptops. All of our workproduct is stored in DropBox.

We also have an always-on desktop machine at home that runs Time Machine, Apple's built-in backup software. It constantly backs-up the DropBox folder to a local RAID server: essentially a small box attached to the network that contains four drives. All drives are linked together in a way (RAID 5) that means that if one drive dies, it can be replaced and the data rebuilt from the remaining three.

In this way we have two version-control points: DropBox and TimeMachine and both remote and local backup. Even if we deleted our entire DropBox by accident, TimeMachine would retain a previous version we could roll back to, which would be seeded our to our laptops.

It's a truly liberating way of working!

As a previous poster mentioned, Evernote is also awesome. My wife uses it to update our shopping list. While I'm doing the shopping.

[mark_xpnsit]

Originally Posted by kbrookes

Another vote for DropBox!

It's totally revolutionised our backup practices. As web designers, we rarely work with truly large files. Only for our occasional print work do we need to change our backup methods.

Here's how our setup works.

My wife and I (partners in our business) use one account on our main work machines, both of which are laptops. All of our workproduct is stored in DropBox.

We also have an always-on desktop machine at home that runs Time Machine, Apple's built-in backup software. It constantly backs-up the DropBox folder to a local RAID server: essentially a small box attached to the network that contains four drives. All drives are linked together in a way (RAID 5) that means that if one drive dies, it can be replaced and the data rebuilt from the remaining three.

In this way we have two version-control points: DropBox and TimeMachine and both remote and local backup. Even if we deleted our entire DropBox by accident, TimeMachine would retain a previous version we could roll back to, which would be seeded our to our laptops.

It's a truly liberating way of working!

As a previous poster mentioned, Evernote is also awesome. My wife uses it to update our shopping list. While I'm doing the shopping.

I also use dropbox - partly for backups but also for sharing files with employees across different locations we can instantly sync and share files and backup documents.

Cheers

Mark