by One of the best things about Dropbox is how super easy the service makes it to share files with others—even if they don’t use Dropbox. Rick Waalders’ $2 Dragshare for Dropbox (Mac App Store link) makes the process even easier. Depending on how you work and how often you share files, Dragshare may be worth the small price tag.
Install Dragshare and it adds a systemwide menu-bar icon that looks like a drop of water. Link the software with your Dropbox account, and you then can share files by simply dragging them—either a single file or group of files—to that icon. When you do, Dragshare copies the data to its folder inside your Dropbox folder (Dropbox/Apps/Dragshare)—if you dragged multiple files, Dragshare first creates a zip archive—and then presents you with a popover sheet with three options.
Drop a file on Drageshare and this sheet instantly lets you share it.
From the sheet, you can choose to open the item on the Dropbox website in your browser, email a short Dropbox sharing link (with the subject “Share file: [file name]”) using your default mail client, or share the link on Facebook or Twitter. (You can opt, in the app’s preferences, to not see these sharing options each time.) You can bring up this same sharing sheet at any time by simply choosing an item from Dragshare’s menu—the apps lists recently shared files.
Unfortunately, you can’t currently drag a folder of files to Dragshare—in fact, attempting to do so severs the Dropbox connection and presents you with an error message. The developer says folder sharing will be fixed in the next update.
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