How to Go Further with Dropbox

The Dropbox service lets you store and access your files remotely, but that’s just the beginning. Once your files are uploaded, the service lets you do a whole lot more, particularly when it comes to sharing and collaboration.

One of its most useful features is sharing, and you can easily send links to files, folders, and albums to others to allow access, complete with access controls or permissions. You can also create shared folders others can join when invited — the folder appears inside their Dropbox, and content they place into it is automatically synced. You can see how handy this would be for working on projects with people over the Internet: no need to email files, just keep a synced folder of files.