Syncing data simply with Dropbox

If you have multiple computers around the house or ever have to copy data from your home machine to work or school computers, it can be a bit of a chore. You can use a flash drive, but they're easy to loose or forget. You can email it to yourself, but if it's a larger file, you'll have to chop it up first. Or you can use Dropbox.

Dropbox is a service that's so simple to use that after you install it, you may forget you got along without it. after you install (the website has downloads for Windows, Mac, and Linux), it creates a folder on your computer. That folder acts exactly like a regular folder except that the contents are constantly synced to Dropbox's server. And since you can log from multiple computers, your data is constantly and automatically being synced throughout all enabled machines. Using a public computer or under IT lockdown? No problem, you can access all of your data from the website as well. Unlike similar services, Dropbox gives you 2 gig free storage space. If you want more than that, you'll have to fork over ten bucks a month. I've been using it for a month or so, and I have to say, it is seamless. If you ever use more than one computer, you must have this!