Smart Sync is essentially Dropbox’s take on Microsoft’s placeholders, a former OneDrive feature that also let you view online-only files within Windows’ File Explorer.

How to Sync Multiple Folders in Dropbox. Dropbox lacks the built-in functionality required to synchronize folders present outside the Dropbox directory on your computer. You can, however, move any ...

The Dropbox icon changes when you pause syncing. To enable Selective Sync from Windows (Vista, 7, or 8), click the Dropbox icon in the system tray. Next, click the gear icon and choose Preferences.

Remember Dropbox, the service that lets you back up files, share them with others, and sync them with other PCs? It's no longer an invitation-only beta: Now anyone can sign up. After installing ...

Dropbox is extremely popular and extremely useful for synchronizing your information between computers, but sometimes some data such as browser profiles are hard to sync. Dropbox Folder Sync is an ...

Readers might point out that you can use the PortableApps version of Pidgin directly from your Dropbox folder, but if you want to sync from Windows to Linux, the symlink trick is your best bet.

Starting in early April, Dropbox Passwords will have a free option that's available to all Dropbox users. If you have a free Dropbox Basic plan, you'll be able to store 50 passwords on the service.