Dropbox has been adding some really great new features to its Dropbox Business file sharing service. One of our favourites is Smart Sync.
With Smart Sync, the Dropbox folders take up drastically less space on your computer’s hard drive. They do it by replacing each file with a placeholder that looks just like the file, but takes up next to no space. When you access one of these files, Smart Sync automatically downloads it and then opens it in the app you choose. This nifty feature can save gigs of space on you hard disk.
The real beauty is that as others add folders and files to Dropbox, they take up no space on your computer until you use them.
Smart Sync can be switched on or off at the folder or file level. Combined with Selective Sync (which has been available for years), Dropbox Business gives you complete control over how much disk space it consumes.
This example shows Smart Sync in action, reducing the disk space used by a whopping 98%!
More info about Smart Sync is available here.
More info about Selective Sync is available here.
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