About Drop Box

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Kaigin Development proudly presents;

The Drop Box Tutorial

This tutorial will guide you through the install process of Drop Box,

and will then take you through the steps of setting it up, running it,

and show you how to use the shared folder feature.


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Creating Your Account and Logging In

So youre looking to start a Dropbox account? Well then youre in

luck, this tutorial will help you through the process. The first thing

you need to do is go towww.Dropbox.comand click the Login button.

The page you are looking at will look identical to this picture once youclick Login.

If you have already created an account then fill out the credentials

you provided during the registration process. If you have not created

an account before, click the create account link located right below

remember me.
http://www.dropbox.com/http://www.dropbox.com/http://www.dropbox.com/http://www.dropbox.com/


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The next screen you see will have a signup form for you to fill out to

get started on your journey into the wonderful world of The Cloud.

Remember to use your preferred email address for signing up with

Dropbox.

Once you click the Create account button the next screen you see will

look like this (if your using firefox).


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If your using Internet Explorer, you will be able to select Run instead

of Save File and run it right away, once it is done downloading.


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Once you have downloaded the Dropbox installer, locate your

download if you clicked the save option and double click it to run it, or

if you clicked ran then it will start automagically.

If a window pops up asking if you want Dropbox to make changes to

your computer, click yes and then on the following window, click

install.

Dropbox will now begin installing itself, and once it is done you will be

presented with a screen that looks like this. The next step is to now


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sign in with the credentials you used to sign up. In the following

window, enter your email and password and then click the next

button.

Once this is done, you MIGHT be presented with the following picture,

but this is depending on your firewall access or how you prefer

notifications. Should this next picture pop up for you, just click allow

access.


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The next screen in which you will see is the select your planscreen.

It is common to go for the 2GB plan (free). However, depending on

your use of Dropbox, you can purchase a paid plan which includes a

very nice low cost for more cloud storage

After you have chosen your plan, we will move on to the setup screen.


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For now lets choose typical setup. Click the install button located in

the bottom right corner of that setup screen, and Dropbox will finish

doing its thing and will now present you with a tutorial window.

It is completely up to you to read this or to skip it. What you decide to

do is on you. We, however, encourage you to read it for a better,although brief, grasp on whats to come.


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So I have Dropbox ready to go, now what?

Now that you have Dropbox installed, lets start using it. First you will

notice that you have a new icon in the lower right corner of yourcomputer screen (the task bar). This is the Dropbox icon. From this

icon you can open your Dropbox folder, pause syncing, resume

syncing, launch the website, and even get more space!

In order to use this icon, right click and select what you want to do. Ifyou just want to open the Dropbox folder then it is as easy as double

clicking this icon with the left mouse button.

So lets begin by double clicking this icon so we can open our Dropbox

folder. Now my Dropbox folders content will look different than

yours, because what you decide to put in it is all on you. So now wehave our Dropbox folder opened and it looks similar to this picture.


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Once you click Share this folder, it will bring you to their website

where you type in the recipients email address (as seen in the picture

below), and begin sharing certain folders with them.


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Now that we have sharing folders understood, we will give you a

quick run through of what to do should a file you need gets deleted

from Dropbox (very common, as it has happened to me many of

times).

The first thing you would like to do is go to www.dropbox.com , login

with your credentials, and you will be presented with a screen that is

identical with the content as your Dropbox folder. Now you see how

the cloud works?

If you click the Show Deleted Filesbutton, it will display in grey thefiles that have been deleted.


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Notice how on mine I do not have deleted stuff now, but in the next

picture I will have grey items (deleted ones I can recover). For now,

also take note on the download folder option. This comes in handy if

you need a file somewhere that doesnthave dropbox.

Once you click Show Deleted Files you will get grey items in your

list. Click the item you want to restore, then click the drop down

arrow to bring up a list of options.


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Clicking undelete will restore the selected item to your Dropbox

folder, Permanently delete will make sure you never restore the file

again, and previous version will roll back the selected file to a version

of it from a previous date.

We hope this tutorial has been very helpful, and has helped guide you

through the wonderful world of Dropbox. If you have any questions,

please feel free to contact us. For information on contacting us,

please visit www.Kaigin.com

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