(Cloud)Dropbox等(Dropbox)云服务改变了我们使用计算机和移动设备的方式。您最后一次将工作文件通过USB 驱动器(USB drive)真正带回家是什么时候？但是，使用云服务的一个有时令人讨厌的方面是功能和界面会随平台所有者(platform owner)的心血来潮而变化。谁能跟上所有的调整？
因此，这里有一些关于如何更有效地使用Dropbox的新（和旧但更新）提示。(Dropbox)如果您对基于云的硬盘无动于衷，那么这些热门技巧之一可能会让您再次对它感到兴奋。
恢复 Dropbox 文件(Restoring Dropbox Files)
尽管乍一看您只能在Dropbox中看到一份数据副本，但该服务实际上有一个滚动窗口，您可以为任何文件还原到该窗口。免费帐户和付费帐户的窗口不同，但免费用户可以恢复过去 30 天内的任何更改。
您可以手动恢复单个文件和文件夹。但是，如果您需要将整个Dropbox 设置回(Dropbox back)更早的时间（因为比如说勒索软件攻击），您需要给Dropbox 支持部门(Dropbox support)写一封电子邮件。
- 要使用此功能，请登录Dropbox.com。
- 单击文件(Files)，然后单击删除文件(deleted files)。
- 选择要还原的文件，单击它，然后单击restore。
如何在 Dropbox 上使用双重身份验证(How To Use Two-Factor Authentication On Dropbox)
让我们面对现实吧，目前大多数网站使用的基于密码的系统并不完美。我们经常听到有关暴露用户凭据的新数据泄露和黑客攻击的消息。当涉及到像Dropbox这样可能保存敏感个人信息的服务时，需要更好的解决方案就更加迫切了。
这就是两因素身份验证(two-factor authentication)发挥作用的地方。它结合了两种独立的验证来源，例如密码和一次性电话PIN，使黑客更难获取您的资料。
以下是在 Dropbox 上使用双重身份验证的方法：
- 登录网站。
- 单击(Click)您的帐户图片(account picture)，然后单击设置(settings)。
- 单击安全(security)选项卡，然后打开两步验证(two-step verification)。
- 从这里只需单击开始(get started)并按照说明进行操作。
完成此过程后，您将获得更多安全性来保护您令人尴尬的诗歌收藏(poetry collection)。
使用 LAN 同步加速本地 Dropbox 机器(Using LAN Sync To Speed Up Local Dropbox Machines)
现在大多数人都有多个设备，如果你家里有有线互联网，你的路由器也有一个小局域网(LAN)。如果您连接的各种机器都通过互联网同步Dropbox，这可能会严重影响您的带宽。
通过激活LAN Sync，连接到同一LAN 和 Dropbox 帐户(LAN and Dropbox account)的设备将在它们之间共享文件。这意味着您最终不会多次下载相同的数据。
- 要激活它或检查它是否已激活，请右键单击通知区域(notification area)中的Dropbox 图标(Dropbox icon)。
- 单击齿轮图标并选择首选项(preferences)。
- 单击带宽(Bandwidth)选项卡并在Lan Sync 下，(Lan Sync,)确保有一个复选标记。
现在，您的设备将运行良好并相互共享数据。
iOS用户的相机上传摇滚(Camera Upload Rocks For iOS Users)
虽然Android用户可以轻松地在他们的(Android)Google Drive中找到他们的照片，但 iOS 用户仅限于使用 iCloud，使用起来可能不太优雅。幸运(Luckily)的是，Dropbox提供了一个在Android上也可以使用的自动相机上传功能(camera upload function)，但对于 iOS 用户来说它特别有用。
- 要检查是否使用 iOS 进行相机上传，请打开(camera upload)Dropbox 应用(Dropbox app)。
- 点按帐户(Account)。
选择性同步可节省您浪费的带宽和空间(Selective Syncing Saves You Wasted Bandwidth & Space)
在台式机和笔记本电脑上，Dropbox(Dropbox syncs)默认同步每个文件夹。对于大多数人来说这很好，但如果您只需要将某些文件夹同步到特定设备，您可以使用选择性同步来确保只有相关文件夹被下载到该设备。
- 要激活它，请右键单击通知区域(notification area)中的Dropbox 图标(Dropbox icon)。
- 单击齿轮图标并选择首选项(preferences)。
- 单击选择性同步(selective sync)并删除您不想同步的任何内容旁边的复选标记。现在这些文件夹不会占用该特定机器的空间或带宽(space or bandwidth)。
使重要文件在移动设备上“离线可用”(Make Important Files “Available Offline” On Mobile Devices)
默认情况下， Dropbox(Dropbox doesn)根本不会将任何内容下载(download anything)到您的移动设备上。它只是向您显示应用程序中的所有文件，如果您尝试打开其中任何一个，则下载。这显然是一种处理昂贵数据和手机存储空间有限的措施。
但是，您可以标记特定文件以确保它们始终是最新的并且在您的设备上可用，即使您没有互联网连接也是如此。
这很容易。在您的Android或 iOS 应用程序中，点击任何(Android)文件(file and tap) 旁边的三个点，然后点击离线使用。(make available offline. )现在它们将始终可用，直到您撤消该过程。请注意，这现在是DropBox Plus 的一项付费功能(paid feature of DropBox Plus)。
使用 Dropbox 和“打开方式”集成直接编辑文件(Use Dropbox & “Open With” Integration To Edit Files Directly)
从计算机(computer couldn)上的同步文件夹编辑Word或其他Office 文件(Office file)再简单不过了。您需要做的就是像往常一样打开它，然后在编辑完成后保存它。当您需要从没有同步文件夹的计算机上快速编辑文件时，就会出现问题。
幸运的是， Dropbox现在允许您直接在应用程序中打开网站上的文件，然后自动保存编辑。这使您无需手动下载文件、编辑文件、上传文件，然后删除或重命名原始文件。
如何在 Dropbox 上使用打开方式：
- 在 Dropbox 上打开文件预览。
- 单击打开方式(Open With)并选择正确的应用程序。对于Word 文件(Word file)，这个正确的应用程序当然是Word。
该文件将在Word中打开，您可以在其中像往常一样对其进行编辑。保存并关闭文件后，更改将立即反映在在线Dropbox 文件(Dropbox file)中。
使用 Dropbox Paper 无缝协作和工作(Use Dropbox Paper To Seamlessly Collaborate & Work)
Dropbox正在迅速变得不仅仅是一个存储和共享文档(store and share documents)的地方。来自谷歌和微软(Google and Microsoft)等公司的激烈竞争，他们将他们的云存储解决方案与基于云的生产力工具集成在一起。
Paper是一种协作工具，团队成员可以在其中一起工作。Dropbox(Dropbox didn)设计(t design)它的目的不仅仅是为了替代Google Docs。它也是一个通用工作区，远程团队可以在其中散列项目。您可以使用Paper做会议记录、头脑风暴会议和计划项目，同时利用您存储在共享Dropbox云空间中的所有资源。
Paper 可通过浏览器界面(browser interface)或专用的Android和 iOS 应用程序使用。
如何将 Dropbox 与 G Suite 集成(How To Integrate Dropbox With G Suite)
Dropbox Paper是一款智能、简约的协作工具(collaboration tool)。但是，它绝对不能替代您使用 Google 的G Suite获得的生产力云应用程序。G Suite是我们都知道和喜爱的Google Cloud应用的付费、以业务为中心的版本。
如果您的工作场所同时使用Dropbox 和 G Suite(Dropbox and G Suite)，现在可以使用Dropbox for G Suite将两者合并。这是迄今为止看到的两种完全不同的云服务的最巧妙的集成之一，其好处是相当可观的。通过使用Dropbox for G Suite，您可以在Dropbox 文件存储中存储原生(Dropbox file)Google 文件(Google file)格式。因此， Docs、Sheets 和 Slides(Sheets and Slides)将与您的普通Office文档相邻。
说到这一点，这种集成还允许您使用Google 编辑(Google editing)工具直接从您的Dropbox编辑(Dropbox)Office 格式(Office format)的文档，而无需进行任何转换。此选项意味着您不再需要在两个领先的云存储提供商之间做出艰难的选择。
将 Dropbox 带入 Slack(Bring Dropbox Into Slack)
正如G Suite已成为许多企业必不可少的一样，Slack已成为一个重要的团队管理和沟通工具(team management and communication tool)。这是让人们通过计算机网络(computer network)一起工作的绝佳方式，但Slack缺乏良好的文件存储和管理工具(file storage and management tools)。
幸运的是， Dropbox再次认识到需要融合这两种产品，并为 Slack 提供了官方集成(official integration for Slack)。
您可以从Dropbox本身开始与特定文件相关的Slack对话。您可以直接通过 Slack 将Dropbox文件(Slack)发送(Dropbox)给人们，也可以直接从Slack访问和协作处理(Slack)Dropbox Paper文档。
如果您同时使用Dropbox 和 Slack(Dropbox and Slack)，此功能将减少您目前必须做的不雅的捏造行为。
外箱思考(Thinking Outside The Box)
这些只是您可以更有效地使用Dropbox的几种方法，但社区也提出了许多非官方的“黑客”，而Dropbox本身也在不断努力以保持在竞争中的领先地位。您可以从字面上写一本关于这个看似简单的云服务可能实现的所有事情的书。
10 Tips To Use Dropbox More Effectively
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So here are some new (and old but updated) tips for how to use Dropbox more effectively. If you’ve apathetic to your cloud-based hard drive, one of these hot tips might just make you feel excited about it again.
Restoring Dropbox Files
Although you only see one copy of your data in Dropbox at first glance, the service actually has a rolling window that you can revert to for any file. The window differs between free and paid accounts, but free users can restore any changes in the last 30 days.
You can restore individual files and folders manually. However, if you need to set your entire Dropbox back to an earlier time (because of say a ransomware attack) you’ll need to write an email to Dropbox support.
- In order to use this feature, sign into Dropbox.com.
- Click Files and then deleted files.
- Pick the file you want to restore, click on it and then click restore.
- Your files should now be back in place.
How To Use Two-Factor Authentication On Dropbox
Let’s face it, the current password-based system most sites use isn’t perfect. We constantly hear about new data breaches and hacks where user credentials are exposed. When it comes to a service like Dropbox which is likely to hold sensitive personal information, the need for a better solution is much more urgent.
That’s where two-factor authentication comes into play. It combines two separate sources of verification, such as a password and a one-time phone PIN, to make it much harder for hackers to get at your stuff.
Here’s how to use two-factor authentication on Dropbox:
- Log into the site.
- Click your account picture and then click settings.
- Click on the security tab and then toggle two-step verification on.
- From here just click get started and follow the instructions.
Once the process is done you’ll have much more security for your embarrassing poetry collection.
Using LAN Sync To Speed Up Local Dropbox Machines
Most people have multiple devices these days and if you have wired internet at home you’ve also got a little LAN via your router as well. If your various connected machines are all syncing Dropbox over the internet that can put a real dent in your bandwidth.
By activating LAN Sync, devices connected to the same LAN and Dropbox account will share files between themselves. Which means you don’t end up downloading the same data more than once.
- To activate it, or check that it is activated, right-click on the Dropbox icon in the notification area.
- Click the gear icon and choose preferences.
- Click on the Bandwidth tab and under Lan Sync, ensure there’s a check mark.
Now your devices will play nice and share their data with each other.
Camera Upload Rocks For iOS Users
While Android users can easily find their photos in their Google Drive with no effort, iOS users have been limited to using iCloud, which can be a little less elegant to use. Luckily, Dropbox offers an automatic camera upload function that works on Android too, but for iOS users it’s especially useful.
- To check if camera upload is on using iOS, open the Dropbox app.
- Tap Account.
- Toggle uploads as you desire.
- Now your snaps will automatically go to your Dropbox.
Selective Syncing Saves You Wasted Bandwidth & Space
On desktop and laptop computers, Dropbox syncs every folder by default. For most people this is fine, but if you only need certain folders synced to a specific device, you can use selective syncing to make sure only relevant folders get downloaded to that device.
- To activate it, right-click on the Dropbox icon in the notification area.
- Click the gear icon and choose preferences.
- Click selective sync and remove the checkmark next to anything you don’t want to sync. Now those folders won’t take up space or bandwidth for that particular machine.
Make Important Files “Available Offline” On Mobile Devices
By default Dropbox doesn’t download anything to your mobile device at all. It just shows you all the files in the app, downloading if you try to open any of them. This is obviously a measure to deal with expensive data and limited storage on phones.
You can however mark specific files to ensure that they are always up to date and available on your device, even if you have no internet connection.
It’s easy as pie. In your Android or iOS app, tap the three dots next to any file and tap make available offline. Now they will always be available until you reverse the process. Just be aware that this is now a paid feature of DropBox Plus.
Use Dropbox & “Open With” Integration To Edit Files Directly
Editing a Word or other Office file from the synced folder on your computer couldn’t be easier. All you need to do is open it as usual and then save it when the edits are done. The problem comes when you need to quickly edit a file from a computer that doesn’t have a synced folder.
Luckily Dropbox now allows you to open a file from the website directly in the app and then automatically save the edits. This saves you from manually downloading the file, editing it, uploading it and then deleting or renaming the original.
How to Use Open With on Dropbox:
- Open the file preview on Dropbox.
- Click Open With and select the right app. In the case of a Word file, this correct application is of course Word.
The file will open in Word, where you can edit it as usual. After saving and closing the file, the changes will immediately reflect in the online Dropbox file.
Use Dropbox Paper To Seamlessly Collaborate & Work
Dropbox is quickly becoming much more than just a place to store and share documents. There’s stiff competition from the likes of Google and Microsoft, who integrate their cloud storage solutions with cloud-based productivity tools.
Paper is a collaborative tool where team members can work together at the same time. Dropbox didn’t design it simply to be an alternative to Google Docs. It’s also a general-purpose workspace where remote teams can hash out projects. You can use Paper to take meeting notes, have brainstorming sessions and plan out projects, while tapping into all the resources you’ve stored in your shared Dropbox cloud space.
Paper can be used through a browser interface or through dedicated Android and iOS apps.
How To Integrate Dropbox With G Suite
Dropbox Paper is a smart, minimalist collaboration tool. However it’s definitely not a serious replacement for the productivity cloud apps you get with Google’s G Suite. G Suite is the paid, business-focused version of the Google Cloud apps we all know and love.
If your workplace uses both Dropbox and G Suite, it’s now possible to merge the two using Dropbox for G Suite. It’s one of the slickest integrations of two completely different cloud services yet seen and the benefits are pretty substantial. By using Dropbox for G Suite you can store native Google file formats in your Dropbox file storage. So Docs, Sheets and Slides will live right next door to your normal Office documents.
Speaking of which, this integration also lets you edit Office format documents directly from your Dropbox using the Google editing tools – without having to convert them at all. This option means you no longer have to make a hard choice between two of the leading cloud storage providers.
Bring Dropbox Into Slack
Just as G Suite has become essential to many businesses, Slack has become a critical team management and communication tool. It’s an excellent way to let people work together over a computer network, but Slack lacks good file storage and management tools.
Luckily Dropbox have again recognized that there’s a need to fuse these two products and has provided official integration for Slack.
You can start Slack conversations from Dropbox itself, pertaining to specific files. You can send Dropbox files to people through Slack directly and Dropbox Paper documents can also be accessed and collaborated upon directly from Slack.
If you use both Dropbox and Slack, this feature will cut down on the amount of inelegant fudging you currently have to do.
Thinking Outside The Box
These are just a few ways you can use Dropbox more effectively, but the community is also coming up with plenty of unofficial “hacks” and Dropbox itself keeps working hard to stay ahead of the competition. You could literally write a book on all the things that are possible with this seemingly simple cloud service.
