
There are other things: you can use it to share large files and so on. I save a document and it is updated on my other computers within a second or two, never more than five seconds.

It promises this, but what has made it so great is how smoothly, seamlessly and speedily it has worked. Furthermore, you can access your documents via the web, and even see and restore old versions of them. That folder and all its contents is copied to all the computers linked to your Dropbox account. You install the Dropbox software on your computer (Mac, iOS, Android, Linux or Windows, and you can mix and match them on one account) and specify a sync folder. Essentially, you get 2GB of free space in the cloud.
