The outstanding Dropbox cloud-storage service is giving users up to 5GB of free space for some beta testing. The latest build of Dropbox features automatic photo and video uploading. The more photos and videos you upload, the more free space you get. Here are the specifics from the Dropbox Forums:
For every 500MB of photos and videos automatically uploaded, you’ll receive another 500MB space bonus, up to 4.5GB total. [Update: To clarify, you can get up to 5GB of free space with this feature, if you count the initial 500MB space for the first photo import].
I know a lot of you are big Dropbox fans and I encourage you to take advantage of this offer. That said, you should back up your Dropbox folder before you get started. This is beta software we’re talking about, after all.
Dropbox beta 1.3.12 is available for Linux, Mac OS, and Windows.
I downloaded the new beta, uploaded at least 500mb of data but still nothing changed. Is it supposed to update immediately, or change later?
It has to upload from the connected device. So you plug your camera or smartphone to the machine and a dropbox pop up appears seeking permission to upload. Once the sync and upload are finished you immediately get the space.
I believe USB sticks are good too. I'll try later tonight.
USB stick didn't work on Mac OS Lion. SD Card works fine.
Actually, I take that back. You just need to have a folder called "DCIM" and USB sticks will work fine for automatic import.
I have plenty of videos that I can upload in order to get the space, but it is only allowing me to upload pictures so far (despite saying 'pictures or videos'). Only gotten an extra 500mb so far.
Are your videos in the DCIM folder?
I've been trying that, so far they aren't uploading though. I originally tried on my iPod touch, but the videos weren't in the DCIM folder there.
Put the vids on the touch then sync
Upped to 9.5GBs. Dropbox reps in the forums say the space is permanent. Sweet deal. Go do it!
So what your saying is that we can now get an additional 9.5 gigs instead of 5? Does that include the original 2gb?
No, my account was 5GB. It's now 9.5GB after uploading a bunch of movies.