nsane.forums Posted February 3, 2012 Share Posted February 3, 2012 Dropbox, the popular cloud storage utility for synchronizing files among many devices, ordinarily limits free accounts to 2GB, but those who test a new feature to automatically upload photos can get as much as 4.5GB.To take advantage of the offer, you have to run a beta version of the company's software, and you have to try a feature that automatically uploads photos and videos to the service, according to a forum post yesterday."During this beta period, we are also offering additional free space to test automatic uploading of photos and videos. For every 500MB of photos and videos automatically uploaded, you'll receive another 500MB space bonus, up to 4.5GB total," the post said. "You can get up to 5GB of free space with this feature, if you count the initial 500MB space for the first photo import."For those who don't want to upload multiple gigabytes, Dropbox said it will give "500MB of free space on first photo import."The service imports photos from cameras, mobile phones, and SD cards plugged into a computer, the post said.Dropbox recommends backing up your data before running the beta.Among the caveats:• To import from iPhone, make sure to unlock your phone and enter your passcode before importing, otherwise it will claim to find no photos.• If importing from your iPhone on Mac gives an import error, try hard resetting it--hold down the power and the home button for 5 seconds. This will reboot the phone; it shouldn't change your settings or delete data.• On Windows, this feature relies on Autoplay. Please enable Autoplay to use this feature if you have disabled it.• On XP and Vista, it relies on the Windows Image Acquisition Service. If this service is not started, please start the service and reinstall Dropbox to use this feature. On WIndows Server, you may have to install the Desktop Experience feature.• On Windows 7, newer devices that rely on Device Stage (in the Control Panel) will not show Dropbox as an import option until you select "Change Program" for the default.• The Galaxy Nexus takes a lot of time to connect on OS X because it likes to pretend that every image on the device is a photograph. We now estimate how long it's going to take and show you that in the progress bar but it's usually in the order of minutes. We're working to see if this can be improved. View: Original Article Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iaTa Posted February 3, 2012 Share Posted February 3, 2012 Nice, thanks for this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CODYQX4 Posted February 3, 2012 Share Posted February 3, 2012 Easy with iPhone 4s. Just take a random pic and record a bunch of 2 minute videos (which are several 100mb due to the 1080p recorder).Takes forever to upload so disable upload limit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrean Posted February 3, 2012 Share Posted February 3, 2012 seems to have some trouble importing .NEF files. It only imported 2 out of 20.seems to have no problem with .JPG though.Edit: Some people in the DB forum seem to have the same issue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jalaffa Posted February 3, 2012 Share Posted February 3, 2012 Worked great here with the use of an ipod. At 5.25 GB storage space now. And now I will try to get the additional 4.5 GB :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mochaka Posted February 4, 2012 Share Posted February 4, 2012 I would go for this, but i don't use dropbox that much :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silencer Posted February 4, 2012 Share Posted February 4, 2012 I would go for this, but i don't use dropbox that much :(You'll never know when it become helpful. Already has 14.5 GB for free. :) Just auto uploaded some 1080p films from SGSII. ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jalaffa Posted February 4, 2012 Share Posted February 4, 2012 It is said to be possible to gain the extra storage by simply quiting the upload process. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ast Posted February 8, 2012 Share Posted February 8, 2012 Works perfectly for me,like "silencer" says,never know when it become helpful :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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