# Dropbox - free extra space, referral codes **URL:** \ **Category:** Marketplace\ **Created:** [August 22, 2012, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dropbox-free-extra-space-referral-codes/632281 "2012-08-22T16:27:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![leahcim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b4bc9f/32.png) [@leahcim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/leahcim)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2012, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dropbox-free-extra-space-referral-codes/632281/21 "2012-08-31T19:18:06Z")
> [@Mama\_Zappa](#): > > I do wish they had an intermediate level of paid storage: 100/year (or 10/month) for 100 gig is too much storage for my needs and while extra space is nice, I’d rather pay 50/year for 40 gig, for example. I know google drive has plans for 25Gb at $2.50/month and 100Gb at $5/month. I think dropbox hands-down wins for ease-of-use, but if raw storage per unit cash is an issue, there are better deals farther afield. (Personally, I’ve been looking at google drive to move my pictures to from flikr.) ---
**Author:** ![Seamack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/46a35a/32.png) [@Seamack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seamack)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2012, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dropbox-free-extra-space-referral-codes/632281/22 "2012-08-31T23:37:37Z")
My understanding of the 250mb I was awarded is that. I received that as an award for being referred, and that the referrer should be due a 250mb reward too. The 500mb award is misleading marketing speak. Yes there is 500mb available but only as a split. It’s all good though, and it encourages the promotion to go viral. ---
**Author:** ![Mama\_Zappa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2012, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dropbox-free-extra-space-referral-codes/632281/23 "2012-09-01T01:28:49Z")
> [@Seamack](#): > > My understanding of the 250mb I was awarded is that. I received that as an award for being referred, and that the referrer should be due a 250mb reward too. The 500mb award is misleading marketing speak. Yes there is 500mb available but only as a split. It’s all good though, and it encourages the promotion to go viral. It used to be 250 meg apiece (500 total) but a couple of months ago, they doubled it. If you look at your “view bonus space earned”, what’s the description next to the 250 mb? I have a couple of lines saying 500 mb, with “referral” and the friend’s email address. I also have one that says 250mb for doing “get started”. Not a big deal from my end, I’d just hate for you to lose out on your free space. [https://blog.dropbox.com/index.php/dropbox-referrals-are-now-twice-as-nice/](https://blog.dropbox.com/index.php/dropbox-referrals-are-now-twice-as-nice/) ---
**Author:** ![Princhester](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2012, 6:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dropbox-free-extra-space-referral-codes/632281/24 "2012-09-01T06:19:32Z")
Huh, didn’t see this thread before I signed up. Anyway my referral link is [Dropbox.com](http://db.tt/wM8gQFb3) ---
**Author:** ![gardentraveler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gardentraveler/32/3576_2.png) [@gardentraveler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gardentraveler)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2012, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dropbox-free-extra-space-referral-codes/632281/25 "2012-09-01T13:16:35Z")
My referral link is: [Dropbox.com](http://db.tt/TGH5Er6p) ---
**Author:** ![Seamack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/46a35a/32.png) [@Seamack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seamack)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2012, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dropbox-free-extra-space-referral-codes/632281/26 "2012-09-01T23:28:31Z")
I’ve realised that in fact I didn’t pick up the 500mb referral bonus because I already had an account. I did however receive 500mb for giving feedback, linking to Facebook and completing ‘getting started’ (whatever that means) so if someone would be so kind as to use my referral - I’d be ever so grateful… > **[Dropbox.com](https://www.dropbox.com/referrals/NTgzOTg4MzQ5?src=global9)** > > Dropbox helps you simplify your workflow. So you can spend more time in your flow. Thanks in advance! ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2012, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dropbox-free-extra-space-referral-codes/632281/27 "2012-09-03T15:52:49Z")
I love Dropbox, and I have a question I was hoping someone could answer. I’ve been trying to use Dropbox for a specific work folder, so that I can always have the files I need with me when I am working from home. I guess I expected, that once files were saved to dropbox, or to the folder in question on the computer’s hard drive, they would automatically sync to each other. So, for example, if I changed a document and saved it to Dropbox, it would automatically sync to the corresponding document in my C drive. This doesn’t appear to be happening. The only real option I appear to have is to save the files both to dropbox and to my computer every time I alter a document. It’s kind of tedious and unreliable since I forget a lot. It’s important for the files to match because they come from a shared drive. Is there any way to do what I want to do, or do I just have to continue saving twice? ---
**Author:** ![Mama\_Zappa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2012, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dropbox-free-extra-space-referral-codes/632281/28 "2012-09-03T15:53:48Z")
> [@Seamack](#): > > I’ve realised that in fact I didn’t pick up the 500mb referral bonus because I already had an account. I did however receive 500mb for giving feedback, linking to Facebook and completing ‘getting started’ (whatever that means) so if someone would be so kind as to use my referral - I’d be ever so grateful… > [http://db.tt/BqR1Kcfr](http://db.tt/BqR1Kcfr) > Thanks in advance! Bummer - but I know you’ll enjoy the service as you get into using it. If you have a smartphone, turn on camera uploads in the Dropbox app and that’ll earn you an extra 3 gig as you go (not instantly - it increases as you upload the photos). And that said, I’ll add my code back into the rotation if someone wants to use it: [http://db.tt/ji5ghfb](http://db.tt/ji5ghfb) ---
**Author:** ![Mama\_Zappa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2012, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dropbox-free-extra-space-referral-codes/632281/29 "2012-09-03T15:58:04Z")
> [@olivesmarch4th](#): > > I love Dropbox, and I have a question I was hoping someone could answer. > > I’ve been trying to use Dropbox for a specific work folder, so that I can always have the files I need with me when I am working from home. I guess I expected, that once files were saved to dropbox, or to the folder in question on the computer’s hard drive, they would automatically sync to each other. So, for example, if I changed a document and saved it to Dropbox, it would automatically sync to the corresponding document in my C drive. > > This doesn’t appear to be happening. The only real option I appear to have is to save the files both to dropbox and to my computer every time I alter a document. It’s kind of tedious and unreliable since I forget a lot. It’s important for the files to match because they come from a shared drive. > > Is there any way to do what I want to do, or do I just have to continue saving twice? Are you saving it to your My Documents folder as a matter of course? If so then yes, you’d also need to save it to the computer’s Dropbox folder. What I’d suggest is, Just save it once in your dropbox folder, then when you need to access it, use that copy. Don’t go to “My Documents” for that file, ever. There are ways of making your “My Documents” point to Dropbox, but you don’t want to do that unless you want _everything_ synched. ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2012, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dropbox-free-extra-space-referral-codes/632281/30 "2012-09-03T16:40:31Z")
> [@Mama\_Zappa](#): > > Are you saving it to your My Documents folder as a matter of course? If so then yes, you’d also need to save it to the computer’s Dropbox folder. > > What I’d suggest is, Just save it once in your dropbox folder, then when you need to access it, use that copy. Don’t go to “My Documents” for that file, ever. > > There are ways of making your “My Documents” point to Dropbox, but you don’t want to do that unless you want _everything_ synched. Thanks for responding. The thing is, if I never go through My Documents to save, I’ll never have the latest version of the file on the shared drive of my work network. At least, that’s how I understand it. Right? I DO want everything in that folder synched (and it’s a LOT of stuff) all the time between Dropbox and my work computer’s shared drive. But not every document on the computer, no. I don’t even think I have that much space in Dropbox. The size of the folder I’m syncing is 1 G, which IIRC is half of the total free capacity available. ---
**Author:** ![Askance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/askance/32/8281_2.png) [@Askance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askance)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2012, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dropbox-free-extra-space-referral-codes/632281/31 "2012-09-04T02:24:05Z")
Dropbox only syncs the stuff you put in Dropbox folders, it does not sync anything else. > [@](#): > > I guess I expected, that once files were saved to dropbox, or to the folder in question on the computer’s hard drive, they would automatically sync to each other. So, for example, **if I changed a document and saved it to Dropbox, it would automatically sync to the corresponding document in my C drive.** I don’t know where you got that expectation from, but it’s simply not the case. As Mama says, anything you want synced just leave in a Dropbox folder all the time, not in MyDocuments (or anywhere else) at all. > [@](#): > > if I never go through My Documents to save, I’ll never have the latest version of the file on the shared drive of my work network. At least, that’s how I understand it. Right? I DO want everything in that folder synched (and it’s a LOT of stuff) all the time between Dropbox and my work computer’s shared drive. Dropbox does not sync between folders on the same PC, it syncs between the Dropbox folders ONLY between all PCs you have Dropbox installed on. If you put stuff in your work network’s shared drive, Dropbox has no way of knowing that and no interest in it. It’s an entirely separate and disconnected system to the Dropbox infrastructure. Either use Dropbox on every machine you log into, work or home, and ignore the shared drive at work, or you’ll have to manually copy stuff between Dropbox and your work shared drive. ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2012, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dropbox-free-extra-space-referral-codes/632281/32 "2012-09-04T13:17:26Z")
> [@Askance](#): > > Dropbox does not sync between folders on the same PC, it syncs between the Dropbox folders ONLY between all PCs you have Dropbox installed on. If you put stuff in your work network’s shared drive, Dropbox has no way of knowing that and no interest in it. It’s an entirely separate and disconnected system to the Dropbox infrastructure. Either use Dropbox on every machine you log into, work or home, and ignore the shared drive at work, or you’ll have to manually copy stuff between Dropbox and your work shared drive. Thanks for clarifying. ---
**Author:** ![Mama\_Zappa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2012, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dropbox-free-extra-space-referral-codes/632281/33 "2012-09-04T18:37:37Z")
> [@Askance](#): > > Dropbox only syncs the stuff you put in Dropbox folders, it does not sync anything else. > > I don’t know where you got that expectation from, but it’s simply not the case. As Mama says, anything you want synced just leave in a Dropbox folder all the time, not in MyDocuments (or anywhere else) at all. > > Dropbox does not sync between folders on the same PC, it syncs between the Dropbox folders ONLY between all PCs you have Dropbox installed on. If you put stuff in your work network’s shared drive, Dropbox has no way of knowing that and no interest in it. It’s an entirely separate and disconnected system to the Dropbox infrastructure. Either use Dropbox on every machine you log into, work or home, and ignore the shared drive at work, or you’ll have to manually copy stuff between Dropbox and your work shared drive. Is the work drive a shared drive (as in, colleagues need access to it also)? If so, then yeah, you would need to do something manual to get your work PC’s copy over to the shared directory, or make your work PC’s drive accessible to others on the network, or something. Alternately you can save the document to the public folder in your Dropbox directory and share the link with colleagues. There should be a “how to” file there already with a RTF (rich text) extension describing how to do so. As I understand it, this works file-by-file, so you can’t share the entire folder all at once, you have to share the files inside one by one. Dropbox also offers paid “for groups” tools, though I don’t think those are what you want. ---
**Author:** ![LonnieS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ce7236/32.png) [@LonnieS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LonnieS)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2012, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dropbox-free-extra-space-referral-codes/632281/34 "2012-09-16T00:45:48Z")
How long does 2 gigs usually last? ---
**Author:** ![Mama\_Zappa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2012, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dropbox-free-extra-space-referral-codes/632281/35 "2012-09-16T01:06:45Z")
> [@LonnieS](#): > > How long does 2 gigs usually last? Not sure what you mean: the account is permanent. If you mean how long does it take to fill that up, that depends on how much stuff you upload. ---
**Author:** ![Svejk\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea666f/32.png) [@Svejk\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Svejk_1)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2012, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dropbox-free-extra-space-referral-codes/632281/36 "2012-09-16T15:53:29Z")
Here’s my code. > **[Dropbox.com](https://www.dropbox.com/referrals/NTIwNTA3OTE1OQ?src=referrals_twitter9)** > > Dropbox helps you simplify your workflow. So you can spend more time in your flow. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Bird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Little\_Bird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Bird)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2012, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dropbox-free-extra-space-referral-codes/632281/37 "2012-09-20T15:10:30Z")
I’ve run out of space with all my cute baby videos. ☹ > **[Dropbox.com](https://www.dropbox.com/referrals/NTM3MjE0MTIzOQ?src=referrals_twitter9)** > > Dropbox helps you simplify your workflow. So you can spend more time in your flow. ---
**Author:** ![Hockey\_Monkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a183cd/32.png) [@Hockey\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hockey_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2012, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dropbox-free-extra-space-referral-codes/632281/38 "2012-09-24T02:09:20Z")
Here’s my link. I just signed up last night, but I didn’t see this thread before hand. I would have wanted to help someone out. ☹[Dropbox.com](http://db.tt/97Ic3q9L) ---
**Author:** ![Mama\_Zappa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2012, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dropbox-free-extra-space-referral-codes/632281/39 "2012-10-01T17:21:44Z")
FYI - don’t anyone use my code; I’ve gotten all the referrals I need. Not from this thread, actually - google “dropbox adwords” for discussions on how to basically set up your own Google ad. ---
**Author:** ![picker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/picker/32/13969_2.png) [@picker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picker)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2012, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dropbox-free-extra-space-referral-codes/632281/40 "2012-10-01T19:00:53Z")
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