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May 14, 2008, 03:39 PM
 
clicky
Looks neat. Anyone have any invites?
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May 14, 2008, 05:10 PM
 
Looks beyond neat.

Questions I have so far.

Is that Growl notifying him, or Dropbox?
Was that guy saying "why do you keep sending me this crap?" on purpose or what?
And lastly, what kind of Internet does this guy have? Those uploads and downloads are speedy!


I'm impressed that it's so quick though, really. I imagine that when or if it grows in popularity though, server stress may increase, so it may not be quite as snappy.
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May 14, 2008, 06:15 PM
 
Moses, that's awesome!
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May 14, 2008, 06:16 PM
 
Wow, very very cool. I would LOVE the ability to host images by simply putting them in a folder on my computer...none of this Imageshack or Photobucket crap.

How much will this cost once it comes out for real?
     
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May 14, 2008, 06:18 PM
 
My three comments:

1) Looks like MacFUSE & MacFusion, but since I enjoy the concept of these types of programs, it's cool.
2) Yes, that's growl.
3) Vista looks like ass.
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May 14, 2008, 06:23 PM
 
Yea, it will be a saint for image hosting. That hadn't quite hit me yet. Wow!!!!

I'm hoping its cheap, but who knows.

That's Vista without Aero. So yes, it looks like ass.
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May 14, 2008, 07:02 PM
 
So it's like FolderShare plus the ability to make a web site from a folder?
     
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May 14, 2008, 07:11 PM
 
pretty much.
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May 14, 2008, 07:58 PM
 
I use, and LOVE, a program called Imagewell that lets you drag a file to the toolbar where it resizes, FTPs and copies the URL to the clipboard all in one step. Makes things pretty damn easy, but I definitely would also love to be able to this also.
     
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May 14, 2008, 09:58 PM
 
"Why do you keep sending me this crap?"

I want Dropbox so bad. It's the best thing I've seen since Evernote! Woot!

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May 14, 2008, 10:25 PM
 
This looks really nifty.
     
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May 14, 2008, 10:29 PM
 
I **** you not... I was working on almost the same exact damn thing... I can't stop laughing. I guess S3 and the like are inspiring everyone these days.

Man, talk about TEH SUCK. Looks badass.

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May 14, 2008, 10:39 PM
 
[bayrisch]
Jo is denn scho Woihnacht'n? ?
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May 14, 2008, 11:46 PM
 
Originally Posted by Mac User #001 View Post
I'm hoping its cheap, but who knows.
The Dropbox Blog

Seems it will be 2 gigs for free.
     
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May 15, 2008, 12:02 AM
 
So basically, this will be .Mac but free.
     
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May 15, 2008, 12:14 AM
 
There's gotta be a catch, nobody gives away stuff for free. Advertising? Data mining? There has to be something...
     
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Originally Posted by besson3c View Post
There's gotta be a catch, nobody gives away stuff for free. Advertising? Data mining? There has to be something...
     
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May 15, 2008, 12:49 AM
 
That cat looks far too intrigued to be paranoid.
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May 15, 2008, 12:51 AM
 
Originally Posted by LegendaryPinkOx View Post
That cat looks far too intrigued to be paranoid.
What cat ? I see nothing
(yes, alright, this is the standard irony disclaimer.)
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Originally Posted by analogue SPRINKLES View Post
Conspiracy? It's called common sense. People don't go into business to provide a service that doesn't make them money somehow.

Another possible business model is using the free 2 gig service as a catalyst to get people to upgrade to their paid service, in which case it is possible that the customer will have to endure annoyances of some sort.

In my opinion, it is both naive and foolish to not think about this sort of stuff. I'm not trying to suggest that this product will be a dud, it looks good, but before the slobbering ought to come a sober look at the bait.
     
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May 15, 2008, 12:57 AM
 
It was a joke. I am sure there is some catch also.
     
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It was a joke. I am sure there is some catch also.
Sorry! I thought you were jumping on my ass.
     
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Sorry! I thought you were jumping on my ass.
I only do my ass jumping on weekends.
     
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May 15, 2008, 01:00 AM
 
I've been playing with dropbox all night and it is great. I haven't used any of the other similar apps I've heard about, but this one is really well integrated and seamless to use. The upload speeds are pretty good too.

Depending on the cost, I would consider upgrading to a paid version for this. Even if S3 is cheaper, I just like the ease of use of this so far.
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How long did it take you to get your account ?

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How long did it take you to get your account ?

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Just a few minutes. I happened to catch one of the developers on the macnn IRC channel and he set me up right away.
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Originally Posted by SSharon View Post
I've been playing with dropbox all night and it is great. I haven't used any of the other similar apps I've heard about, but this one is really well integrated and seamless to use. The upload speeds are pretty good too.

Depending on the cost, I would consider upgrading to a paid version for this. Even if S3 is cheaper, I just like the ease of use of this so far.
S3 as in Amazon S3? Have you played around with this?
     
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May 15, 2008, 01:20 AM
 
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So basically, this will be .Mac but free.
Dude, I just realized this method would be what would make the iDisk usable. Apple should license the tech.

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Originally Posted by analogue SPRINKLES View Post
I only do my ass jumping on weekends.
Do mean ass as in butt, or ass as in donkey?
     
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May 15, 2008, 01:48 AM
 
SWG is GAY?

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May 15, 2008, 03:22 AM
 
you got invites and not me?! this is my thread!
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D

Dude, I just realized this method would be what would make the iDisk usable.
Since when has iDisk been unusable?
     
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May 15, 2008, 03:39 AM
 
That really is the dogs bollocks !
     
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He probably means obsolete.

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SWG is GAY?
NO?!?
     
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May 15, 2008, 06:37 AM
 
Looks like the .Mac iDisk. Nothing new.
     
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May 15, 2008, 07:26 AM
 
I've been in the Beta for a couple of weeks already, it's shaping up nicely. There are still plenty of core-features missing (e.g. you can't bulk-purge deleted files - if you upload 1000 text documents with sensitive data, delete them and really want them gone forever... have fun clicking those 1000 delete-buttons.) but I really think that this is what iDisk should be.

My only concern is privacy and security. One of the devs mentioned that a local-version to install on your own server is planned in the (not near) future — that would rock my world.

I have invites left -> feel free to PM me.
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Originally Posted by besson3c View Post
S3 as in Amazon S3? Have you played around with this?
Yea, Amazon's S3 which I understand other companies have made better front ends for. I've never used any of them but I hear about them on the security now podcast all the time.
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Originally Posted by moep View Post
I have 10 invites left -> feel free to PM me.
PMed you

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May 15, 2008, 10:10 AM
 
I'd like to note that Dropbox plays very nicely with TrueCrypt.
Adding a 1MB file to a 1GB TrueCrypt-Volume does not trigger a complete reupload of the entire volume, it simply updates the blocks that were changed. That isn't possible with a plain-vanilla AWS S3 account AFAIK?
It's also quite snappy as Dropbox (of course) caches everything on the disk.
Granted, you'll miss out on the web-access for the files in the Volume but if it wasn't for TrueCrypt I wouldn't backup any of my sensitive/personal data on Dropbox to begin with.
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May 15, 2008, 11:10 AM
 
I've used S3 with Jungle disk and its ... not bad. It does however take FOREVER to get anything backed up. I've got a 35G music collection and it didn't complete it over a weekend (I left the Mac on all weekend while I was away).

I'll be playing with Dropbox tonight cheers moep.
     
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Originally Posted by moep View Post
My 10 invites are gone now (except for the first few that PM'ed me without an email, put one aside for those) — do the guys that opened an account just get 10 invites too?
Yes, it seems like it. From the dropbox invite mail:

Share the love

The beta is still invite-only, but we're no longer keeping the details under wraps -- and you're welcome to invite up to 10 friends to the service (they'll be able to download Dropbox too.)
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May 15, 2008, 11:23 AM
 
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Yes, it seems like it. From the dropbox invite mail:
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I just realized that every dropbox account owner has unlimited beta invites. All you have to do is share a folder with someone (by entering his email address) and he will receive a form that allows the creation of a new account.
The only downside I see is that all new accounts are restricted to 2GB instead of 10GB storage.
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May 15, 2008, 11:30 AM
 
Wow. This is damn impressive. Thanks for the invite!

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May 15, 2008, 11:30 AM
 
Anyone happen to have any invites left?
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I'd like an invite if someone still has one.
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I can send some once I'm all signed up. Doesn't work for me from work right now, damn firewall

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May 15, 2008, 11:51 AM
 
Anyone give it their admin pass? I ignored it... seems to work. I'd be happier if I knew why it wanted it.

So far... Bad-ass.

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