Box Drive is now the preferred way to access files in Box and will become the default for all users in the next few months. You can get a 256Gb solid state drive for your laptop and still have full access to hundreds of gigabytes of files and photos stored online.īox was the first company to make this available when it introduced Box Drive last summer. You have access to all of your files at all times, regardless of the size of the hard drive on your computer. And better yet, it’s someone else’s responsibility to keep the server running and backed up. It is exactly like having a server for your files, but this server is always available whether you’re at your office or using a laptop on the road. This is an important change in technology for small businesses and individuals with a large number of files. They are only online, not on your local hard drive. Dropbox Smart Sync is a new feature that allows you to store files online and browse through them with Windows File Explorer or Mac Finder.

Using dropbox as a file server