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DropBox and Windows 8<\/h4>\n

By Dave Taylor<\/p>\n

The Question:<\/strong>I\u2019m running Windows 8.1 and need to hook up DropBox so I can access some files my boss wants to share. Can you help me out?<\/i><\/p>\n

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Dave’s Answer: <\/strong><\/p>\n

I\u2019m a big fan of Dropbox, actually, and use it to share photos and documents throughout my online world, whether it\u2019s an Android tablet, an iPhone running iOS 7, a Mac OS X system or a Windows computer. One folder, magically synchronized across all the different platforms. What\u2019s not to love?<\/p>\n

What? You\u2019re not on Dropbox yet? I suggest you check it out: Join Dropbox, share data across every platform.<\/p>\n

Dropbox works really well. But Dropbox on Windows 8? It\u2019s either not a priority for the company to implement, or they just don\u2019t have as talented a team of developers as with the splendid Mac version. I\u2019ll explain as we go, but don\u2019t be surprised if it feels rather half-baked.<\/p>\n

Article Continued Here<\/a><\/p>\n

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This post is excerpted with permission from Dave Taylor.<\/p>\n

Sign up for Dave’s emails<\/a> about free tech support and special offers on books, seminars, workshops and more.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

How to connect your DropBox account with Windows 8.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":31,"featured_media":48158,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[799],"tags":[458,538],"class_list":["post-48156","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ask-dave-taylor","tag-dropbox","tag-windows-8"],"yoast_head":"\nDropBox and Windows 8<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"DropBox and Windows 8 - 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