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Diff previous versions with Dropbox and Google Chrome

While Dropbox does an excellent job of keeping track of versions of files, it doesn’t make it easy to compare the different versions – until now. DropboxDiff, a Google Chrome extension by Victor Shih, does an amazing job of allowing you to compare versions of files stored on dropbox, with the diff program of your choice. The screenshots on the extension page were a little small, so I decided to post a few of my own below. Get the free extension here.  

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Dropbox Command Line Interface (CLI)

Dropbox has some great functionality for their Unix client: Dropbox command-line interface commands: Note: use dropbox help to view usage for a specific command. status get current status of the dropboxd help provide help puburl get public url of a file in your dropbox stop stop dropboxd running return whether dropbox is running start start dropboxd filestatus get current sync status of one or more files ls list directory contents with current sync status autostart automatically start dropbox at login exclude ignores/excludes a directory from syncing Unfortunately this functionality is not extended to Mac OS X (Dropbox.app) or Windows (dropbox.exe). To show your support for this feature request, please vote it up here: https://www.dropbox.com/votebox/2713/command-line-interface or visit this thread and make your argument and/or show your support: http://forums.dropbox.com/topic.php?id=29158

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Dropbox Latest Release

To get the latest Beta, Stable, or Testing release of the Dropbox Client. You can download any version to suit your needs. This includes version 0.6 to version 1.1+ Dropbox Latest Release If you simply wish to download the latest stable release for your OS, use this link.

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Dropbox 1.0 Released!

In short, here are the reasons you should upgrade to the new version of Dropbox: Thousands of bug fixes Huge performance enhancements, including faster syncing and 50% less memory used Better user experience, and a rewritten client based on Cocoa Selective Sync for everyone – not just the beta versions! Extended Attribute Sync – including forked file data! Also check out my article which allows you to always find the latest versions of Dropbox (both RC and Beta)

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How to Find the Latest version of Dropbox

you can find the latest version of dropbox on the release notes page. this is always helpful because sometimes you need to install a version that is experimental to get cool features, such as selective sync.

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Dropbox Introduces Selective Sync

Everyone has been waiting for drop box to introduce selective sync. Selective Sync allows you to choose which folders to sync locally and which to leave on the server. They finally have in their latest BETA version! Learn how to get this version and how to use selective sync over at Groovy Post’s blog.

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Dropbox is hiring

Web Engineer Dropbox San Francisco, CA Dropbox is one of the fastest growing startups on the Internet. We want to become the way the world stores and shares files, and we’re well on our way. We’re looking for someone great to join our small, hardcore team that manages billions of files and petabytes of data for millions of users; someone who would take pride in the very high standards we set for product quality and reliability. This is a salaried full-time position with benefits. There is a two-week paid trial period. Salary will be commensurate with experience. Role & Responsibilities Developing new web-based features and interfaces for the Dropbox service. Working with a team of developers to maintain and update the Dropbox website. Enhancing our web-based administration and customer support interfaces. Working with the Dropbox analytics team to continuously improve the presentation and mining of important company, product and user metrics. Requirements Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science. Excellent work ethic and attention to detail. Very organized. Fast learner. Obsessive about quality and correctness. Significant experience developing database-backed websites and web services using modern web standards. Experience with a web MVC framework (Pylons, Django, Rails) A strong portfolio of past work. XHTML, CSS, and Javascript expert. Experienced with AJAX. Proficient in Prototype or JQuery Javascript frameworks. Proficient in Python or equivalent. Proficient in MySQL. Good design sense, experience working with a graphic designer and realizing complex mockups. Knowledgeable about browser-specific issues and incompatibilities. Excellent written and verbal communication skills. Proficient in … Continue reading

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