Copy and Paste Between Computers Using the Free Online Dropbox Synchronizing Service
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this feature with the aid of the Free Online Dropbox Service
described below.
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This Terrific Free Service called "Dropbox".
The URL is: http://db.tt/2Zx4Mag
Copy and Paste the URL into the Address Bar of your Web Browser.
Once the web page loads, you can read more information on
Dropbox, and sign up for it if you like.
The Dropbox software installs quickly and easily, requires very
little system resources, and operates silently in the background.
It will create a Dropbox folder on your computer and everything
you place in it will be automatically backed up to your free online
account. Install it on multiple computers (including work computers
if you wish) and the Dropbox folders on all of them will be kept
synchronized with each other as well as your online Dropbox folder.
Now all your important files will be easily accessible from any
computer you have with Dropbox installed on it.
The Dropbox "Public" subfolder can be used to share files of any
size or type with family and friends, and you can host files from
the "Public" folder. Just a couple mouse clicks is all it takes to
have the web address of a file in the "Public" subfolder
automatically
copied to the Windows Clipboard. That makes pasting it into
an email or HTML editor quick and easy. I host some of my eBay
Ad images with Dropbox, and the images load instantly.
Use the URL I have provided above to sign up and you will also
get an extra 250 MB of free online storage (in addition to the
2000 MB that you get in your free account). Need more than
2250 MB of Online Storage? No Problem. Give referrals to
everyone you know, and everytime someone signs up, you'll
each get an extra 250 MB of Free Online Storage added to
your Free Account. Need a lot of additional Online Storage,
just sign up for a "Paid" Dropbox account.
Here is something else Terrific you can do with this service.
How would you like to be able to copy and paste clipboard
contents between all the computers you have Dropbox
installed on. Since Dropbox goes to work updating any
changes to it's Dropbox folder immediately, it only takes
seconds for text you've copied to the clipboard on one
computer to be available for pasting on another. To have
this great functionality, just follow the steps below:
Step 1
First, Download and install the free Scripting Utility called
"AutoHotKey". It's a Great Free Utility for Creating your
own Hotkeys, HotStrings, and Macros. It contains the
engine that runs the script below. AutoHotKey is available
here: http://www.autohotkey.com/
Step 2
Create a Subfolder called "Temp" in the Dropbox Folder.
Step 3
Just save the text between "Start" and "Finish" lines
below to a text file using the name "DropClip.ahk".
Make sure you save the "DropClip.ahk" file to the
AutoHotKey\Compiler Subfolder.
Step 4
Create a Desktop Shortcut to the "DropClip.ahk" file.
Step 5
Double Click the "DropClip.ahk" Desktop Shortcut
to activate the Script. The Hotkeys for copying and
pasting the clipboard contents between Dropbox
installed computers is now at your service.
Enjoy!!
---- Start ---
; Hotkey: Press Right Control Key and the "C" Key
Rctrl & c:: ; Save Clipboard Text to Dropbox clip.txt file
clipboard =
sendplay, ^c
ClipWait, 2
if ErrorLevel
{
MsgBox, Clipboard is Empty
return
}
IfExist, C:\Dropbox\Temp\clip.txt
FileDelete, C:\Dropbox\Temp\clip.txt
FileAppend, %clipboard%, C:\Dropbox\Temp\clip.txt
return
; Hotkey: Press Right Control Key and the "V" Key
Rctrl & v:: ; Read Clipboard Text from Dropbox clip.txt file
clip =
FileRead, clipboard, C:\Dropbox\Temp\clip.txt
if (ErrorLevel >0 or clip = "")
{
Msgbox, Clipboard Empty or Clip File is Missing!
return
}
sendplay, ^v
return
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