The former type of sharing is the one we’re concerned with here. To set an an expiration date, you must share the file or folder through Dropbox’s web interface; the apps for mobile devices ...

If you often share files through this cloud storage, here is a simple trick that will let you update a shared file on Dropbox without breaking its URL or link.

Dropbox Transfer encrypts the files you share to protect them from unwanted access.

If you have shared a file in Dropbox but now need to replace it without changing the previously shared link, don’t replace the file in the Finder. Adam Engst explains what to do instead.

Now they can. Browser-based Dbinbox enables Dropbox sharing in the other direction: It generates a custom link that others can use to send files to your Dropbox.

Before Dropbox became popular, there was iDisk, which was Apple’s cloud storage system. iDisk allowed you to store documents, pictures, QuickTime files, and PDFs in one cloud-based “drive ...