I’ve decided to write a post about the famous online utility called Dropbox because it’s great and everyone should try it out.  If you haven’t heard of Dropbox then you’ve probably been living under a rock for the past year or you don’t own a computer, iPhone or iPad… aka, you’ve been under a rock for the past year.

In a few words, Dropbox is an online jump drive.  Dropbox lets you transfer and backup files via the internet and you can easily transfer files from your desktop to your iPhone or iPad or even transfer files to a friend via a shared folder.  Now, lets say you forgot your iPhone and iPad and are at the local library and need to access a file from your Dropbox.  You can!  Just visit Dropbox.com on a library computer and you can access any files from your personal Dropbox.

And the best thing… It’s FREE!

Once you sign up for Dropbox you receive 2GB of storage for free but you can buy an extra 50GB of storage space for $99 a year or 100GB of space for $199 a year.  You might think is a little steep but if you are into backing up important files (which you should be) then $99 is nothing when your computer crashes and you lose everything.  You even receive an extra 250MB of space (up to 8GB) every time you refer someone to Dropbox. They get an extra 250MB as well.

Here is what Dropbox looks like,

Now, sign up for Dropbox via this link and receive an extra 250MB of space! (as will I!)

(Dropbox is available on Mac, Windows, Linux, iPhone, iPad, Android and Blackberry)