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his/her passwords. Many of us simply use apps or softwares to safely store our passwords. It
would be really convenient to be able to access your passwords whenever you want and that
is where Dropbox comes in. You can use Keepass to store your passwords in a .kdb file. You
can then store this .kdb file in your Dropbox folder so that you can later access these files
from your phone. Now you must be thinking how will you be able to open files with .kdb
extension? It's really easy; you need KeePassDroid in your phone to open those .kdb files
from Dropbox. Once you install these apps you will be able to download, open and modify
your passwords from your .kdb files no matter where you are. Dropbox will sync back and
forth between your mobile and desktop environments to make sure that you have the latest
version of your passwords. And, of course, you will get the benefits of version history, de-
lete recovery, offline access and of many other features that comes along with Dropbox.
Some Other Cool Tips for Dropbox
Dropbox can be used for several other small things as well. In fact covering all the uses and
tips of Dropbox are out of the scope of this topic. Here are a couple more tricks that can be
used with your Dropbox app to make your android or iPhone much more efficient.
If you are a programmer then you must be really be disappointed by the fact that you can't
code on your phone. Even if you download a programming utility for your phone it will def-
initely take up a lot of internal space (programming environments can't be installed on your
SD card) which can be a huge issue for people with low internal memory phones. For people
who like to code while travelling and don't want to carry a huge bag, they can use Dropbox
to edit and sync their scripts. You will need a text editor to view or edit your scripts on your
phone but that can be downloaded a lot easily if compared to a whole coding environment.
You use that text editor to edit your scripts and then re-upload them to your Dropbox. When
you go home you can easily review your edited scripts without any problem. This method
can be used to keep track of your computer while you're away by using a script along with
a screenshot tool running on your computer. The whole detail can be seen in the chapter
“Dropbox for pc”.
Along with editing scripts and note taking, you can also combine your Dropbox with any
QR code-sending app to share your files with your friends as well. So let's just suppose you
want to share a file with your friend you just simply have long press your file in Dropbox
and use your QR code-sending app to share it. Now your friend can use a BarcodeScanner
to scan the link you sent your friend. Upon scanning the link you sent your friend your file
will automatically start downloading.
We also mentioned the use of a feature named “favorite” in Dropbox which lets you access
your important documents even if you are offline. Sometimes your local space can get
