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The version history feature combined with using your Dropbox folder as your My Docu-
ments folder can make your life much easier than before. Using your Dropbox as your latest
documents folder will guarantee that you always have the newest and latest version of your
important document no matter where you are and if you accidentally saved a modified doc-
ument then you won't have to start all over again. You will simply have the previous version
of your document available in your Dropbox.
Using Dropbox to Keep Track of Your Computer
If you are looking for a way to keep an eye on your computer while you're at work or some
other place then Dropbox can do the job for you. Dropbox can easily be used as a tool to
keep track of what's going on on your computer while you're away. This technique is quite
useful to handle your downloads while you are away or in keeping an eye on your kids while
you're out of the house.
To use your Dropbox as a spying tool you might need a couple more tools as well. Basically
the idea behind this is to take a screenshot of your screen after a fixed but short interval
of time and then upload that screenshot to your Dropbox folder so you can access and see
what's going on your computer from anywhere else. This is fairly easy and a straight forward
method which can come in handy in many situations. All you need for this to work is a tool
for screenshots and another tool to automate it. The first tool will keep taking screenshots
and another tool (Autokey script) which will automatically upload them after a specific peri-
od of time to your Dropbox which can then be seen from any other place. This way you can
periodically check your Dropbox to get a look at the timeline of everything that happened to
your screen at home.
This is a cheap but very useful technique that all Dropbox users can use to check what's go-
ing on behind their back on their personal computers while they are away. You can use the
basic Dropbox version for this technique because those screenshots won't take a lot of space
and other tools can be downloaded from the internet for free, so essentially this trick won't
cost you a dime.
Add Torrents on Your BitTorrent Using Dropbox
Most of the world population is familiar with torrents and although it's illegal in many coun-
tries but it is still common to download torrents in many other countries. If you live in one
of those countries where torrents are legal and you constantly use torrents to download your
favorite things then you can use Dropbox to download any file on your computer even if
