My aunt is 87 years old. She has an email address, but can’t be bothered
with the latest cloud technology or social media. I wanted some scanned
photos that she has of me as a child, but there was no way she could
send them via email because of the huge file size.
I use Dropbox and the other day they sent me an email telling me about a
new feature that lets other people upload files to your account even if
they don’t have their own Dropbox account.
Go to www.dropbox.com
and log into your account. Now click the new ‘File requests’ option at
the bottom left, then click the ‘Create file request’ button. You'll see
two fields: ‘What are you requesting?’ and ‘Where should these files go in
your Dropbox?’.
Type a description of your folder (for example, ‘Childhood photos’) in
the first. This will be the name of the destination folder shown in the
second field (see screenshot), then click Next Type the recipient’s email
address and click Send.
The recipient will see a simple ‘Upload files’ button in their email. After clicking this, they then need to click ‘Choose files’ and upload as many files as they want (up to a maximum of 2GB). You’ll receive a notification via email when the files have been synced to your account. My mother found the steps really easy to follow and I received my childhood photos within an hour.
The recipient will see a simple ‘Upload files’ button in their email. After clicking this, they then need to click ‘Choose files’ and upload as many files as they want (up to a maximum of 2GB). You’ll receive a notification via email when the files have been synced to your account. My mother found the steps really easy to follow and I received my childhood photos within an hour.
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