We all know and love Dropbox, the amazing online file storage, backup, syncing and sharing service. It allows you to keep all of your computers in perfect harmony, your documents, music and more in each location.

That’s great, but what if you wanted to remotely control a computer, synchronize passwords, or sync your to-do lists? Dropbox offers a range of extra functionality that isn’t immediately obvious, and today we’ll be showing you how to achieve some of this interesting functionality!

Do you love your Dropbox?

NB. Thanks to Dropbox for the comics!

Spreading your time across two computers can be a real challenge. After only a day or two of use, you run into the question “where did I save that file?” That’s the main problem solved initially by Dropbox. Right out of the box, it creates a folder that is mirrored across each of your computers. This Dropbox becomes the replacement for your USB flash drive, and avoids duplicate files.

Syncing

However, nowadays we have become accustomed to using more advanced applications, such as task managers, photo