Save documents online via URL to Dropbox

You can always download files or other stuff from internet and then upload it to Dropbox. But how to save documents online real quick? Say, you have your credit card statement or bank statement or your booked flight or bus tickets which are downloadable from internet. You don’t have to download each of these PDF files (or links) manually, instead you can directly upload it to your Dropbox account using URL Droplet. Let me tell you that this is the easiest and simplest way to save documents online or web based downloads to your Dropbox account.

URL Droplet transfers files from their host directly to your Dropbox account. Follow the following steps:

• Go to URL Droplet.
• Create an account and authorise this with Dropbox account.
• Copy the download link and paste it in URL droplet.
• Click on Save.
• Open Dropdox and you will find your file.

This is very useful if Dropbox is blocked at your work place or any other place where you don’t have access to Dropbox and you want to continue saving files to your Dropbox account. This online tool is free for Droplets up to 30MB after which you will have to subscribe to basic or unlimited edition.

Let me know if you know any other online tools that can be synced with Dropbox or any other online storage service. Recently I had written a post on how to transfer large files to Dropbox via Email even if there is no access to Dropbox. Check out this [link] if you are interested in knowing more.

Quickly fix Dropbox permissions errors in OS X

Dropbox is one of the more popular cloud-based syncing and storage tools, and offers Mac users a convenient way to transfer files from one system to another, or share files with colleagues. Dropbox can sometimes give you errors, saying that it cannot transfer something because it does not have permission to access some of the files being copied.

If this happens, then it could be because of an improper permissions setup with the Dropbox configuration files in your account, or with the files currently being copied.

If a permissions error such as this occurs, then the first thing that might come to mind is to use Disk Utility's Permissions Fix routine. But this only affects access permissions on system files and installed applications, and will not touch files in your user account.

Holding the Option key in the Account section of the preferences will show the "Fix Permissions" option, instead of the standard option to unlink the current computer.

Instead, for Dropbox-specific errors, you can use a feature in the program that will tackle file permissions associated with the program's configuration and data files being handled by it. To do this, open the Dropbox preferences by going to its menu extra, then clicking the gear icon, and finally choosing Preferences. Then go to the "Account" section of the preferences, and you should see a button labeled "Unlink This Computer..." If you hold the Option key, then you will see this label change to "Fix Permissions," and clicking the button will result in Dropbox running its permissions repair routine.

This procedure should address most permissions-related issues with Dropbox, but if not then you can try running a home folder permissions fix, which should ensure that all files in your home directory are fully accessible by your account. To do this, reboot the system into Recovery mode by holding the Command-R keys at startup. Then choose "Terminal" from the Utilities menu, and run the command "resetpassword" (all one word, and lowercase).

When the password reset tool opens, select your hard disk, and then your username from the drop-down menu. Then click the button to reset home folder permissions and ACLs, and after a few seconds the process should be complete. Now reboot the system normally, and log back into your account. Then try using Dropbox again.

While the procedure here is described with respect to Dropbox, access issues with other cloud-based storage services like Google Drive, Amazon Cloud Drive, Microsoft SkyDrive, and SugarSync can also benefit from running a home directory permissions fix.