# DropBox or altenative

**URL:** <https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/dropbox-or-altenative/16354>\
**Category:** Scrivener for Windows\
**Tags:** support\
**Created:** [December 29, 2011, 5:21pm UTC](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/dropbox-or-altenative/16354 "2011-12-29T17:21:29Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Bibb](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/7ab992/32.png) [@Bibb](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/u/Bibb)\
**Post date:** [December 29, 2011, 5:21pm UTC](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/dropbox-or-altenative/16354/1 "2011-12-29T17:21:29Z")

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I use a tower at home and a Netbook in the coffee shop. My thought (just now acquiring Scrivener) is that I will put Scrivener on both computers and store my work in DropBox - getting it from DropBox wherever I am. Is this a really great idea? Alternatives?

Thank you.

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**Author:** ![jenb](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/e274bd/32.png) [@jenb](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/u/jenb)\
**Post date:** [December 29, 2011, 8:13pm UTC](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/dropbox-or-altenative/16354/2 "2011-12-29T20:13:40Z")

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Dropbox is a tricky thing. Some people do what you say without problems, others have more issues. Here’s a link to one discussion: [https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/seeing-dropbox-right/12597/1](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/seeing-dropbox-right/12597/1)

What I do is use the backup feature to backup to my Dropbox folder. Then when I’m out and about, I pull that last backup onto my Netbook (in a non-dropbox directory) and work on it, then at the end, backup back to the Dropbox. I then come home and copy out the backup to my main drive again.

It’s one step less elegant than I’d like, but as much as I love my Dropbox, I don’t trust it for files I’m working on. The only problem is remembering to sync my netbook at home if the location I’m at doesn’t have Internet.

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**Author:** ![Bibb](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/7ab992/32.png) [@Bibb](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/u/Bibb)\
**Post date:** [December 29, 2011, 9:07pm UTC](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/dropbox-or-altenative/16354/3 "2011-12-29T21:07:57Z")

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Thanks JenB. The reference is exceptional.

I’m only colaborating with myself, so your method of backup to DropBox and restore as a constant begin and end, makes a lot of sense.

Thanks!