#changing clouds

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Starlings - Mia Bergeron , 2025.

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Acrylic on flat panel , 7 x 12 in.

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trying to take a nice photo

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Switching from Dropbox to Google Drive or Another Cloud

So you’ve made the choice to leave Dropbox. Infinit is here to help you manage your break up so that it doesn’t get too messy. Follow our advice closely and hopefully you won't be heartbroken.

Step 1: Disable selective sync

This is only necessary if you chose to have it enabled when you originally started using Dropbox.

Click the Dropbox icon, then the settings gear to access your Dropbox Preferences. Select Advanced, then Selective Sync. You should see a wall of folders – select all of them to sync these back to your computer’s hard drive. Click here for more information.

Step 2: Cancel your Dropbox account

Canceling your Dropbox account won’t harm your files (as long as you did Step 1) because they’re saved on your computer's hard drive in your Dropbox folder. 

If you are a Dropbox paying customer, click here to cancel your subscription.

Once you’re done, or if you were never a premium subscriber, click here to completely delete your account.

Step 3: Reevaluate your needs

What were you doing with your Dropbox? Did you sync and backup your files? Did you use shared folders to collaborate with others? Do you mostly share links to your contacts?

If your main concern is sharing files, you might not need a cloud service. Infinit is hands down the simplest app for sending files. It's unlimited, fast and free and works great for sending any file on your computer.

If you need a "new box" – sync and backup replacement, your main alternatives include the corporate solution, Box.com, Microsoft’s opulent OneDrive, and the basic, but inexpensive Google Drive. Google Drive can works great for collaboration, replacing shared folders in a lot of cases. Feel free to check out PCWorld’s four Dropbox alternatives as well.

Step 4: Put your stuff in your new box

Open up your old Dropbox folder and move those files to your new service’s folder. Voila! You’re done! 

Now go forth and send some cat GIFs on Infinit!

Thanks to Eric Wu for submitting this post.