I am not a computer expert but I know enough to find my way around the
hardware and software that I have. Sorry to hear about your experience with
dropbox...
I don't see how dropbox can delete your files. Dropbox is a kind of
cloud/virtual storage. The user copy/upload a file to dropbox and send a
notification/email inviting his/her client or friend telling that the file
is there so go get it. In the meantime the original file sits on the user's
computer - so where did the original file go after the upload?. In fact
there are 2 copies of the file - one in dropbox and one in the user's
computer.
Someone somehow must have access to the user's computer in order to delete
the files - dropbox or not.

On Sun, Mar 5, 2023 at 11:25 AM Jim Felder <jim.felder@gmail.com> wrote:

> Dropbox is horrible, I consider it a virus. I once worked for a non-profit
> of which a board member convinced the rest of the board to adopt dropbox. I
> worked for the board as the executive director. When dropbox gained access
> to my computer, it cleaned out every single folder that had a file in it
> that I developed for the non-profit. It also cleaned out hundreds of images
> that belonged to me that I had used in the various projects I did for this
> non-profit over a decade. Those folders are empty to this day and many of
> my photos are gone. I had no warning of this, I just discovered it one
> morning. Fortunately, I have multiple archives of everything I do but
> sometimes it might take me a couple of hours to find what once was at my
> fingertips. No thanks, dropbox.
>
> Jim
>
> On Sun, Mar 5, 2023 at 12:46 PM Dan N <dn92610@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> There's a service called Dropbox that I use sometimes. The basic service
>> is
>> free.
>>
>> On Sun, Mar 5, 2023 at 10:40 AM OlRivrRat <OlRivrRat@comcast.net> wrote:
>>
>> >         Being a photographer & videographer I have always missed the
>> fact
>> >
>> > We are unable to attach images to Our EMs but do understand the reasons
>> >
>> > for that,,, But these days with all of the places that images can be
>> > uploaded
>> >
>> > to & shared via links on the www it seems almost silly that We haven’t
>> done
>> >
>> > something to make our Vanagon Related images available to Us all ~
>> >
>> >         I really do like the Ease Of Use of this EM List & would not
>> like
>> > to see it
>> >
>> > altered in any way & do believe that establishing a venue for images
>> that
>> > are
>> >
>> > pertinent to Our discussions would only add Frosting to this Yummy Cake
>> ~
>> >
>> >         Certainly there are other www based places where dialog & images
>> > are
>> >
>> > easily shared simultaneously but they can & do become confusing messes
>> for
>> >
>> > some reason,,, I avoid TheSamba because to Me it is the proverbial
>> HayStack
>> >
>> > & as for FaceBook, there is a fine example of a HayStack in a Tornado ~
>> >
>> >                                                 ORR ~ DeanB
>> >
>> >         & I really do like that YouGuys don’t give Me a hard time about
>> My
>> >
>> > Rebellious Punctuation ~
>> >
>> > > On 5 Mar , 2023, at 11:04 AM, Jim Felder <jim.felder@GMAIL.COM>
>> wrote:
>> > >
>> > > Funny how this all comes around. Ten years ago, I was lobbying for the
>> > > ability to post photos as that was an option at the time, during one
>> of
>> > our
>> > > major switchovers. I argued that it would make us more effective at
>> > > communication which part, where, how, etc. The purists would hear
>> none of
>> > > it. Where are they now? Did they die off? I think they all migrated to
>> > > Facebook when they got the chance and this list suffered for it. But
>> here
>> > > we have a real discussion, not the morass-like structure of FB which
>> is
>> > > like a river--anything put into it floats downstream to never be seen
>> > > again, the one-upsmanship, the smartassery of of internet anonymity.
>> Just
>> > > wish we could have both.
>> > >
>> > > Jim
>> > >
>> > > On Sun, Mar 5, 2023 at 11:31 AM Richard Koerner <
>> rjkinpb@sbcglobal.net>
>> > > wrote:
>> > >
>> > >> Yes Dean....you are on to something good.  Google Photos is an
>> excellent
>> > >> passageway.  OK....next step is to have all of this happen.
>> Seamlessly.
>> > >> Hardly a thought.  That is why Facebook is so successful and popular.
>> > Not
>> > >> us Vanagon Folks....but in general, people are lazy.
>> > >>
>> > >>    On Sunday, March 5, 2023 at 09:25:45 AM PST, OlRivrRat <
>> > >> olrivrrat@comcast.net> wrote:
>> > >>
>> > >> On 5 Mar , 2023, at 9:50 AM, Richard Koerner <rjkinpb@sbcglobal.net>
>> > >> wrote:
>> > >>>
>> > >>> Yes Dean, that thing works!  Could absolutely see all of the detail.
>> > So
>> > >> marvelous.  Now...we have got to find a way to transmit this
>> knowledge
>> > to
>> > >> the rest of the gang.  So that this stuff can become a common
>> > occurrence.
>> > >> Doing so, will absolutely transform this List....in a good way.
>> > >>>
>> > >>
>> > >>    Maybe if all of us have access to Google Photos, a GerryVanagon
>> > account
>> > >>
>> > >> could be established & SignIn info made available to All Interested ~
>> > >>
>> > >>    Albums can be created within the Account, if need be, for various
>> > >> subject
>> > >>
>> > >> matters like Parts, Maint’, Accessories, Trips ~
>> > >>
>> > >>    Flickr is also another option & I suspect there are many others ~
>> > >>
>> > >>
>> > >>
>> > >>
>> > >>
>> >
>>
>