[Update] Free 4.5GB Extra Storage Upgrade for Dropbox Users

Edit 25/03/2012 - Box are now giving away 50GB free storage for a limited time! Get it quick here.


If you saw my blog post yesterday about how to get 5GB free Dropbox storage space upgrade, you would know that you need to upload 4.5GB of data to obtain this free upgrade.


However, there has been a way to bypass this and get the 5GB free without having to upload anywhere near that amount - 

1. Copy 4GB on to an SD card, external hard drive, phone etc into a folder "DCIM/Camera"

2. Connect the SD card/phone/HDD to the computer and select "Import pirctures and videos
using Dropbox" from the Autoplay dialog box.

3. Let dropbox do its import thing (where the dropbox icon in the task bar turns into a camera).

4. Once that is finished let dropbox do its indexing (hover over dropbox icon in the task bar and you will
see it indexing the files)

5.Once dropbox has finished indexing (a window will pop up called "Camera Uploads"). Right click the Dropbox icon in your taskbar and “Pause Syncing” then delete the files in the newly created dropbox folder named “Camera Uploads”

6. Right click the Dropbox icon again and select “Resume Syncing” and I got my free 5GB without having to upload at all!

And remember, if you don't have a Dropbox account, you can sign up here.

FREE 4.5GB Extra Space & Storage Upgrade on Dropbox

Edit 25/03/2012 - Box are now giving away 50GB free storage for a limited time! Get it quick here.


Edit - It's actually FREE 5GB upgrade on Dropbox (500mb for testing the beta and 4.5GB for uploading data)


You can also bypass having to upload the 4.5GB by using the method here.


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Get it HERE.


If you don't have a Dropbox account, sign up HERE. (We both gain 250mb extra)


Dropbox is running a beta test on its new Experimental Dropbox 1.3.12 software right now and will give you 4.5 GB of storage (at 500MB increments) to test out some of the new features in Dropbox beta. What the new feature does is enable the automatic imports of photos and videos from cameras, smartphones and SD cards. Basically, when you plug in a camera to your computer, Dropbox will start uploading the pictures to your Dropbox and you’ll start getting free storage.


Storage space is increased in 500 Megabyte chunks by a maximum of 4.5 Gigabytes. For this to work, it is necessary to run the new Dropbox 1.3.12 client. This client is experimental and only linked at the Dropbox forum and not on the main site.


To receive the update, users need to upload photos via the new photo import feature. If you do not have that many photos on your camera, you could simply shoot a lot of photos, connect your camera to Dropbox to get the additional 4.5 Gigabytes of online storage space.


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Have you read my OTHER POST about how to get 1GB free Dropbox space?


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via Gizmodo and GHacks.