DropIn - “A DropBox Monitor”

Sick of never knowing when people update items in a shared DropBox folder, I sure was!

I don’t know about you but I use DropBox religiously. It is in my humblest opinion, one of the best innovations of the last few years (even blogged about a different DropBox add-on a while back). It is hard for me to find fault with such a stellar service, but one thing that does get my goat is how difficult it is to tell if someone you are sharing a folder with has added or changed a file, enter DropIn!

DropIn is a menubar app that integrates with you DropBox account. It keeps an eye on what files are doing what and logs them all for you to easily see at the click of a mouse button in the menubar. It also integrates with Growl (another must-have!) to give you desktop notifications. This allows you to keep tabs on files as they are moved in or out of your account, a process that previously proved quite a difficult task.

The other feature which I have found to be extremely useful is the ability to create a droplet - wherein if you drop a file onto the menubar icon it automatically adds it to your DropBox public folder (or any folder you like) and copies the URL to your clipboard for easy sharing - the upshot of this is that if you have a file that your want to send to someone , but don't want to attach it to an email you can simply send them a download link - SUPER! This is similar to Cloud app (which you might know about) - but I actually like this better as it has the folder monitoring features as well.

It is available from the Mac Appstore for $1.99.

DOTM Meter 8/10

Homepage: http://dropinapp.com/

Price: $1.99

App Store Link: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/dropin/id437805289?mt=12&ls=1