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Copy Photo Stream Images To A Folder Automatically

2:30AM February 9, 2012 | Thorin Klosowski

Mac: Apple’s Photo Stream service for iCloud is a great way to keep your photos on your iPhone in sync with your computer, but it requires you use the newest version of iPhoto. Macworld forum member DJF3 came up with a script to automate the process and skip over iPhoto. More »


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Dropbox For Android Drops File Size Limits

4:00AM February 4, 2012 | Whitson Gordon

Dropbox updated its desktop clients yesterday with new photo features, including one that can give you up to 5GB of space and today the Android app has followed suit with a new beta that automatically uploads photos after you take them. More »


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Syncly Uploads Every Photo You Take To Dropbox

2:30AM February 3, 2012 | Whitson Gordon

Android: Syncly keeps watch over your Android’s SD card, automatically uploading new photos to Dropbox as soon as you take them — so you don’t need to do anything to keep everything synced to the cloud. We’ve talked about how to roll your own instant photo upload for Android before, and while apps like DropSnap are great, Syncly puts them all to shame. More »


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Belvedere Now Automates Your Folders And Sends Files To iTunes

6:00PM January 28, 2012 | Whitson Gordon

Belvedere, our automatic file management tool for Windows, has updated with a few new features, like the ability to move folders around and add tracks to iTunes. More »


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Ditch Hard Drive Clutter With An Organised, Automated Home Folder

3:00AM January 25, 2012 | Whitson Gordon

Your home folder is the base of operations on your computer, where you throw every document, app installer, photo and other file you’ll need later. So why does it look like it’s been ravaged by a virtual tornado? Here’s how to organise all of your documents so you never have to rummage through a mess of files again. More »


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StartWire Automatically Updates You On The Status Of Your Job Applications

4:00AM January 18, 2012 | Melanie Pinola

StartWire is designed to solve one of the most frustrating problems for job seekers: spending countless hours sending out applications and customising cover letters, then following up only to never hear back. StartWire tracks your applications so you’re not in the dark. More »


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How To Roll Your Own Instant Photo Upload On Android And iOS

11:30AM January 11, 2012 | Whitson Gordon

Plugging in your phone to sync a mass of photos is a pain, and manually uploading each of them to Dropbox is far from idea. Here’s how to automatically upload each photo you take to Dropbox, immediately after you take it. More »


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Make Your Android Wallpaper Depict The Weather

3:00PM January 7, 2012 | Whitson Gordon

If the standard weather widget is a bit boring for you, you can use our favourite Android automation tool, Tasker, to display weather conditions using your wallpaper. More »


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Dropbox Automator Automatically Processes Files

4:30AM December 30, 2011 | Adam Dachis

Dropbox Automator is a powerful web app that connects to your Dropbox account and monitors the folders of your choice, performing automated actions you define whenever new files are detected. This can be anything from converting a document to PDF, resizing images and uploading them to Facebook, plus a whole lot more. More »


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How To Automatically Delete Old TV Shows After You’ve Downloaded Them

10:30AM November 30, 2011 | Whitson Gordon

We’ve shown you how to automatically download TV shows as soon as they’ve aired, but not everyone has infinite storage to house those episodes after they’ve watched them. Here’s how to automatically delete old episodes and free up space. More »