Some files are simply too big for an e-mail, but with specialized online services like Gmail and Dropbox sharing still works.

How to send a file request using Dropbox Forget setting up shared folders in order to receive files from fellow Dropbox users; file requests are here.

Unlike a regular cloud storage provider, Dropbox has some useful collaboration tools. Here's how to share a Dropbox file or folder.

Dropbox Transfer encrypts the files you share to protect them from unwanted access.

This most recent is probably my favorite yet. Send to Dropbox lets you email files directly to your Dropbox, and can even take a few actions for you once they’re sent.

Unfortunately Dropbox hasn't said what type of account you'll need to have to send 100GB files, but it's safe to say that free users will have to make do with a smaller file limit.

Use this trick and you'll never have to wade through your inbox for buried files again.

How To Use Dropbox, The Best Free File Storage Service Around Feb 2, 2011, 2:43 PM PT Dropbox Dropbox is the popular online file storage service that acts as a virtual hard drive for your data.

Before Dropbox became popular, there was iDisk, which was Apple’s cloud storage system. iDisk allowed you to store documents, pictures, QuickTime files, and PDFs in one cloud-based “drive ...