Being able to take photos with your iPhone on the go is great. Getting them off of your iPhone? Not so much. For many of us, our busy lives preclude the ability to sync our iOS devices on a regular basis, leaving all of the images we take on the go unprotected by the benefit of a backup. As such, everyone using an iPhone is always at risk of losing their precious photographic memories. Unacceptable! Today, we'll show you how you can easily back every photo you take with your iPhone, thanks to an ingenious iOS application and our friends at Dropbox.
To make sure that moving forward your photos are backed up without the benefit of syncing your iPhone to your computer, you're going to need to secure a copy of DropPhox, which is available from the iTunes App Store for a very reasonable $1.99.
DropPhox, like so many other iOS applications out there, leverages the camera technology baked into the iPhone's API. What sets the app apart is what it does with your pictures and videos after you've taken them. With its built in Dropbox interface, the application has the ability to back up your camera content to the cloud, keeping it safe for prosperity's sake.
As DropPhox utilizes Dropbox for cloud-based storage, you're also going to need -- you guessed it -- a Dropbox account. If you don't already have one, signing up for Dropbox is free and easy. Just visit their website to get started.
Once you've downloaded DropPhox and installed it to your iPhone, you'll need to connect the app to your DropBox account. To do so, tap the app. In doing so, you'll be asked to enter your Dropbox user name and password. By entering your credentials, you are allowing DropPhox to upload data to your Dropbox account.
Get out there and take some pictures of life in the big city, or stay at home and snap a few shots of your cat -- we won't judge you. After you take each shot, DropPhox will provide you with a preview of the image and ask whether you want to use the shot or take another one. Click according to your tastes. If you choose "Use", your photo will be uploaded to your Dropbox account.
In instances where your photos are unable to be uploaded immediately to DropBox, DropPhox will store your pictures on your iPhone until it a connection to your account can be made.
Now that you've taken a few pictures, you're going to want to make sure that they've ended up in your Dropbox account as anticipated. Open up your computer's DropBox folder or log into Dropbox's website. You'll find that DropPhox has created a folder specifically for your uploaded pictures, and that they're all present and account for.
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