TortoiseSVN VS Dropbox

TortoiseSVN Reviews

Dropbox Reviews

1. Lily1010    

   almost 4 years ago
   good cloud service

   It's much more convenient than GoogleDrive. I frequently use it to share my projects on freelance platforms. This is reliable cloud storage with many features

   🏁 Competitors: Google Drive

   👍 Pros:    Reliable|Convenient|Easy to use

   👎 Cons:    Found none

TortoiseSVN mentions (8)

• Ask HN: How did Git become the standard when Windows is the majority OS?

  TortoiseSVN is a subversion client integrates with Windows Explorer (SVN commands show up in right-click menu). Version 1.14.5 was released in September 2022, so some Windows users still use subversion. https://tortoisesvn.net/. - Source: Hacker News / 6 months ago

• New programmers need to learn how to use git.

  SVN would be one popular flavor, with for example https://tortoisesvn.net/ being a fairly popular client. Source: over 1 year ago

• PL/SQL and version control software

  Have used Tortoise SVN for PL/SQL. Wouldn't necessarily recommend it over git, but it does a fine job. Source: over 1 year ago

• I have another developer on board. However, we're both remote, and cannot pay for online services to host repositories for source control. Are there alternatives to help transfer blueprints and code efficiently?

  For a project I was working on I setup https://tortoisesvn.net/ on my own computer and they could connect and sync data to and from the repo. It has version control, etc etc. Source: over 1 year ago

• PTC Windchill Academic Shutdown

  You can have a look at TortoiseSVN (https://tortoisesvn.net/). Source: over 1 year ago

Dropbox mentions (28)

• Excel What if Analysis Issue

  Even better: upload an example Excel file to a file-sharing website (box.net/files, dropbox.com, onedrive.live.com, etc), and post a download link that does not require that we log in. Source: 6 months ago

• How to save data on Obsidian? Worried about data loss

  Note that Dropbox automatically backs up all your files. So if you delete a file, you can recover it on dropbox.com, even 6 months later. Source: 10 months ago

• How long would a USB stick last in storage?

  Upload what is on that stick to a cloud based system that is not vulnerable to degradation of hardware, you can get a lot of storage for free on sites like dropbox.com, mega.nz, or icloud. You can also always make multiple backups. Source: 10 months ago

• Dropbox data gone

  Did you try logging into dropbox.com and checking there? Often the files remain online even if they are removed locallY. You have to log in with the same account you deleted Locally. Source: 10 months ago

• Author Resources: Tools and Software

  Dropbox: You absolutely NEED backups. Ideally, both physical and cloud backups, because if you only have one backup, you're not backed up. I can't even begin to tell you how many writers have lost days, weeks, or even entire novels worth of work because they failed to back up their work, then had their computer break or had some weird software snafu. Dropbox is my preferred cloud backup solution, because you can... Source: 10 months ago