1. Dropbox won't sync files that you don't have read permissions.

2. You'd better not merge an old Dropbox folder while installing/configuring Dropbox.

3. You'd better not store symbolic links in the Dropbox folder, because the symbolic links will be replaced by the real files/folders when synchronized to other computers.

4. It …

Tips and Traps

1. Almost all sychronization tools have problems with symbolic links. Most of them just ignore symbolic links. This makes sense as following symbolic links can causes serious disk problems. If not followed then symbolic links are likely broken on other device. The simple suggestion is do not place …