AirDropper is a plugin whose main function is to turn your Dropbox into a place where anyone can upload files. By default, you can share files in your Dropbox for others to download, but people without a Dropbox account can't send files to you (you can use a shared folder if the people sending files to you have Dropbox accounts). AirDropper gets around this limitation. The principle is simple: through an authorization process, AirDropper is allowed to access your Dropbox account. Then you just have people send files to AirDropper, and it automatically saves them into your Dropbox, which indirectly lets anyone upload. But note that this plugin doesn't work like FTP. Instead, when someone wants to send you files, you send them a link, and they upload the files using that link. Once the upload is finished, the link expires.

From my experience trying several Dropbox plugins, most of them are slow, and some won’t even load at all. This is especially true of the top-ranked ones. I guess Dropbox sends them so much traffic that their servers can’t handle it….. But AirDropper, which I’m introducing today, has been fairly stable. Its only drawback is that sending the email isn’t fast enough.

Dropbox Plugin Details

Dropbox plugin page: https://www.dropbox.com/apps

Using the AirDropper Plugin

1. First, go to the AirDropper website, then click 【START】

  1. This is the page where AirDropper connects to your Dropbox for authorization. Click 【Allow】

  1. Enter the relevant information

  1. Your friend will then receive an email with a link they can use to upload files

  1. Click the 【ADD FILES】 button to choose the files you want to upload, then click 【SEND】 to send them (you can add as many files as you like)

  1. The AirDropper folder in your Dropbox will then contain the files your friend just sent you