• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar

Greg Ferro

As a Human, My Thoughts Need a Home

  • About Me
    • Contact
    • Privacy Policy
    • Terms and Conditions
  • Blog
    • Whimsy
    • Video
    • Impulsive
    • Vitriol
    • Posture
    • Reaction
    • Emotional
    • Rubric
    • Vicissitudes
    • Twitter Thoughts
    • Tude
  • Packet Pushers
  • Show Search
Hide Search
Home/Mac OSX/OSX: Dropbox and Bandwidth Management

OSX: Dropbox and Bandwidth Management

I noticed that the latest version of Dropbox has added an Upload Rate feature in the preferences. In a house that has limited Internet and four people sharing a limited amount of bandwidth I need to control how much bandwidth I use. I often need to upload large files for podcast editing and it can take hours.

I noticed this Preference Setting when I downloaded the latest Dropbox version

Dropbox upload speed

Not sure how the algorithm works but it sure makes a difference. In this screenshot the upload is proceeding at 4 kilobytes per second or 32kilobits. Since this is a 256 kilobit upload and there are three other people sharing the Internet that’s pretty good going. I can use the Internet connection and not have to worry about $daughter2 complaining about poor access to some website.

Dropbox bandwidth 2

Remember, the Dropbox app for Mac OSX doesn’t update automatically. You will need to download it yourself at Dropbox

Please use my referral link if you haven’t signed up for Dropbox already http://db.tt/CQeFw4d – I could use a little more space.

Published on:22 June , 2012 Last Modified: June 22, 2012

Categories: Mac OSXTags: dropbox, mac, Mac OSX

Primary Sidebar

Thanks for Visiting

Greg is the Co-Founder of Packet Pushers Interactive LLC, speaker,co-host of the Packet Pushers Podcast and analyst.

I'm a recovering Network Architect/Engineer who survived 25 years of Corporate IT . You can hire me for contract work, freelance or ad hoc work by the hour.

Packet Pushers is the largest weekly data networking podcast in the world delivering 500K downloads per month.

I'm also professional writer, presenter, speaker and author.

My technical site is EtherealMind.com. Sometimes I speak at events.

Recent Posts

  • Microphone Recommendation – October 2020 16 October , 2020
  • No I Did NOT Buy A Smart Oven 15 June , 2020
  • Todays Music Is Chill, Again 8 June , 2020
  • What Spotify Gets From Podcasting 4 June , 2020
  • Review of Audry for Podcasters 4 June , 2020

Footer

© 2009–2021 Greg Ferro