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Your observations about what you see DropBox doing are correct. You work on files (in your DropBox folder) on Computer A and later those files (as edited) show up on Computer B.

That is the DropBox application at work. Monitoring files in the DropBox folder on each computer, uploading changed files to the DropBox server, downloading the changed files to the other computers as needed.

The only thing you are not grasping is that the DropBox folder and all the files in it are just like any other folder and files on your computer. The folders and files are all located on the hard disk of each computer.

It's the DropBox application on each computer that is performing the "magic" of keeping every thing in sync.

A change to a file on Computer A is noted by the DropBox application, the changed file is uploaded to the DropBox server, that file is later download to Computer B.

A change to a file on Computer B is noted by the DropBox application, the changed file is uploaded to the DropBox server, that file is later download to Computer A.

All local files, all local folders - with the DropBox application busily working behind the scenes to keep everything up to date on the various computers.


The reason there is a DropBox folder is simply to LIMIT that number of files that the DropBox application has to monitor and reduce the number of files replicated out to the server, etc. In theory the DropBox application could monitor your entire hard disk for changes and sync those changes to other computers BUT that would be a HUGE amount of data being moved around - it would not be efficient - nor is it needed - there are only so many files that you want to keep in sync on your various computers - thus the DropBox folder becomes the one place for you to put your files that you want to be available on your various computers - simple to understand - simple for the DropBox application to manage.