How to make Dropbox your default online storage documents folder

It's always better to store documents in an online storage service like Dropbox, SkyDrive, GoogleDrive or other similar services. Online storage of documents helps us in accessing all the saved documents from any where and all that you need is internet and a device to view it. Gone are those days where you had to carry HDD or pen drives.

Even if you have an account opened in online storage service like Dropbox, by default all your documents will be saved on to your default Windows or Mac folder. And whatever documents are saved here is local to this machine and there are  high chances that you might even forget to upload it to online storage services.

If you have Dropbox installed in your machine, then you can make it your default online storage documents folder. By doing so you don't have to worry about documents and all documents will be saved in the cloud storage. Here is how you can make it happen:

In Windows machine: Right click on Documents >> Properties >> Location. Select 'Move' and locate your Dropbox.

In Mac machine: In the Terminal type 'cd Dropbox', hit return and type ''ln -s ~/Documents /Documents'.

Dropbox will now be your default online storage documents folder. All changes that you make will be saved in dropbox and you can even view all your older versions of a document or the change history which is accessible for 30 days from the last modified data.