Next week, October 27-30, Dokkio will be exhibiting at the 20th edition of TechCrunch Disrupt in downtown San Francisco.
This flagship event brings together startups, investors, and technology leaders from around the world to showcase the future of innovation, and we’re thrilled to be part of it.
If you’ll be attending, you can find us at Booth A24 in the main hall of Moscone West (toward the far right corner as you enter).
We’ll be giving live demos of the new Dokkio ChatPlus, now fully integrated into Dokkio Sidebar 5.
Come see how Dokkio makes your digital world simpler, smarter, and faster. We look forward to connecting in San Francisco!
Dokkio will be unavailable for a short time (expected 20 minutes) for a major database upgrade on February 25 starting at 10pm PST (1am EST on Feb 26).
Our goal is 100% uptime with no scheduled downtime, but in this case, the downtime makes our upgrade process much easier. We’ve tried to minimize any disruption by scheduling this in the middle of a weekend night (in the U.S.), but we apologize for any inconvenience that it causes.
We are excited to announce a big new enhancement to our Dokkio Sidebar browser extension – Dokkio MultiSearch.Sidebar, Dokkio’s Google Chrome extension, now notices when you search in Dropbox, Gmail, Google Drive, or OneDrive – and then runs a parallel search across ALL your content sources connected to Dokkio.What does this mean? Imagine you’re looking for a “Tesla” related file in your Dropbox account. Dropbox may give you some results, but what if the “Tesla” file you’re looking for wasn’t in Dropbox like you thought? Maybe it was shared in Slack, attached to an email in Gmail, or stored in Google Drive. You might even be signed into the wrong Dropbox account!Sidebar’s Multi-Search feature eliminates guesswork and wasted time by detecting what you’re looking for and searching across all your sources – so you can find what you’re looking for instantly.The best part? You don’t have to leave your current page – Sidebar works while you’re browsing any of your storage platforms on the web, or even conducting a Google search!Here’s a quick video on how it works!So far, Multi-Search enhances searches in OneDrive, Gmail, Google Drive, Dropbox, Box, Google web search, and HubSpot – and we plan to keep expanding that list.If you’re unfamiliar with Sidebar, it’s our super-charged Chrome extension that offers you following benefit:
When reading or writing an email or doc, Sidebar offers relevant files and info to embed or attach while you’re writing blogs, emails, or just reading an email on your computer.
When editing or reviewing a Google Doc or Notion page, Sidebar lets you easily search and link files, or look up business data
When doing web research, Sidebar analyzes each page and shows how it relates to companies, people, or topicsof interest
And now:
While searching in popular web apps, Sidebar lets you focus on what you’re seeking, and not where it lives
If you’ve already got Sidebar, great! It will update with our new feature automatically. If not, you can download it HERE to stop the guesswork and time wasting.Have any feedback on Sidebar, MultiSearch or Dokkio in general? Let us know in the comments or email support@dokkio.com!As always, happy organizing!
Now that it’s been a week since our successful Product Hunt launch, we’d like to do a post thanking everyone for all the support and upvotes that helped us become #2 Product Hunt launch of the day on April 13, 2022!
This was, obviously, our very first launch and we couldn’t be more thrilled and excited about how many people support us and our project – a free file organization app to help you organize your cloud files and your local files!
To all our new users, welcome! If you have any questions, you can always contact support@dokkio.com or head on over to our subreddit and join us in discussions there.
To all our old users, thank you for sticking by us! We couldn’t have made this happen without you. Thank you for continuing to learn and grow with us, and we’re super excited about everything that’s to come in the future so we can make file organization even easier!
Transferring files from one program to another is a HUGE pain. So if you’re wanting to transfer files without the headache and having to send things through your Gmail and cluttering up your workspace, this is for you.
How to transfer files easily from Windows to Mac and back:
Download Dokkio. Dokkio is a file-sorting app that lets you sync all your clouds together – this basically means your OneDrive, Box, Dropbox, Google Drive, Microsoft Teams and local files can all live together in one place.
Sync all your clouds and local files.
Profit. Since your files are now all connected, as soon as you log into Dokkio on any computer anywhere, you’ll have access to ALL your files regardless of whether they’re on a Windows or Mac computer back home or at work. This will save you TONS of time, trust me. I use this in my daily life.
So if you’re looking for a file manager to organize your google drive files, an app for your document organization, or even just how to organize your Gmail, this is the app for you. Set up the organization categories once, and never again – Dokkio will categorize the rest while you sleep, eat, or vacation.
There are many methods to using google drive. Before we dive in, remember that before you start using Google Drive voraciously, you’re going to want to download Dokkio so that you can find and organize all the files you’re about to add.
So, here’s a short guide on how to use it:
How to Find Google Drive: here is a link. It can also be found in the Google play store on your phone under “Google Drive”.
How to share a folder in Google Drive: go to the folder you want to share, then right click, and click share. Then, type in the person you want to share the folder with under “People”. You can also choose if you’d like the person to be able to edit the folder or just view it. Then click “send”. Done!
How much storage is there for free in Google Drive? 15GB of free storage is the Google Drive GB limit. After that, you’ll have to pay.
How can you sync Google Drive and OneDrive? You can sync both of these Cloud powerhouses with Dokkio. You can also sync Box, Dropbox, and Microsoft Teams in the Dokkio app for free.
Are there any free Google Drive Calendar Templates? Absolutely. Here is a link to one.
Is Google Drive secure for tax documents? Yes, as long as no one else knows your Gmail passwords. Google file encryption is powerful and encrypts your files at every step of the storing and sharing process. However, if you’re paranoid about hackers, you may want to invest in a more highly-encrypted file keeping program.
Can Google Drive unzip files? Yes. Right-click the file you’d like to unzip, click “zip extractor”, authorize the zip extractor, and then extract. Then, click on the “view files” button to view your unzipped files.
Google Drive vs Google Docs? You can store Google Docs in Google Drive – Google Drive is simply a place to store your files and share your files.
Are Google Drive files safe? Not all files are safe inherently because they’re Google Drive files, so you should still be careful when downloading unknown files online. However, your own Google Drive files are relatively safe.
How many photos can Google Drive hold? However many photos until you reach 15GB. After that, you have to pay.
After you’ve started using Google Drive, don’t forget to organize it all with Dokkio – it’s MUCH easier than trying to organize in Google Drive alone.
There’s a ton of productivity techniques out there.
But what is the best?
The truth is, there is no one tool that works best for everybody. That being said, let’s get into the “Eat the Frog” technique.
Eat the Frog technique basically means to do that task you’ve been putting off forever before anything else – hence eating the “frog”, aka the worst part of your day and most annoying thing you have to do.
While this is a great technique, if you’ve got ADHD, this is NOT the technique for you. Having ADHD means executive dysfunction a lot of the time, and the mindset of “just do it” is not going to cut it here.
If you have ADHD and still choose to do this technique, here’s a tip:
Forget everything else. Literally. Open up a whole new browser tab or Chrome profile so you don’t get distracted, and open whatever it is you need to do in that browser or whatever app you need. DO NOT let yourself close out of that tab UNTIL the task is finished.
2. The second you minimize that window or app you’re using, the longer it will take you to start it up again. Most of the time, the task will take you far less long than you expect.
3. If you find yourself stuck, remind yourself that it’s okay to ask for outside help – and you can happily tuck this task away until that help is received. Eating the frog is not only about doing the worst thing first so you can get it over with, it’s also about doing it in a smart and efficient way. What’s better, working on other menial tasks while you wait for assistance, or trying to work through the answer yourself for 2 hours and end up burnt out and frustrated?
4. Even if you don’t think you can find outside assistance to help yourself with a task, just remember that there’s tons of communities online you can take resources from, like Reddit. We at Dokkio have a productivity and file organization subreddit you can join here. There, you can ask the community any questions regarding productivity, files, and Dokkio.
If your eat the frog task includes organizing files, here’s a reminder Dokkio can do that for you in 5 minutes for free.
Have you tried the Eat the Frog technique? Does it work for you? Let me know!
If you’re looking for something a little less intensive than Notion, we’ve compiled a small list of alternatives for you.
Notion is a great all in one workspace, so naturally, the alternatives for Notion are, too!
The first alternative to Notion app is:
Figma design – if you’ve used Notion extensively and have already figured out how it works and thought it was easy, Figma is great and allows you to delve even deeper into graphic design. In Figma, you can create logos, website, designs, and much more. Really, the sky is the limit. Plus, it’s free!
Canva – Another app similar to Notion, but much simpler to use, is Canva. Canva is great if you just want templates that are pre-made so you can create your brand logo, website graphics, or anything else you want!
Dokkio – Dokkio is a file-sorting program that syncs all your files from Notion, Dropbox, Box, Slack, Google Drive, OneDrive, Microsoft Teams and Gmail automatically so you don’t have to – and you can have all your files live in the same place. This allows its AI to automatically sort and categorize your files from any of your clouds without you having to lift a finger. So while you can’t exactly do graphic design in Dokkio, it’s a great tool for productivity and a great team collaboration productivity app. It also comes with a Sidebar Chrome extension so that you can highlight any text in your internet browser and the Sidebar app will show you a list of relevant files.
Have you used any of these? What’s your favorite productivity app?
The best free productivity app to organize your files in Mac and Windows is Dokkio.
If you’re looking for a google productivity app or apple productivity app, Dokkio works on both! Download it from any computer anywhere. The best part is if you left a file on your Mac computer but need to access that same file from your work Windows computer – if it’s a file in the Dokkio app, you can 100% access it. No need to go home to get it.
Since Dokkio is an all in one productivity app, it also works as a file sharing app. It allows you share files directly to your teammates without having to send annoying links – and you can use Google apps and Microsoft apps directly in the Dokkio app without having to open another tab – for example: need to open a Google Doc? No problem – do this right from your Dokkio homepage. Once you’ve created your file, it’s automatically shared to your team (as long as the folder is a shared team folder).
Dokkio’s personal productivity app also organizes and sorts your files for you via AI – the more you use Dokkio, the more the AI adapts to where you’d place your files normally (within tags and categories) and its file sorting of your cloud and local files becomes even more accurate.
Dokkio also has a tool called Sidebar – a free Chrome extension – that works with the Notion productivity app, Slack, Twitter, and anything else you may use for work.
Everybody knows Notion is a graphic design powerhouse – although its interface may be a bit complicated for some people, its app is revered by many.
Before you download Notion here, make sure you also download Dokkio. When you use Notion for making to-do lists, files, documents, or your own graphics – you’re going to need to be able to access those files immediately.
Sure, you can look at the file name you put in Notion, but you can’t access it unless you go and look it up yourself. That sucks and it’s a huge waste of your time. With the free Dokkio Sidebar Chrome app, Dokkio Sidebar can see what you’re writing in Notion and offer up relevant files you can then click on INSTANTLY. It’ll bring you to the file’s home in the Dokkio app – again, all for free, and instantaneous.
Here’s an example of how it works – Entrepreneur and Investing Expert Chris Yeh on Twitter was using Notion when Dokkio Sidebar immediately pulled up relevant files for him to use:
Thus making his life a WHOLE lot easier. Dokkio is about finding any file instantly and easily – no more archaeological digging through files upon files and wasting your time.
So go ahead and download Notion and explore – but don’t forget to download Dokkio with it!
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