However, if you’re purchasing a Chromebook Pixel, you probably don’t care about money (sorry Google, but the Pixel is just too expensive for what it offers).Dropbox gives all users 2 GB of free storage. You could also get 1TB of space for three years by purchasing a Chromebook Pixel for $1,300 – it’s actually cheaper to get the storage by buying the Pixel than by purchasing the storage alone. That’s a $120 value – almost half the price of the Chromebook itself. It’s not quite free – you have to buy a Chromebook – but if you’re so inclined, you can get a free 100GB of Google Drive space for two years by purchasing the $249 Samsung Series 3 Chromebook. Buy a Chromebook: Chromebooks come with a sizable bonus amount of Google Drive storage space.To get more space, try shrinking or deleting some photos. Google has more information about the types of photos and videos that you can store for free. In other words, you can store an unlimited number of these photos and videos for free. However, photos and videos under a certain size aren’t counted towards your storage limits. Manage Your Photos: Your 5GB of space is actually shared between your Google Drive and Google+ Photos (formerly Picasa Web Albums).If you have any documents in other formats, such as Office or OpenDocument formats, convert them to Docs files and you’ll free up some space. Use Google Docs: Files you store in Google Docs format (documents, spreadsheets, and presentations) don’t count towards your storage limit.However, some files aren’t counted to your space limit. You’re stuck with the standard 5GB unless you want to pay for additional storage. Google Drive doesn’t have any sort of referral program, so you can’t get additional free space. Keep your eyes peeled for future scavenger hunts, beta tests, other events, and new features.
They’ve also given away 5GB of space to users who participated in beta testing new features. Participate in Scavenger Hunts and Beta Tests: Dropbox has run "Dropquest" scavenger hunts where users can earn free space by solving puzzles (or just looking up a walkthrough online).Take the Tour: If you never took the getting started tour when you created a Dropbox account, you can take it now for a free 250MB of space.Social Media: You can earn 125MB each for connecting your Facebook and Twitter accounts to Dropbox, following Dropbox on Twitter, and giving Dropbox your feedback.If you do, you’ll get up to 3GB of free space. Camera Upload: Enable the Camera Upload feature on your phone or computer to automatically upload photos you take to Dropbox.Refer Friends: Refer friends to Dropbox and you’ll get an additional 500MB of free space every time someone creates an account after following your referral link.
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