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Dasadab's avatar
Dasadab
New member | Level 1
20 days ago

Home destroyed in LA fires, need help picking a plan to log purchases

Hi, I have to coordinate among 3 total family members the sharing of storage.  Basically, we have iPhones and MacBooks.  Our house was just destroyed by fire.  I am looking for an efficient way to track  our purchases for goods and services for eventual reimbursement by our insurance company.  Example:   I buy clothing, my wife buys a jacket, my daughter buys a sweater.  Receipts of all of these separate purchases could be uploaded to various Dropbox folders so that we could track them by category and eventually put them into an accounting document for submission to the insurance company.   What dropbox account would work the most efficiently and easily for this type of family coordination and sharing?  Any other organizational ideas for managing the data for sharing with the insurance company would be greatly appreciated.  

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    Jay
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    Hi Dasadab, thanks for posting under such difficult circumstances.

    I'm sorry to hear about what has happened to your home, I wish you all the best for you and your family in the future.

    Regarding your query, the best option to share quota and files with each other easily would be the Dropbox Family plan. It provides 2 TB of quota to be shared between all members, and a default 'Family room' which all members have access to. 

    You can of course create shared folders elsewhere so not every member can access certain files you want to share. Of course, each member can also create private folders on their account which can't be accessed by anyone else. 

    Once you have a list of documents to share, you can create a shared link, or a Dropbox Transfer to the insurance company for them to access and download the documents.

    If you need any further assistance or information, please let me know.