Dropbox may be best known as a cloud-based file storage service, but the mobile app has a built-in feature that transforms your phone into a document scanner.

These days Dropbox does a lot more than sync files and it wants to remind you—and upsell you—at every turn. Maestral is an open source application for Linux and Mac that brings the sync-only ...

I go step by step to show how I use Dropbox on my iPhone to stay organized and back up files. I show how to download the Dropbox app, sign in, and use the free plan. I walk through uploading files ...