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      With Dropshare, you can upload screen shots, screen recordings, files, and more to Backblaze B2 Cloud Storage and share it immediately with anyone. For more details about how to use Dropshare, see their User Guide.

      Enable a Backblaze B2 Account

      Before you begin: You must have a Backblaze B2 Cloud Storage account. You can sign up here. If you already have a Backblaze account and the left navigation menu contains a B2 Cloud Storage section, your account is already enabled for Backblaze B2.

      1. Sign in to your Backblaze account.
      2. In the left navigation menu under Account, click My Settings.
      3. Under Enabled Products, select the checkbox to enable B2 Cloud Storage.
      4. Review the Terms and Conditions, and click OK to accept them. 

      Create a Bucket

      You must set this bucket to Public.

      1. Sign in to your Backblaze account.
      2. In the left navigation menu under B2 Cloud Storage, click Buckets.
      3. Click Create a Bucket.
      4. Enter a name for your bucket.
        Bucket names must be at least six characters and globally unique. A message is displayed if your bucket name is already in use.
      5. Select a privacy setting: Private or Public.
        Files that are in a private bucket require authentication to perform an action, for example, downloading. Public buckets do not require authentication so you can easily share files. You can change a bucket's privacy settings at any time.
      6. If applicable, enable a Backblaze B2 server-side encryption key.
      7. Enable Object Lock to restrict a file from being modified or deleted for a specified period of time.
      8. Click Create a Bucket, and copy the value that is in the Endpoint field; you may need this value for other processes.
      9. Click Lifecycle Settings to control how long to keep the files in your new bucket.

      Create an Application Key

      Application keys control access to your Backblaze B2 Cloud Storage account and the buckets that are contained in your account.

      1. Sign in to your Backblaze account.
      2. In the left navigation menu under Account, click Application Keys.
      3. Click Add a New Application Key, and enter an app key name.
        You cannot search an app key by this name; therefore, app key names are not required to be globally unique. 
      4. In the Allow Access to Bucket(s) dropdown menu, select All or a specific bucket.
      5. Select your access type (for example, Read and Write).
      6. Select the optional Allow List All Bucket Names checkbox (required for the Backblaze B2 S3-compatible API List Buckets operation).
      7. Click Create New Key, and note the resulting keyID and applicationKey values.
      Note
      When you create a new app key, the response contains the actual key string, for example N2Zug0evLcHDlh_L0Z0AJhiGGdY. You can always find the keyID on this page, but for security, the applicationKey appears only once. Make sure you copy and securely save this value elsewhere.

      Upload Files to Backblaze B2

      1. Download Dropshare here, and install the application.
        A Dropshare icon appears in the menu bar at the top of your screen.
      2. Click(Dropshare), and click the cog (Settings).
      3. Select Preferences, and select the Connections tab.
      4. Click Backblaze, enter the following information, and click Save & Close.
        • Account ID
        • Application key
        • Bucket ID
        • Bucket name
      5. Click(Dropshare), and click the cog (Settings).
      6. Select Active Connection, and ensure that B2 Connection is selected.
      7. Drag the files that you want to upload to your Backblaze B2 bucket onto the Dropshare icon.
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