In fact, both files and folders, plus application packages, can be restored easily. An earlier version of this article said that only files, not entire folders, could be restored from Dropbox. Plus, Dropbox maintains deleted files for only 30 days unless you pay for a Dropbox Pro account and enable the Packrat add-on in your account settings, so a Time Machine backup could let you restore deleted files after that day period. On the one hand, backing up your Dropbox folder with Time Machine gives you an added layer of confidence that your files in Dropbox are backed up locally, in case something were to go wrong with the Dropbox Web site. But what may not have occurred to you is that, by default, Time Machine is also backing up the contents of your Dropbox folder. If you use Time Machine to back up your Mac, you have the security of automatic backups. First, those who want to maintain a complete email archive of TidBITS can recover from email delivery problems on their own.

Ideally, this new feature will solve two annoyances. How to record your screen for free in Mac OS X, using Quicktime.