How much is a terabyte (1 TB) of storage?

When talking about data storage, we often measure whole-system storage capacity in terabytes, but most individual large files take up megabytes or gigabytes. So how many gigabytes or megabytes are in a terabyte? 1 terabyte (TB) equals 1,024 gigabytes (GB) or 1,048,576 megabytes (MB). (Dropbox Plus comes with 2 TB of storage, Dropbox Standard starts at 3 TB, and Dropbox Advanced starts at 15 TB.)

Now, let's compare that 1 TB to the physical storage devices we use every day. It’s equivalent to 4 (256 GB) Windows or Apple MacBook laptops—and sometimes a lot of storage space is eaten up by system software.

A 1 TB external hard drive offers that capacity on one physical device, while cloud storage keeps files available across all of your connected devices.

If your phone runs out of space, you're probably not carrying around a second one. When you’re running out of storage space on your Apple or Microsoft computer, you don’t want clunky, fragile portable hard drives or small, easy-to-lose flash drives.

The cloud gives you an easier way to store a large amount of data, including photos, videos, and important files, without ever having to worry about disk space. When you store content in the cloud, you'll be able to access files or work remotely, whenever it's needed—even from mobile devices.