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dgallant
Helpful | Level 6
12 months ago

Can I download my external drive backup onto my new external drive?

Hello

The external USB hard drive which I used with Dropbox Backup was physically damaged and will not connect. I would like to download 1TB of files stored in Dropbox Backup to put onto a new drive.

Is there a way to point the entire Dropbox backup at a new drive?

Reading this, if I log out and log back into Dropbox on my Mac, my only computer, can I point Dropbox Backup to a new External and have it download all of the files slowly?

Utilizing the web interface is riddled with errors that there are too many .zip files in the folders.

Thank you

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    dgallant
    Helpful | Level 6
    12 months ago

    The saga continues. One of the folders which I would like to copy locally has at least 22,000 files in it. The infinite scroll chews this up, and I believe there is a 10,000 item limit on export. Any tips on how to chunk this? Or must I use the API, which is also rumored not to work with Backup, only Dropbox proper?

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