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ChrisRad
Explorer | Level 4
4 months ago

How to download 500GB from Dropbox online and then add to iCloud?

My company has blocked Dropbox so I’m being forced to move to iCloud instead. This means I need to migrate anll my data/pictures etc to iCloud. Challenge is that the blocking is already done so I cannot download my content and then upload it to iCloud. I’m looking for a way to populate iCloud from my online Dropbox file store. Help, please!

Devices: MacBook (without Dropbox) access, iPad, iPhone  

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  • Mark's avatar
    Mark
    Icon for Super User II rankSuper User II
    4 months ago

    I'm not aware of any software that can do this for you - everything needs to be locally on a machine to do the move. 

    There used to be http://mover.io but that seems to have been closed down.

  • Rich's avatar
    Rich
    Icon for Super User II rankSuper User II
    4 months ago
    ChrisRad wrote:

    Challenge is that the blocking is already done so I cannot download my content and then upload it to iCloud.

    You could try something like Cyberduck or Mountain Duck to download the files.

    ChrisRad wrote:

    I’m looking for a way to populate iCloud from my online Dropbox file store.

    MultCloud allows you to transfer data between cloud services.

  • anmipa's avatar
    anmipa
    Explorer | Level 4
    4 months ago

    If you have access to another computer, then you could use rclone copy everything from Dropbox to iCloud.

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