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How to recover files I removed from drop box Mac
I wanted to save my files to an external drive. So I drug them out of drop box and onto my mac. Then I drug them to an external hard drive. Now I find out I can't open the files on my external d...
If they're available locally and you can open them as normal, yes.
They will of course get deleted from Dropbox, but you can move them to any location you prefer.
Hannah
Dropbox Community Moderator
Dropbox Community ModeratorHey dunlapjs, thanks for your replies here.
So, once you make the files available offline and they are available on your computer, then you should be able to drag them out of the Dropbox folder again and you won't have the same issue.
The Dropbox application saves them to your Dropbox folder, which is on your internal drive, so that's where they should be now.
If the application is working correctly and syncing, once you drag them out, they should also be deleted from your Dropbox account.
I hope this helps!
Wonderful! And so once I have them offline, and drag them out of drop box, I won't lose them?
(I had that scare just yesterday)
- Hannah
If they're available locally and you can open them as normal, yes.
They will of course get deleted from Dropbox, but you can move them to any location you prefer.
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