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ljm317
6 years agoExplorer | Level 3
How to stop syncing my macbook air with dropbox
Hi, I am new to dropbox. When I did the setup, I didnt understand the questions about "backing up and syncing my macbook air". Now Dropbox is copying everything from my Desktop, Downloads, Docum...
- 6 years ago
Hi ljm317; thanks for joining our Community!
We do have a dedicated Help Center article about the new computer backup feature, so I'd suggest that you started from there:
https://help.dropbox.com/installs-integrations/sync-uploads/computer-backup
Let me know if you have any follow up questions.
Walter
Dropbox Community Moderator
6 years agoHi ljm317; thanks for joining our Community!
We do have a dedicated Help Center article about the new computer backup feature, so I'd suggest that you started from there:
https://help.dropbox.com/installs-integrations/sync-uploads/computer-backup
Let me know if you have any follow up questions.
ljm317
6 years agoExplorer | Level 3
Hi Walter,
Thank you for your reply. I have follwed all the instructions as listed to stop the back up.
I did get the following response.
How do I get DropBox to stop trying to Sync .... it is at over 400k items and counting.....
Thank you,
Lisa
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