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John H1
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3 years ago

Moving Synced Data To External SSD Drive & Backing Up That Drive

To free up space on my notebook and assist in my DAW performance, I'm using a new external SSD drive to directly write new files too and I want to move my large existing files (already uploaded to Dr...
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Jay
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3 years ago

Hi John H1, thanks for posting today!

 

Currently, this wouldn't be possible via the Dropbox desktop application, since online-only files don't reside on the computer, the files need to be downloaded first into the Dropbox folder.

 

You could try downloading the files directly from the site into the external drive, though bear in mind there is a size limit for downloads.

 

If you have any further queries, feel free to message back.

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kevjoewalsh
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2 years ago

I'm also trying to do something similar. Or rather, I simply want to backup my files that are on Dropbox on an external drive. But this process of downloading and then dropping them into the drive will make this a huge headache.

 

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