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Lynk
Helpful | Level 6
8 months ago

Syncing Cloud Folders with External Drive

I am backing up folders to an external drive by manually clicking the folders and choosing "Download" and pointing to where I want them on the external drive.  Is this the right way to create a backu...
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DBoxTips
Experienced | Level 13
8 months ago

Hello Lynk​,

If I got this right, what you want is sync, not just download. If you're on Windows you can use a third-party solution like Boxifier, which augments Dropbox desktop client functionality to achieve what you are looking for. Windows only, I have no knowledge of any equivalent macOS solution.

Hope this helps,
Andrew (DBoxTips)

P.S. I am a volunteer on the Dropbox forums, freely and happily sharing know-how with other users, not affiliated with Dropbox in any way.

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