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desmond_singh
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5 years ago
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Trying to save files directly on Dropbox (not on hard drive), but they still save on Hard-Disk Drive

Hi All,   Let me start by saying I'm brand new to dropbox, so I apologize if my concerns are low-level and I thank you for your patience in advanced.   Here are my details:   I'm a Bioinf...
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    Rich
    5 years ago
    desmond_singh wrote:

    I'm wondering how I can make it such that when I run the BASH script, the 22 unzipped files and the large, concatenated file are automatically saved onto the dropbox application and NOT my HDD.

    You can't. That's not how Dropbox works. It's not a cloud-based folder. It's a regular folder on your local hard drive like any other, and anything stored in the folder takes up space on the drive. Files saved in the folders are synced to your account online. It's not possible to save directly to the cloud, bypassing your local drive.

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klegreid1
Explorer | Level 4
4 years ago

Hi Jay,

I believe Dropbox support did help me disable that. In terms of marking online, etc. I've tried that as well. Honestly, I don't know what to do.

 

Can I ask, is the Dropbox app different from the Dropbox I loaded on my Mac laptop/computer/desktop? Do you think that will help with the functionality of copying and pasting from one doc to another? That is a secondary problem I am experiencing. I read previous threads on this but am not really seeing the solution. There simply isn't the same functionality with copying and pasting from Word on the Web to Excel on the Web. I try to copy and paste a bulleted list from a Word doc into a single Excel cell and it instead pastes it across several cells w/each showing a single, new bullet. It's so strange and frustrating. Thank you, in advance. 

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Hannah
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4 years ago

Hey klegreid1, there's only one Dropbox application that you can install on your Mac computers, which you can download here.

 

As for your question about Word and Excel for the web, are you seeing a different behavior when performing the same steps with the local Word and Excel apps?

 

If so, can you send us a couple of screenshots of what you see, when you do this locally, versus online?

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