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trover222
Explorer | Level 3
3 years ago
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Viewing backup files on mobile app

Hi, all! I have some old flash drives that I just backed up on my MACBOOK. They appear in DropBox Backups. I can’t figure out how to view the backups in my mobile app. I can see the file names in my ...
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  • Jay's avatar
    Jay
    3 years ago

    Hi @trover222, yes, the Backups are visible through the browser only. 

     

    Files synced through the normal Dropbox site can be accessed via the mobile app.

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mbriney
Helpful | Level 6
2 years ago

I agree with Jarrod Kile.. this has made things very troublesome by not allowing everything to be read via the mobile app. I understand the principle of having the major "backups" be in a different segment of dropbox.. but it shouldnt be that hard to access all the files. Maybe inside the regular current Dropbox app, feature a button that allows up to actually open the files that are in this "backups" section? OR maybe create another "Dropbox Backups" app that will allow us to remotely view these backup files without having to go thru the browser?

 
 
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Walter
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2 years ago

Hey mbriney - thanks for the feedback on this one. 

 

If you'd like to, you can post any feature requests you might have in the Share an Idea area of the Community so that other users can up-vote it and share their own thoughts or use cases as well.

 

PS: You can find some tips about posting ideas on this page, if needed. 

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