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Guy m
New member | Level 2
5 months ago

Ability to rename Dropbox Backup machine names

Currently in Dropbox Backup all machines are named Mac (1), Mac (2), Mac (3) etc. Please add the ability to change those or at least give an alias so we can be able to understand which machine is wh...
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Guy m's avatar
Guy m
New member | Level 2
5 months ago

There is no rename option there.

Dropbox support says this isn't currently available.

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Walter
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5 months ago

If that's the case, it means that you must be using the older version of the Dropbox Backup feature Guy m 

If you'd like to be able to rename your backups, you'd need to update to the new version by following the steps outlined here. 

I hope this helps a tad! 

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