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Dropbox Back-up - (not Beta) on Mac
Having experimented with Dropbox back-up, I have disabled the sync. Q1: it has re-organised my arrangement of folders and files so nowI have to waste time correcting the interference. Is there an...
I think I've now got the hang of it. By searching o google and finding your advice to use alt+H etc. I am relieved to have found a folder that was "missing' which I have now put somewhere more accessible. So far approximately 190,000 files have synced,
Megan
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Dropbox Community ModeratorI definitely see where you're coming from ducksinarow!
In any case, if you need anything else, just give us a shout.
Following on from my bout of mild angst yesterday, I persevered. It took from about 18:00 hours GMT until 10:00 this morning for every file and folder in Documents and Desktop to back up, estimated >200,000. I didn't stay up all night, but I did check progress at 03:00 today. Whether it was backing up when the screen went into saver mode, I do not know.
This morning I received an email from someone in DB support (which I haven't answered yet but will do), which on skim-reading was very helpful. Contrary to what I read or. how I read it, it isn't a one-way relationship. Any changes to a file or folder in Dropbox also change the file or folder on my Imac and vice versa: which makes sense despite the file/folder on my Imac being the 'copy'. As I have hundreds of pdfs to rename, i did wonder whether DB sync would be constant but actually, it is very slick and confirms sync almost immediately on any change.
After the backup was completed, I found, contrary to the order of folders as was, wasn't, but I have managed to find where they are and put them back as was.
I shall be asking the DB person this, but if anyone reading this could please answer whether I continue to use the desktop DB folder if the Backup also backs up the contents of that folder as well. And if it does, i am wondering whether I need to keep as many folders and files in it when I now have something I have always wanted, which is a cloud-based backup at a reasonable cost.
