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blehhhh32
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2 years ago

Dropbox Backup: Why is it impossible to disable?

As far as I can find, there's one (and only one) place where Backup settings can be modified -- where you can choose to disable a particular desktop backup -- and that's in my Dropbox Preferences on ...
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blehhhh32
New member | Level 2
2 years ago

Thanks for the response! In the screenshot, yes, it's showing my PC... but I'm given the exact same message, no matter which of the three devices I click into.

 

I should have taken a screenshot of the mac's settings for the sake of clarity (apologies for the confusion), but there is no contradiction.

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blehhhh32
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2 years ago

Here are the other two screenshots (all taken while on Mac)

 

 

 

 

 

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