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Jurij Nowickyj
Explorer | Level 3
2 years ago

Managing an external APFS Apple external drive with Dropbox.

I have connected an APFS Apple external drive to my MacBook Pro and chosen certain folders to be synced with DropBox. I do not need to upload anything else on my MacBook, because I am synching with i...
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Hannah
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2 years ago

Hey Jurij Nowickyj, can you clarify if you're referring to backing up your external drive to Dropbox or are you referring to keeping your Dropbox folder on your external drive?

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Jurij Nowickyj
Explorer | Level 3
2 years ago

Hello Hannah,

I would like a backup of my permanently connected external drive that is attached to my MacBook. So far I have learned that I need to drag the folders/files from my external drive to my DropBox view, but any changes must be done in both places. And nothing needs to be backed up from my MacBook. 

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