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Adding an external drive to the backup cloud devices
I have Preferences / Backups already setup, how do I manually add an external drive? I have the check box for "External Drive Backups" and under devices I see that I have three devices listed. ...
After reading your original post again, I realized that you wanted to backup the external drive, which also contained your Dropbox folder. This isn't possible when using the Dropbox Backup feature.
If you want to backup the drive, then you need to move the Dropbox folder away from the external drive.
I could send a snapshot but there is no means to send an attachment
Ooops silly me : [removed]
and the drive is already mounted and attached to the iMac. The drive is mounted at boot.
- Walter
Dropbox Community Moderator
Hey bs98909, sorry to jump in here, but could you use the camera icon (insert photo option) in your reply's box to attach your screenshot instead of sending us a shared link to it?
Also, can you maybe navigate to your backups page online and let us know if you can backup your external drive from there?
Ah I see that now - thank you that
- Hannah
Sorry, bs98909, you mentioned that the external drive you want to back up, has your Dropbox folder in it.
Do you mean a copy of your Dropbox folder, or the actual syncing Dropbox folder?
The rest of the drive the Dropbox is just one of 6 folders on the drive.
- Jay
After reading your original post again, I realized that you wanted to backup the external drive, which also contained your Dropbox folder. This isn't possible when using the Dropbox Backup feature.
If you want to backup the drive, then you need to move the Dropbox folder away from the external drive.
