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CAB2k
Helpful | Level 5
2 years ago
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Auto Backup on Windows 10

Hopefully this is the correct forum for this question. I am now a PLUS user. My Drop box has a local folder on my C: drive & a copy on the Drop box on-line so I can access my files from phone or ta...
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  • DBoxTips's avatar
    DBoxTips
    2 years ago

    Hello CAB2k,

    In addition to the solution offered by Rich of moving that folder into your local Dropbox folder, you can also sync it without having to move it. That can be done using a third-party product called Boxifier (Windows only, no such thing for Mac that I know of). The nice thing about it is that you also get the sync status icons and the Dropbox right-click context menu in Windows Explorer (just like if it were in the Dropbox folder), and it syncs without having to move it.

    Hope this helps,
    Andrew (DBoxTips)

    I am an individual contributor to the Dropbox Community forums, not affiliated with Dropbox. All opinions expressed here are my own.

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Mark
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2 years ago
CAB2k wrote:

Thanks for the reply.

So in your scenario when the internet is unavailable you can not access those files?

 

I need access to my files even if the internet is down.

 

 

Dropbox is a folder on your device like any other, so, if you have the files stored locally (ie. offline access and not online only in the cloud) they'll still be available for you 🙂

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DBoxTips
Experienced | Level 13
2 years ago

Hello CAB2k,

In addition to the solution offered by Rich of moving that folder into your local Dropbox folder, you can also sync it without having to move it. That can be done using a third-party product called Boxifier (Windows only, no such thing for Mac that I know of). The nice thing about it is that you also get the sync status icons and the Dropbox right-click context menu in Windows Explorer (just like if it were in the Dropbox folder), and it syncs without having to move it.

Hope this helps,
Andrew (DBoxTips)

I am an individual contributor to the Dropbox Community forums, not affiliated with Dropbox. All opinions expressed here are my own.

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    CAB2k
    Helpful | Level 5
    2 years ago

    So I can use the local Dropbox folders that auto backup or keep my current folders & use Boxifier to keep my local Dropbox folders up to date.

    I'll look into Boxifier.

     

    Thanks for the options & clarifications.

     

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