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the_ood
Helpful | Level 6
5 years ago
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Backup folder name change

Hello! I have 2 macs, one personal and one for work. Both had backup enabled and when I went online, I saw both computers' backup directories. The directories were both in the format of "My Mac (comp...
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  • Hannah's avatar
    Hannah
    5 years ago
    Hey the_ood, thanks for the post and happy Friday!

    I'm afraid that the name of the backup folder cannot be changed currently.

    I will, however, pass this along to our devs team for consideration!

    If you need anything else, make sure to let us know.
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edo_dragon
New member | Level 2
5 years ago

This would indeed be very helpful. I've seen a couple others requesting this, especially Business users who's employees are all confused with the naming of the folders. I've also tried to fix this and only came upon this discussion in the Dropbox forum with no solution.

It would be great to be able to assign a name to the backup folder when turning on the Computer Backup feature, if it is not possible to change it after the feature is already turned on (although that would be even more convenient).

PLEASE consider adding this very simple folder-naming step to future releases. It would make managing/navigating backups much easier and more professional-looking.

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