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Can I save an external hard drive to Dropbox without putting them on in my Dropbox folder?
I want to store the contents of an external hard drive to my dropbox, without having to move it's contents over to my internal hard drive on a MacBook Pro. Can I do that?
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- Megan
Dropbox Staff
Hi drmarkellis, let's jump right into this!
In order to save your hard drive content to Dropbox, you'd either need to copy everything, and paste it inside your Dropbox folder, or enable our External backup feature.
In the first case your content would be located inside your Dropbox folder. However, if you use our Backup, you can see and sync your external drive on your Dropbox account online, and it will update every so often. It'll be a copy of your files in Dropbox.
Keep in mind that you wont be able to edit the files online, but they will be saved online to download or restore the backup to another drive. Would that work for you?
Let me know more!
Yes, Meagan, the hard drive feature WOULD work for me. Please inform me more about this.
Mark A. Ellis
- Rich
Super User II
drmarkellis wrote:
Yes, Meagan, the hard drive feature WOULD work for me. Please inform me more about this.
The instructions worked well all the way to "Click Set up." That option is not available on the menu.
I got to "Backups"
There is a selection "External Drive Backups".
"Show setup notifications when a new external drives are plugged in" is selected.
I disconnected and reconnected the drive I want to backup on Dropbox
No new notifications appeared.
There is no "Setup" available under the "Backup" tab.
There is no "Add a backup"
Thank you for your assistance. I am grateful.
Mark A. Ellis
- Jay
Hi drmarkellis, do you have a backup for something else already running? Try clicking where it says 'Manage backups'.
You should be able to get the option for the external drive backup from there.
I would like to use this feature as well but I am unable to follow the instructions because my back up preferences seem limited. These are the only options i get?
- Jay
HI Siem Wigman, what OS are you currently running on your device?
