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cenilleu
Explorer | Level 4
2 years ago

Can I sync folders that are located on a different SSD drive to Dropbox?

This has been discussed in several threads, but it seems I can't find a solution. My main Dropbox Folder is in one hard drive in my computer (mac OS). I need to sync some other folders that, for sp...
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Rich's avatar
Rich
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2 years ago
cenilleu wrote:

I need to sync some other folders that, for speed reasons, are on another drive (fast SSD). ... How can I do to have this folder syncing in Dropbox?

Dropbox can't do that. It can only sync the files and folders located in the Dropbox folder.

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    cenilleu
    Explorer | Level 4
    2 years ago

    That's what it seemed to me, although it's hard to belie.ve they aren't able to provide this feature (even more if you have a paid Plan).

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      Nancy
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      2 years ago

      cenilleu, to clarify, the SSD you mention isn’t an external hard drive, correct? If not, then this isn’t possible indeed, as Rich mentioned above.

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        cenilleu
        Explorer | Level 4
        2 years ago

        Yes, it is a external drive.

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