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cenilleu
Explorer | Level 4
1 year 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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cenilleu's avatar
cenilleu
Explorer | Level 4
1 year 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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1 year 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
    1 year ago

    Yes, it is a external drive.

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      Nancy
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      1 year ago

      cenilleu, you should now be able to select specific folders from the external drive to back up. Let me know if you don’t see the option though, while setting up the feature.

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        cenilleu
        Explorer | Level 4
        1 year ago

        Thanks Nancy for the answers.

        I need to sync a folder (not the whole drive) but in order to share it with other people and another computer of mine. Never tried the backup feature but i'm afraid it can't behave like a regular sync folder.

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