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Dropbox Backup 2024 version can't sync among computers
I have 3 computers: Let's call them
Computer 1 (desktop)
Computer 2 (desktop, different location)
Computer 3 (laptop)
For a couple of years, the files in Computer 1 were in the Mac us...
upty wrote:... Please help me restore this to the old system, where I can have three computers always in sync.
Hi upty,
Better don't rely anymore on extravagant features like Dropbox Backup. While you need sync only, backup is not intended for such a usage! Just create a simple folder in your Dropbox folder named Documents and put everything you need to keep in sync there. Turn off your Dropbox Backup (on every machine it has been on) and just... sync without backup. 😉 You will have one more Documents folder - use the one that's in Dropbox folder that you created. That's it.
Hope this gives you idea.
PS: Never do more that you need actually - you don't know what'll get back. 🙂
Thanks. Yes, I have realized that this is the most likely way forward. For now, I am trying to use Rewind to rewind the contents of the previous Backup folder, which is still showing in the Dropbox but now as a regular Dropbox folder. So far it seems promising, but it will probably take some time to rewind 175 GB. I will report back further. Then it will be just another Dropbox folder, as you suggest.
Dropbox Rewind has concluded, and appears to be a satisfactory solution in this circumstance. I do think there should be a better migration for customers in this scenario, but I hope my experience will help others.
