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hsaccount
Collaborator | Level 9
10 months ago

How can I download my Dropbox contents onto an external drive?

I'm really really disappointed with Dropbox over the last several years. I had an enormous issue as did others with preview of images and photos on my laptop which after a multi-year discussion on th...
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Rich
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10 months ago
hsaccount wrote:

It is ridiculous that I can't select a dropbox folder and copy it to a hardrive and have dropbox dowload the files either directly to the external hardrive or to my laptop.

Just use a utility like Cyberduck or Mountain Duck to access your Dropbox account and copy files directly to your external drive. Cyberduck lets you directly access the files in the cloud. Mountain Duck allows you to map your account as a drive in Explorer/Finder.

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    hsaccount
    Collaborator | Level 9
    10 months ago

    Thanks I'll give that a try and will report back. Wish it was integrated into Dropbox itself..

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