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bferney
New member | Level 2
8 months ago

How can I move my local Dropbox folder to my external drive?

I've looked through the various posts and do not see anything that is specifically addressing how to do this.  Right now, my Dropbox file is synced to my desktop so that files are visible either th...
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bferney
New member | Level 2
8 months ago

Nancy, the message is "everything is up to date"

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    Nancy
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    8 months ago

    Perfect. What I was thinking, in this case, is to try and move your Dropbox folder again to your external hard drive (with these steps). 

    Once the folder has been successfully moved and your Dropbox app shows as up to date, you can move back your files within the Dropbox folder and wait till they’re synced to your web account once more.

    Let me know if that works for you, or if you have any further questions.

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