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Southby
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2 months ago
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How can I select a folder on a hard-drive to sync to Dropbox, then share with others?

Device M2 Macbook Pro Operating System/Browser (if using the web) macOS 15.6.1 Dropbox App Version (if using the app) 235.4.5905 Question or Issue I've got a folder of files that I store on ...
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  • Mark's avatar
    Mark
    2 months ago
    Southby wrote:

    Is this possible with Dropbox currently?

    Simply put, no. 

    Dropbox only sync's what is inside of its own directory - it wont sync files elsewhere. 

    So the only way to do this would be to move the files inside of the Dropbox directory and work on them in there.

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Southby
New member | Level 2
2 months ago

Ah - that is a shame! Thanks for answering!

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