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dpwct
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11 months ago
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How can I share my Apple photos library to another person?

I used back up to upload apple photos to dropbox - It is really for archival off line backup of an old photos library.  How c an I share that with someone else on my team/family
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    Hannah
    11 months ago

    Hey dpwct, let me jump in here as well.

    There's no difference in how long you can keep files stored in your Dropbox account or backup.

    But the backed up files cannot be shared.

    If you want to share those files, you'll need to add them to your local Dropbox folder.

    I hope this helps!

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Hannah
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11 months ago

Hey dpwct, let me jump in here as well.

There's no difference in how long you can keep files stored in your Dropbox account or backup.

But the backed up files cannot be shared.

If you want to share those files, you'll need to add them to your local Dropbox folder.

I hope this helps!

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dpwct
New member | Level 1
11 months ago

Then you are saying the retention for backup is  forever  (as long as my account is active) is that correct, even if I never again connect the external drive with the photos to my computer

 

 

 

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    Mark
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    11 months ago
    dpwct wrote:

    Then you are saying the retention for backup is  forever  (as long as my account is active) is that correct

    As long as your account is active is the key here - and by that it means regular logging in and using of Dropbox. If you do not log in for 12 months Dropbox accounts and data are wiped due to inactivity.

    https://help.dropbox.com/account-access/email-about-inactive-account

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