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u49aa2
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12 months ago

How can I sync my Mac desktop automatically to Dropbox?

in the past i was able to sync my Macbook desktop to dropbox automatically so anything i creat on my mac desktop will sync to a file in dropbox without me actively draging the file to dropbox (same w...
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Jay
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12 months ago

Hi u49aa2, thanks for bringing this to our attention.

 

It sounds like you're referring to the Dropbox Backup feature. 

 

Have you enabled that on your Mac device?

 

This will help me to assist further!

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