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Adamsaundersmusic
Explorer | Level 3
2 years ago

How can I upload from an SSD directly?

Is it possible to upload to Dropbox directly from an SSD, so I can share video files with an editor? I only have 512GB on my internal drive in my Mac, so there isn’t always room to store them on t...
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Jay
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2 years ago

Hi Adamsaundersmusic, thanks for posting today.

 

Are you uploading the entire SSD, or certain files from the external drive?

 

This will help me to assist further!

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      Walter
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      2 years ago

      Thanks for clarifying that for us Adamsaundersmusic 

       

      Would the walk-around described here work for what you had in mind by any chance? 

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        Adamsaundersmusic
        Explorer | Level 3
        2 years ago
        That looks complex

        If I uploaded the whole drive would that be a workaround?

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