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carlosr27
Explorer | Level 3
2 years ago
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how do I eject my external hard drive without deleting everything

I recently synced my dropbox to my external hard drive. However, I have heard that if you remove your external hard drive from your macbook then everything on your dopbox will be deleted. How do I ej...
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  • Jay's avatar
    Jay
    2 years ago

    Thanks for the info. If the Dropbox folder is on the external drive, then you need to ensure that you fully quit the Dropbox desktop application from your machine prior to removing the drive to prevent any deletions.

     

    Likewise, when you next want to run the app, make sure the drive is connected and mounted under the same drive or name to prevent deletions.

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carlosr27
Explorer | Level 3
2 years ago

Thank you again Walter! I will try that. Only issue is that my dropbox is 36TB and my hard drive is 12TB so it will probably take a very long time to do that. If there is anything else I can do, please let me know!

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Nancy
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2 years ago

Hi Carlos! Sorry to jump in here. 

 

Did you follow these steps to move your Dropbox folder from your external drive to your internal drive? 

 

Are you able to open your app preferences, and try Walter’s suggestion above about selective sync?

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