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John Howkins1
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3 years ago
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How to ensure a file (or folder) is held on both my computer hard drive and in Dropbox?

Ive checked DB help and community and cannot discover how to keep a MS word file in DB and on my computer hard drive. I'm told I have to sync it but cannot discover how. I'm running OSX Ventura 13.4 on a MacBook. Maybe these don't support what I want. Thanks for any help.

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  • Rich's avatar
    Rich
    3 years ago
    John Howkins1 wrote:

    Is it right that everything on my DB folder on my computer is also in my DB folder online? And if I remove it from either the computer DB folder or the online folder, then it is deleted from both?  

    Correct.

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    John Howkins1
    Explorer | Level 3
    3 years ago

    Thanks for this. I have already got DP on my computer. Is it right that everything on my DB folder on my computer is also in my DB folder online? And if I remove it from either the computer DB folder or the online folder, then it is deleted from both?  

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    Rich
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    3 years ago
    John Howkins1 wrote:

    Is it right that everything on my DB folder on my computer is also in my DB folder online? And if I remove it from either the computer DB folder or the online folder, then it is deleted from both?  

    Correct.

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