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How to make dropbox watch certain folders and sync automatically on change.
Hi.
I have the dropbox business advanced account.
I have the offline installers etc for the newest version of the Dropbox app.
But, I am finding it rather difficult to use. What I want to do is make this program only watch certain folders and then sync them as the files and the folders in those folders change.
For example, I don't want my desktop constantly synced.
So, can somebody please direct me on how to do this?
Thaks.
I'm very glad to hear that everything is set up and working nicely Valekea!
If you need to format the hard drive and remove the Dropbox folder contents in the process, you'll need to unlink your desktop app from your account first.
Once you've finished re-formatting, you can sign back into the desktop app and it will re-sync your files from your account online.
I hope that helps!
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Apple won't let you will they? dang... that must be annoying... or maybe they paid y'all enough to take the sting away. hahahaha ! Apple is GREEED!
- Daphne
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Hey nolanneal , thanks for joining the topic!
The wording that I used there is indeed a little misleading so apologies for any confusion caused. In my next post I clarified that Dropbox can only sync the folders and files within the Dropbox folder.
In regards to the symlink questions that you found around the forum, symlinks essentially are shortcut links to a file in another location on your computer.
Since the desktop app can't follow a symlink to a file outside the Dropbox folder, if you want to sync content from outside your Dropbox folder you can move the actual file within the Dropbox folder and create a symlink to the file in the original location.
This means that you can access the files you want from your Desktop, but also have them sync with Dropbox.
I hope this helps!
