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Steve R.8
Explorer | Level 3
2 years ago

How to Sync my second hard drive again to Dropbox

I run a telescope imaging system in California while I live in Virginia. I've had Dropbox installed for a good number of years but some time back I had to stop syncing as the system was in repair. Fo...
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Steve R.8's avatar
Steve R.8
Explorer | Level 3
2 years ago

Or better yet, where can I find step by step instructions on setting up Dropbox. I think key is the fact that when I go to my home computer and look at Dropbox it appears as the above screen capture and I'm not sure where that physically exists but the folder is empty. I'm in the process of replacing the NUC at the telescope location and will need to setup that computer as well, hopefully before sending across the country. And I expect my age and poor memory isn't helping a lot here either.

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Jay
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2 years ago

You'll need to reinstall the Dropbox desktop application on the remote machine to be certain it's working normally, and then test it by adding a file there to see if it appears on your local computer.

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    Steve R.8
    Explorer | Level 3
    2 years ago

    I think a college has pointed me to Preferences section to set the Sync settings. At the moment it appears to be promising. I'll check in later, possibly tomorrow to see how this evenings run goes. Should have several hundred files if successful. Otherwise I'll start from scratch maybe.

    Thanks for the assist.

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      Steve R.8
      Explorer | Level 3
      2 years ago

      I got tied up with running a remote telescope so back again. I'm actually about to send a new NUC out to the telescope site across the country and need to set this computer up to transfer the images files as they download. I can't say my home system is syncing so I'm asking is I uninstall the home computer and reinstall then install on the new computer would this resolve the syncing error? Do I risk any of the already stored data?

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        Walter
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        2 years ago

        Hey Steve R.8 - if you're facing a syncing issue on both of your devices, then reinstalling the app would be a good troubleshooting step.

         

        The files you see on the website when you log into your account will not be affected by that process. 

         

        Let us know of any updates!

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