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arishperez
Helpful | Level 5
3 years ago

How to Transfer files from GDRIVE to DROPBOX?

we are using gdrive to backup our photos and videos as we are content creator. Now suddenly google change their subscriptions, now we are moving to dropbox. What is the easy step to transfer my exist...
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arishperez's avatar
arishperez
Helpful | Level 5
3 years ago

Where this attached?

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Jay
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3 years ago

Hi arishperez, you should see it on the home page, next to the Organize button. Bear in mind, the option to import from Google Drive is only available for personal accounts, not for Dropbox Business teams. 

  • arishperez's avatar
    arishperez
    Helpful | Level 5
    3 years ago
    So this will not work on me then, what is the alternative for teams subscription?

    Thanks Jay.
    • Nancy's avatar
      Nancy
      Icon for Dropbox Community Moderator rankDropbox Community Moderator
      3 years ago

      Hey Arish! I hope you’re doing well and sorry for jumping in.

       

      In that scenario, you can use a third-party app to move these files over to your Dropbox account. 

       

      Another option would be to install the Dropbox app on your computer (in case you haven’t already), download your files from Google Drive to your device and then, move them over to your local Dropbox folder. 

       

      Since this is a large amount of data we’re talking about though, it will take some time for the updates to sync to your online Dropbox account.

  • Simonebruno's avatar
    Simonebruno
    Explorer | Level 4
    3 years ago

    Why only for personal accounts? We pay much more and we should have this function too no?

     

    THird party software are extremely slow.. Multcloud is just impossible to use... 

    • arishperez's avatar
      arishperez
      Helpful | Level 5
      3 years ago
      I think i can agree on this as well.

      Regards
      • BenDBX's avatar
        BenDBX
        Icon for Community Manager rankCommunity Manager
        3 years ago

        Hi Everybody,

         

        I have spoken with the appropriate teams about expanding this feature outside of personal accounts. They are currently investigating. I will post here when I know more!

         

        Regards,

        Ben

  • Invisage Studios's avatar
    Invisage Studios
    New member | Level 2
    3 years ago

    Wooooohhhh, this is bad.. REALLY BAD.

    Your sales team just sold me Dropbox Teams so I can migrate over from Google Drive. I'm trying to migrate a lot of data and without this feature... It aint gonna work.

     

    Surely there is a solution to this? Third party tools are slow (Literally 4 years to do it) or expensive ($350/TB to transfer).

    Help!

    • STuri's avatar
      STuri
      New member | Level 2
      3 years ago
      Facing same issue with similar catalogue size. Only solution I’ve come across is to connect your google drive to a large enough external drive or raid and choose to have your files synced locally in Google drive settings. Then take those files for upload to Dropbox.

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