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IMissTab
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9 months ago

I see PC and PC (2) in Selective Sync settings - could they be duplicates?

Hello! I am trying to clean up my folders before adding a new laptop to my account.  My current computer, which is based on a 2023 repair, shows  PC and PC (2) as folders for synching.  I would like ...
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Hannah
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9 months ago

Hey IMissTab, thanks for joining our Community!

The PC folders in a Dropbox folder mean that you previously enabled the Dropbox backup feature on two computers connected to your Dropbox account. These should be two different computers.

This is how the older version of Dropbox backup would work; the updated version works a bit differently.

What do you see about those two folders on your backups page here?

Let me know and we'll go from there.

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