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swanee01
Explorer | Level 3
2 years ago

I'm selling my iMac m1 - can I backup my entire hard drive to Dropbox?

how can i get entire hard drive on this computer on to dropbox plus.  

regards john swan 

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    Rich
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    2 years ago
    swanee01 wrote:

    how can i get entire hard drive on this computer on to dropbox plus.  

    Dropbox doesn't do that. It can back up select folders from your user profile, but it can't back up your entire drive. You would need to manually copy or move the files you want into your Dropbox folder and allow them to sync to your account online before turning off the computer.

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