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JudyK1
Explorer | Level 4
3 years ago
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Lost folder

I had to replace my laptop. When setting up Dropbox on my new laptop, I discovered that a whole folder was missing. It contained thousands of embroidery files that I had purchased and downloaded from...
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Mark
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3 years ago

Hi JudyK1 

 

No 2 cloud storage systems work together well. If you have tried to just move from OneDrive to Dropbox did you download everything locally first and then reupload to Dropbox? If not it wont work - there is no way to upload online only files between cloud providers without thirdparty paid addons. 

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JudyK1
Explorer | Level 4
3 years ago

Thank you.  That makes sense. Now to figure out how to do that.

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