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move contents of dropbox to external hard drive
how do I move contents of dropbox
i.e my files and photos to an external hard drive
thanks folks
- Do you have the Dropbox client installed on your computer? If so, then your files will be syncing to your computer. They'll be in the Dropbox folder. Just copy them to your external drive like you would any other file.
If you're not already syncing your files and you just use the Dropbox website, then you'll need to download your files and save them to your external drive. The easier method would be to install the Dropbox client, let it sync all of your files to your computer, uninstall the client, and then move the Dropbox folder to your external drive.
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- If you want them to be synchronized parent folder should be created in your external drive
- not synchronised as such , copied I meant - to another storage facility such as a external hard? I'm a newbie so not very techie
thanks - Sanchez
Dropbox Community Moderator
- Rich
Super User II
Do you have the Dropbox client installed on your computer? If so, then your files will be syncing to your computer. They'll be in the Dropbox folder. Just copy them to your external drive like you would any other file.
If you're not already syncing your files and you just use the Dropbox website, then you'll need to download your files and save them to your external drive. The easier method would be to install the Dropbox client, let it sync all of your files to your computer, uninstall the client, and then move the Dropbox folder to your external drive. - No, I want to move Dropbox to an external drive off my very crowded hard drive, and I bought a 5T drive to do that. It is on the Dropbox cloud, so I don't need it on two drives at my house. ;)
- Jane
Dropbox Staff
I'd like to move items off of Dropbox completely and onto my external HD, bypassing my computer altogether.
How do I do this?
- RichDownload them from the Dropbox website, and specify your external drive as the Save location in your web browser.
- Sanchez
From the Google.com main page
1. Click on the 3 stacked dots at the top right of your screen
2. Click on SETTINGS
3. Scroll down to page click on ADVANCED at bottom of page
4. Scroll down to DOWNLOADS
5. Where its "Location" to the far right Click on CHANGE
6. "Browse for Folder" Choose Drive you want to download your info to and Click OK
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Part 2
Log in to your Dropbox Account
1. At the "Home Page" on the top right of screen click on "FILES"
2. At My Files page open on the folder you want to download from if you want to download from a subfolder open the subfolder
3. Once you're at the location you want to download from hold down the CTRL button at the bottom right of your keyboard the press the A key CTRL+A ( This will highlight the items to be download from that page
4. At the right of your screen click on DOWNLOAD
Files should now be in your External Drive
