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balman
New member | Level 2
3 years ago

Remote access

It's possible connecting and synchronizing to my files stored in Dropbox from remote computer, without Dropbox app installed? If positive response what protocol/parameters I can use? Thks
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balman's avatar
balman
New member | Level 2
3 years ago

Finally 

I don't be a dev but only an user 😊

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Mark
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3 years ago

If the software is not installed you cannot sync remotely. 

 

You could, if you had a VPN, do a manual upload to the Dropbox website but that would need to be a manual process. 

 

In terms of that software as Dropbox has no FTP service available I doubt it'll work.

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