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erkin's avatar
erkin
Helpful | Level 7
5 years ago

Renaming Backup folder

Hi community, I have a question to those who use macOS devices. I recently got a new mac and set up the backup on Dropbox. Dropbox automatically named my new mac as Mac(2). However, I will be using t...
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Hannah's avatar
Hannah
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5 years ago
Hey erkin, thanks for posting your question on our Community today!

I'm afraid that at the moment, there's no way to rename the backup folders.

Their names [Mac and Mac(2)], have been created so that you'll know which computer was backed up first and which second.

I will however pass your comments about this to our team, so thanks for this feedback!

If you have any questions, let me know.
brotskydotcom's avatar
brotskydotcom
Helpful | Level 6
3 years ago

Hi Hannah it's now been more than a year since this question was first asked.  Any word from product management about progress on this feature?  If it's not going to be fixed, then it would be great to get it added to the Dropbox Backup FAQ/knowledge base documentation.

  • onewil's avatar
    onewil
    Collaborator | Level 8
    3 years ago

    Agree it would be great to get an answer. This seems like a poor limitation, and my Dropbox is littered with Mac (2) and Mac (3) which aren't... clearly named folders. 

     

     

  • Walter's avatar
    Walter
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    3 years ago

    Hi onewil & brotskydotcom, thank you both for your feedback on this.

     

    I just wanted to mention that you can also have a look at this idea and upvote it as well to show your interest. 

    • onewil's avatar
      onewil
      Collaborator | Level 8
      3 years ago

      Wanted to say thank you! Looks like this idea is in progress, which is great. Appreciate the help connecting us to the voting option. 

       

       

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