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Justin Jia's avatar
Justin Jia
Explorer | Level 3
3 years ago

Sync Dropbox to External Hard Drive

The Dropbox backup function allows backing up files from an external hard drive, but there is currently no function to sync a dropbox folder to an external hard drive. Could you please add such a fun...
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Justin Jia's avatar
Justin Jia
Explorer | Level 3
3 years ago

Hi Jay, I hope to have a Dropbox feature that sync files from a Dropbox folder on my desktop computer to a flash drive.

 

For example, I have a dropbox folder named "xxx course" on my desktop computer, which contains all the materials for a course. Throughout the semester, I may update some files on my desktop computer (e.g., lecture slides). Then I want to sync this updated files to a corresponding folder on a flash drive and take the flash drive to the classroom. One option is to copy the entire folder from my desktop computer to the flash drive, but the folder is quite large. I hope to have an option to sync only the updated files from my dropbox folder on my desktop computer to the corresponding folder on the flash drive.

 

Thanks.

  • Mark's avatar
    Mark
    Icon for Super User II rankSuper User II
    3 years ago

    Hi Justin Jia 

     

    I very much doubt such a feature will ever happen (Dropbox was designed to replace flash drives), however, the place to request new features etc. is over here. Once you log it get people who also want it to happen to up vote it 🙂

    • Justin Jia's avatar
      Justin Jia
      Explorer | Level 3
      3 years ago

      Hi Mark ,

       

      Thanks for your suggestion. But I entered this current post as a "new idea" at the link you mentioned.

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