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Alexander M.29
Explorer | Level 4
7 months ago

Syncing Microsoft Excel files between PC and Mac

Hi everyone. Is there a way to sync my Excel files (saved in Dropbox) on the fly between my MacBook and PC? Like Continuity on Mac - u edit file on one device and synchronously see edits on the a...
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Alexander M.29's avatar
Alexander M.29
Explorer | Level 4
7 months ago

I already know all u mentioned above. The question is how to make it work. Do you have a WORKING solution for the Miscrosoft Excel - one of most pouplar app at all - to sync between to machines effotlessly? Could you stop BS'ing me and get to the point, please! Respondent above offered some solution concerning Autosave. Could you please be more specific of let the others answer it?

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Jay
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7 months ago

These instructions from the Microsoft site should help you to enable the Autosave feature, however, it does look like you need a Microsoft 365 subscription, and the file needs to be saved in the OneDrive folder, so it can't be located in the Dropbox folder.

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