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JanK
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2 years ago

Trying to Backup to Online only on Windows 11

I have Windows 11. I want to use backup program to save directly to Dropbox cloud only. I create folder in Dropbox on computer and set it to online only (white cloud icon). When I write to it, it rev...
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2 years ago
JanK wrote:

I create folder in Dropbox on computer and set it to online only (white cloud icon). When I write to it, it reverts to offline (green check).

Files you add directly to the folder will be Available, meaning stored locally, even if the folder is marked as Online-only. Effectively the folder is a mixed state at that point.

 

 

After you add files to the folder, either set the files to Online-only, or set the folder to Online-only again.

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JanK
Helpful | Level 6
2 years ago

Thanks. That's exactly what's happening. I'm trying to do an automatic daily backup (sync) of all my data every night with the Syncback program without creating a complete second copy on my hard-drive. Manually deleting it every morning kind of defeats the purpose. The dropbox,com doesn't seem to help either. All upload options are manual - navigate and select or drag and drop.

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