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KarlWiderquist
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10 years ago

Using Dropbox to backup iTunes

I want to use dropbox to backup iTunes and especially to make the transfer as seemless as possible when I upgrade to a new computer. Should I just move my iTunes library into my dropbox folder, or sh...
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Rich
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8 years ago

Are you sure it's referring to the space in your Dropbox account and not the available space on your local drive? Remember, Dropbox is not a virtual volder or drive where the files only exist in the cloud. It's a folder on your computer like any other. Anything you put in it takes up space on your local drive. If you have iTunes on that drive and you make a backup of it to Dropbox, you now have two copies of the files on your local hard drive.

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