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READINGDESIGN
New member | Level 2
4 years ago

I plugged in my Apple Passport and Dropbox started to back it up

I'm having the same issues and then when I plugged my backup Apple Passport to retrieve my photos, Dropbox started to back it up and then it added it to my Mac and I ran out of memory on a terabit - ...
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Terrig
Explorer | Level 3
3 years ago

Hannah, I just had the same issue. I don't want Passport backing up into my Dropbox. I received a notice as to that was what it was doing. I checked automatic backups and listed last back up as of January. Confused> why did I get a notice?

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Jay
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3 years ago

Hi Terrig, have you tried deleting the backup of the external drive to see if this helps?

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