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How to backup entire mac easily
Been using dropbox for years just to backup a specific folder. Now I want to purchase the option to backup my entire computer but when i follow the helpdesk article it tells me to go to preferences, then backup and then it asks me to nominate specific folders. I don't want to chose folders, I want the entire pc backed up (mac). Please advise.
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- Megan
Dropbox Community Moderator
Hey tonyob, welcome to our Community!
At the moment, our Computer backup feature allows you to backup key paths, such as: Desktop, Downloads, and Documents.
However, if you have content outside of these paths that you need to sync to your account, you'd need to place it in the Dropbox folder and allow for it to sync.
I hope this clarifies.
Thanks for the quick reply. Am I able to specify my home folder as one of such paths?
I had a look and it seems only a predetermined set of six folders is a available?
Desktop
Documents
Downloads
Movies
Music
Pictures
Thanks heaps
I am using iCloud to back-up some of my files including iPhoto but I want more flexibility and have several hundred GIGs of videos on my computer that I would like to keep in my Dropbox backup and not take up so much space on my computer's flashdrive. How do I set-up my computer backup on dropbox to achieve that goal? I still want to keep iCloud for syncing to all my Apple devices.
- MeganHi davec123, welcome to our Community!
Unfortunately, this isn't possible at the moment.
I would suggest that you go under our " Share an idea" section and add this there as a future feature request for other users to see and upvote.
I hope this clarifies things. - I’ve got a folder on my Mac in the home directory, ~/Code is there any way to include this in backup?
