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tonyob
Explorer | Level 3
5 years ago
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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, ...
Computer Backup
desktop
Setting up the apps
  • Megan's avatar
    Megan
    5 years ago
    Hi tonyob! 

    Yes, that is correct. At the moment, it'd be only these paths. 

    If you need anything else, I'm here for you.
tonyob's avatar
tonyob
Explorer | Level 3
5 years ago

Thanks for the quick reply.  Am I able to specify my home folder as one of such paths?

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tonyob
Explorer | Level 3
5 years ago

I had a look and it seems only a predetermined set of six folders is a available?

 

Desktop

Documents

Downloads

Movies

Music

Pictures

 

  • Megan's avatar
    Megan
    Icon for Dropbox Community Moderator rankDropbox Community Moderator
    5 years ago
    Hi tonyob! 

    Yes, that is correct. At the moment, it'd be only these paths. 

    If you need anything else, I'm here for you.
    • tonyob's avatar
      tonyob
      Explorer | Level 3
      5 years ago

      Thanks heaps

    • davec123's avatar
      davec123
      New member | Level 2
      4 years ago

      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.

       

      • Megan's avatar
        Megan
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        4 years ago
        Hi 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.

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