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dislokated
Explorer | Level 3
3 years ago

How to view my Backup folder on my Mac's desktop app?

Greetings community!   Previously, I used to be able to see my Mac represented on my Dropbox as a folder (I had enabled the backup option). This was super convenient because I could easily access...
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Jay
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3 years ago

Hi @tlloyd88, we appreciate the feedback on this matter. 
 
We take all comments into consideration when improving the Dropbox site and services.

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mbriney
Helpful | Level 6
3 years ago

I agree with the poster above.. this has made things very troublesome by not allowing everything to be read via the mobile app. I understand the principle of having the major "backups" be in a different segment of dropbox.. but it shouldnt be that hard to access all the files. Maybe inside the regular current Dropbox app, feature a button that allows up to actually open the files that are in this "backups" section? OR maybe create another "Dropbox Backups" app that will allow us to remotely view these backup files without having to go thru the browser?

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