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Gentleman Manatee
New member | Level 2
5 years ago

Lacie HDD with Dropbox

Hello,    I recently purchased a Lacie 5tb HDD and would like to have it sync with all the files in my Dropbox.  What is the step-by-step procedure for doing this?  Also, can Dropbox's Vault be c...
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Jay
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5 years ago
Hi Gentleman Manatee, thanks for joining the Community!

Do you want to relocate your Dropbox folder onto the external drive itself?

Are you more interested in having files on the external drive sync to your Dropbox account, which already has a Dropbox folder on the internal drive?

This will help me to assist further!
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enelson27
New member | Level 2
3 years ago

I have a Lacie 5TB as well. How do I move my synced Dropbox folder to the Lacie? I'm running out of space on my computer hard drive as well.

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    Jay
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    3 years ago

    HI enelson27, what device and OS are you currently running, in order to assist further?

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