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matthewzammit's avatar
matthewzammit
Helpful | Level 6
2 years ago

See the Dropbox backup folder on desktop

For Dropbox backup. I believe we used to be able to see these backed-up files within the Dropbox desktop/file system... but it's now only available in the browser. It was really useful to be abl...
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Walter's avatar
Walter
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2 years ago

Hey matthewzammit - thanks for posting on our Community and sharing your thoughts on this.

 

Just to clarify, are you referring to your computer's OS folders or maybe an external drive you've backed up to Dropbox?

 

Let us know more and we'll take it from there. 

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