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James F.3's avatar
James F.3
New member | Level 1
11 years ago

Shut down computer once dropbox has finished syncing

It would be useful if the computer could shutdown after syncing so that everything has been loaded up.
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atemiwaza's avatar
atemiwaza
Explorer | Level 4
9 years ago

Dropbox team are you listening? - surely it's an obvious option for people working on large projects. I want to let files sync and go to bed, not hand around or waste electric with a 2 hour upload/download.

 

a simple desktop shortcut or button in the dropbox menu will do it. It cannot be on persistently as dropbox does not know when the user is leaving the desk.

 

but a shortcut or button "goodnight dropbox" and walking away from the PC would be perfect!

 

At the moment I work around with a batch file to shutdown with a best guess timeout, but would be so much better built in.

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