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Updates on Backup Beta — When/if does it become a permanent feature, or any known issues?
I'm a longtime Dropbox user, went thru the process of the legacy backup solution on my primary Windows 10 pc, and after initial problems it has been stable for literally years now. However, for othe...
Jay
Dropbox Community Moderator
Dropbox Community ModeratorHi rasworth, as of yet, there is no new info on the new Dropbox Backup beta.
when we have more info to share, we will be able to post here.
I'm not asking for new info, just trying to figure out if I can use it on a specific system. Please re-read my original post. I don't see any indication that Backup has the beta tag, how do I get there?
Richard
- Calvin2DBX
Hi rasworth,
I'd love to clarify this better for you if I can, Richard!
I understood from your first message that you had already installed Backup Beta on one Windows 11 PC, and weren't having any issues with that.
Also, you had other devices, like a Windows 10 PC, and you wanted to keep them on the old configuration, is that right, or are you looking to get a Windows 10 device onto Backup Beta, too?
You can verify if you see a Beta flag here dropbox.com/backup/all (to the right of Dropbox Backup at the top of the page, rather than in the app pop up screen.)
When there are multiple devices involved, they cannot automatically go to Backup Beta if there's an existing Backup enabled, already.
You would need to disable (delete), and then re-enable the Backup feature on any additional device if you want them migrated to Dropbox Backup Beta, too.
Rolling back the from a Beta configuration to the regular Backup configuration isn't currently possible to do, so that's worth keeping in mind before you disable any existing Backups.
Let me know if you need anything else!
Calvin,
I don't want to rollback he present backup configuration on my win10 system, just leave it as is, i.e. Desktop, Documents, and Pictures all in the Dropbox folder. However, it would be useful to add on top of that the Backup Beta functionality, which would let me backup some other folders. As far as I can tell, my present configuration is completely independent of any backup configuration, it's running like traditional Dropbox synchronized folders. So I don't want to undo this arrangement, just add the beta capability to it. Why won't that work?
Richard
