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Rafael C.5's avatar
Rafael C.5
New member | Level 1
11 years ago
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Backup Dropbox files to an external hard drive

How can I go about making a backup copy of my files that I uploaded to Dropbox to an external hard drive?

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  • tessmaree's avatar
    tessmaree
    9 years ago

    If you are downloading from the web you can just change your downloads location

     

    ie. Safari > Preferences > General > File Download Location > Select your external hard drive location.

     

    Hope this helps ;) 

     

    tm.

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  • DC W.'s avatar
    DC W.
    New member | Level 2
    10 years ago

    Thank you Rich R.  Very simple to do!!

     

  • snunez1's avatar
    snunez1
    New member | Level 2
    9 years ago

    Hi all,

    I would like to backup to Dropbox a big folder in my external drive (100GB) that does not fit into my computer (hence it is in the external drive). How can I go about this? Cheer, sara

  • tessmaree's avatar
    tessmaree
    New member | Level 2
    9 years ago

    If you are downloading from the web you can just change your downloads location

     

    ie. Safari > Preferences > General > File Download Location > Select your external hard drive location.

     

    Hope this helps ;) 

     

    tm.

  • schmertzj's avatar
    schmertzj
    New member | Level 2
    8 years ago

    Where does a Dropbox file”live”? 

     

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