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normansch
Explorer | Level 3
3 years ago
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I can't find the Backup button under my desktop app's preferences.

cannot find the backup button in "preferences" any suggestions?
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  • Rich's avatar
    Rich
    3 years ago
    normansch wrote:

    cannot find the backup button in "preferences" any suggestions?

    It's a tab located at the top of the Preferences window. If it's not there, take a screenshot to show us what you have on the window.

     

     

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RabanePaco
Explorer | Level 3
2 years ago

Just the same screen as above, only Backup is missing..

System: Kubuntu 22.04

Dropbox daemon version: 210.4.4854
Dropbox command-line interface version: 2019.02.14

I reinstalled dropbox. I tried to upgrade to no avail.

Rich's avatar
Rich
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2 years ago
RabanePaco wrote:

Just the same screen as above, only Backup is missing.. System: Kubuntu 22.04

The backup feature is only available on Windows and macOS.

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