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Transfer Dropbox Backup to New Mac
I recently bought a new Mac and used the Apple Migration Assistant to transfer all of my data from my old machine to my new one. This included the Dropbox folder and everything else. The migration we...
Jay
Dropbox Community Moderator
Dropbox Community ModeratorSince you moved to a new computer, the Dropbox desktop application knows that this is a different machine, even if you used the Migration Assistant.
However, given that you've already used Migration Assistant, and that the files were transferred too, this may have unexpected effects which we wouldn't be able to determine.
You could restore the backup to your current machine, though it would be at your own risk since I wouldn't be able to advise what would happen.
Okay thank you, in that case I will figure a way to move the files & swap the backup that minimises risk. For future reference, what would be the best way to migrate data onto a new machine when using Dropbox? Should I always leave the Dropbox folder unticked in Migration Assistant, and then restore my Dropbox files from online? Or is there another recommended way to do this?
