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creblinho
Explorer | Level 3
3 years ago

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...
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Nancy's avatar
Nancy
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2 years ago

Thanks for clarifying, Pedro!

 

Can you also let me know what’s the syncing status of the Dropbox app on your new device? I’d like to make sure everything’s up to date, before taking any actions on the old computer.

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Mamede
Explorer | Level 3
2 years ago

Hi Nancy,

I'ts syncronyzing everything. However, I want to disable one of the folders on my new mac, and it's not allowed, as seen on the second picture and on.

How can I safely delete my OLD MAC files without loosing anything?

Thankyou again,

Pedro

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    Walter
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    2 years ago

    Hi there Mamede - sorry to jump in here.

     

    Can you please clarify what you mean you'd like to one folder from syncing on your computer? Are you referring to a folder that you had moved or copied in your Dropbox folder or a folder you had backed up to Dropbox using the Dropbox Backup feature (shown in your screenshots)? 

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    Mamede
    Explorer | Level 3
    2 years ago

    Dear Walter,

    Thanks for jumping in.

    I'm in big trouble now. I was having problems with my backups, so I've decided to delete them all (the backup of this NEW Mac and the OLD Mac's I've migrated from too) so I could start a fresh backup, and then Reset the OLD Mac so I could sell it.

    However, when I deleted the backups it also deleted my  NEW Mac's DOCUMENT folder and DESKTOP folder also (the ones chosen for the copy on DBox).

    At this exact moment I can't even save the Screen Shot to my desktop folder, since it doesn't exist any more!! I've tried to restore the backup, but it has not brought back the folders, neither the files.

    PLEASE HELP! I'm pretty desperate here.

    Again, thank you for the help,

    Pedro.

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