What’s new with Dropbox Backup

This post is two years old and when it was in beta. 

Since then that option has been removed and you can now only use certain folders. There is no way around this. 

You’re no longer limited to folders like "Documents", "Desktop", and "Downloads"

It's not true now. I can choose only some specific folders, like My Documents. 

I can't use Dropbox for backup purpose. 

Hey MSERRR - could you elaborate on the issue you're facing so that we can assist further? 

The problem doesn't solv yet! 

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happychaps wrote:

When will we have the capability to select folders outside of the hierarchy shown?  As other users have requested, I would like to pick any folders on my computer drive for automatic backup, and thought I was going to get this with the new backup.

 

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While no longer possible with Dropbox Backup, this is still possible using third party software that integrates with the Dropbox desktop application, like Boxifier (Windows only, it would be great to have something like this for macOS).

Andrew (DBoxTips)

I am an individual contributor to the Dropbox Community forums, not affiliated with Dropbox. All opinions expressed here are my own.

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happychaps wrote:

When will we have the capability to select folders outside of the hierarchy shown?  As other users have requested, I would like to pick any folders on my computer drive for automatic backup, and thought I was going to get this with the new backup.

 

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Dropbox have actually removed something similar to this as a feature from beta to public release so I would suspect it isn't coming at all anytime soon.

When will we have the capability to select folders outside of the hierarchy shown?  As other users have requested, I would like to pick any folders on my computer drive for automatic backup, and thought I was going to get this with the new backup.

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BenDBX wrote:

Hi Pirx,

 

Thanks for bringing this to our attention. I have confirmed that the update to Backup allows backing up of all folders within your computer's home folder and corrected this information in the original post. We appreciate the feedback, and I have provided it to the relevant team.

 

Regards,

Ben

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No, it does not.

Hi Pirx,

Thanks for bringing this to our attention. I have confirmed that the update to Backup allows backing up of all folders within your computer's home folder and corrected this information in the original post. We appreciate the feedback, and I have provided it to the relevant team.

Regards,

Ben

No, it is not. This is what the folder selection dialog looks like for the Windows client:

Thus, only the shown folders or subfolders thereof can be selected. What we have been asking for is the ability to pick folders outside the hierarchy in the above screenshot. If you disagree with what I am saying, then do feel free to post a screenshot that shows folder selection outside of the scope shown above.