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Re: Dropbox folder in two locations

Dropbox folder in two locations

barrymcw
Explorer | Level 3
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I have a Dropbox folder on my laptop, which is my default Dropbox location. 

 

My full folder is over 1TB, so the majority of it is not synced locally. I spend more time than I'd like managing the Smart Sync settings, making some folders local, others online-only, as I'm always a bit low on disk space.

 

If I have an external HD, can I sync it as a "second location" of my Dropbox folder. I want it to be identical to my current Dropbox folder, but with different Smart Sync settings. 

 

This feels like something I should be able to figure out, but I'm just not getting there. Any ideas?

Thanks

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Rich
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@barrymcw wrote:

If I have an external HD, can I sync it as a "second location" of my Dropbox folder. I want it to be identical to my current Dropbox folder, but with different Smart Sync settings. 


That's not possible. Dropbox will only sync to a single Dropbox folder. You can move the folder to another location (external drives are NOT recommended), but you can't split it across two separate locations.

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Rich
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@barrymcw wrote:

If I have an external HD, can I sync it as a "second location" of my Dropbox folder. I want it to be identical to my current Dropbox folder, but with different Smart Sync settings. 


That's not possible. Dropbox will only sync to a single Dropbox folder. You can move the folder to another location (external drives are NOT recommended), but you can't split it across two separate locations.

barrymcw
Explorer | Level 3
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Thanks for the response. Bummer, but I understand. 

Mirabilis
Explorer | Level 4
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What is a "sign Dropbox folder"?

I want to be sure that I can set different sync settings for different computers.  I would like to use one computer to contain the local files and the other ones (iPad, iPhone and desktop) to be online only.  Is this possible?

Rich
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@Mirabilis wrote:

I would like to use one computer to contain the local files and the other ones (iPad, iPhone and desktop) to be online only.  Is this possible?


Yes.

 

And it was a typo of "single" which has been corrected.

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