Re: How to transfer Dropbox files to a USB or Disk?

Vickie B. · ‎09-11-2016

How do I save all my Drop box files to a USB without opening every file and downloading them? This will take hours if I do this. I am running out of room for my Dropbox and would like top back them up on a USB or external hardrive

Mark · ‎09-11-2016

Unless you have the client installed from www.dropbox.com/install which will download everything to your computer in to the 'Dropbox folder' there is no way of doing it bar clicking on them and downloading

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Elias K.4 · ‎10-04-2016

how do i put my photos on a disk or a USB stick

Robert S. · ‎10-05-2016

how do i put my photos on a disk or a USB stick

Save them to the USB stick as you would any other file - either from the Dropbox folder or download from website. Use suitable software on the computer to burn them to a cd/dvd.

red-sierra · ‎07-30-2017

I downloaded my dropbox file to my iphone 6 camera roll. Much faster. Then plugged the phone to my computer and downloaded the file to imovie or any other applicable app then saved it to desktop for filing. Took a few minutes.

Adje21 · ‎08-03-2017

Graag antwoord Hoe ik de bestanden in Dropbox op de laptop naar een usb-stick kan krijgen

Jane · ‎08-04-2017

Hey @Adje21,

Thanks for posting this query on the Dropbox Community!

Please keep in mind that we don't currently support Dutch on the Community, though I'd be glad to discuss that in English.

As per your query:

How to get the files in Dropbox on the laptop to a usb stick

Please keep in mind that Dropbox folder is just a regular folder on your computer, therefore it has all available functionalities on your OS. To put your files on your usb, just right-click on the files you’d like to transfer on your desktop, choose the “Copy” option from the menu that appears and then “Paste” on the preferred location (F:\, G:\, etc. ).

Hope this is helpful to you! If you need more assistance on that, just let me know in your reply.

Warm regards,

JaneA

Jane
Community Moderator @ Dropbox
dropbox.com/support

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Dwaddle · ‎01-17-2018

How to save my designs from Dropbox to sandisk.

Chico_r01 · ‎01-18-2018

@manning b. wrote:

How do you import from Dropbox to a cd

an easy way is to use software like alcohol 120% or power iso

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