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hello,
I have a large amount of music, in folders by artist and subfolders by album, on an external hard drive that I would like to copy to my Dropbox.
Some of them are already on my Dropbox but may not be updated.
How do I upload folders with the same name as ones already there, updating to include new songs/albums, without duplicating them or their contents?
Is it possible to do this as in Windows where it checks if you want to skip, replace
or overwrite?
Thank you.
@Здравко Thank you for your input!
@Anjistar Have you tried the features that can save your hard drive space? If not, please take the time to check them out: Selective Sync, Smart Sync.
I am suggesting the Dropbox desktop app because the website has limitations on uploads. Read about this here.
Finally, @Allan G. I would like to add that dragging the existing files in the Dropbox folder, would take less time, than uploading online and manually deleting the files from your drive.
Note:
Hope this is helpful everyone.
Keep in touch! Would love to get more feedback on this and provide a solution any other concerns.
Thank you!
Fiona
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Thanks for your kind response.
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Have a nice weekend.
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Syncing - whether Selective or "Smart" has not worked out well for me. I'm in the same situation of wanting to manually load to Dropbox and having to go through the tedious process of identifying anything with a "(1)" to delete them en masse. The prior Dropbox setup allowed me to sync without having issues of inadvertently having things end up on Dropbox rather than my machine and using too much space on my pc as well. I personally do WANT two copies - the ones on my own PC and the ones within Dropbox because I need the ability to access files when on other devices and I also wish to keep many files safe should I have an equipment issue. I had tried the backup process with the new Dropbox app and that ended up being a nightmare and undoing it took hours. So now I have completely removed the desktop app and I work solely on the web. I sincerely wish that Dropbox would make the web version easier as I suspect that many users would prefer that environment overall to some of the issues with the new app. Just chiming in here because I think it is important that people understand that not everyone wants software to make decisions on their files, file structure, ability to store, update, etc. One of the greater advantages to Dropbox has been the control of the file owners.
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