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I have an encrypted exFAT external drive, but I don't see the prompt to back it up to Dropbox.
I just bought a SanDisk 2TB drive and encrypted it with their software. There is currently only about 30GB of data on it. When I plug it in, I do not get the "Do you want to back up this drive" message, tried multiple times. The drive format is exFAT and it is attached to my PC. Any suggestions on how to get it backed up to Dropbox?
OneDrive backup icons for Desktop and Documents folders change to Dropbox icons on Mac
Hi everyone, I'm experiencing an issue with Dropbox on my MacBook Pro. I have my Desktop and Documents folders synced to OneDrive, but after installing Dropbox, the icons for these folders in Finder's sidebar change to the Dropbox icon. I'm not syncing these folders with Dropbox, only with OneDrive. I've been in touch with Dropbox Support, but the solutions provided so far haven't worked. Here are some of the steps I've tried: Force quitting Dropbox: Using Activity Monitor to force quit all instances of Dropbox and then restarting the app. Removing and re-adding folders: Right-clicking on the affected folders in Finder's sidebar, removing them, and then dragging them back from their original locations. Restarting Finder: Relaunching Finder after quitting Dropbox. Despite these attempts, the issue persists. Has anyone else encountered this problem and found a solution? Thanks in advance for your help!
Dropbox Backup and Time Machine (Mac OS)
I'm using a Mac and am backing up to an external hard drive with TimeMachine. I would also like to back up my Documents folder to the cloud. Dropbox Backup sounds good – but will Dropbox relocate my Documents folder to within the Dropbox directory? And will this prevent TimeMachine from backing it up? I want my Documents folder to stay where it is. In my User account folder. And I want to work on my files locally (not on cloud files) – and for these local files to get backed up to the cloud in the background. I've tried OneDrive and it moves the Documents folder into the OneDrive folder. OneDrive also can't cope with folder starting with a space (and I have a lot of folders on my Mac starting with a space). Will this be a problem in Dropbox?
Restore immediate backups in Dropbox.
For Dropbox Backup, return to providing immediate backup of my files. The latest update of the Backup app last year only offers 15-minute backup as the fastest method, but this means 14 minutes of new or changed files will not be backed up. It should be immediate, as it was before.
Re-installation of Dropbox on Mac OS Sequoia results in issues with File Provider symlinks
I recently attempted to perform some cloudstorage migration, but in the end stuck with dropbox. Somehow the installation of dropbox was affected. Previously, dropbox symlinked /Users/X/Library/Dropbox/Mac/Desktop/ with the /Users/X/Desktop/ directory allowing the desktop to be synced with dropbox which was great Now, the desktop remains as a local only /Users/X/Desktop and an additional folder named 'Dropbox' is created like so: /Users/X/Library/Dropbox/Mac/Desktop/Dropbox I have tried multiple reinstalls, toggling dropbox for file provider on and off by signing in and out and enabling or disabling dropbox backups of the Mac/Desktop folder to no avail. I have also performed advanced-reinstalls but the desktop remains unsymlinked https://help.dropbox.com/installs/advanced-reinstall Any help would be welcome
How to back up Dropbox into an external server?
I am looking for an App that will let me backup Dropbox for Business into external server. I found that I can use Synology Drive Client to do back up into my NAS server. But the process is very slow. We do have Back Up through DropBox. But I am looking for additional option to external media. In my case a NAS server. Any suggestions?
Where is the Dropbox backup folder on the mac?
Where is the dropbox backup folder on the mac? I need to back up my hard disk with Carbon Copy Cloner. But when CCC runs, it only pulls an alias file. The actual Documents folder that's now backed up with Dropbox just creates a useless "Documents" folder that has no content on my external drive. This all of the sudden became an issue when I saw my ENTIRE Documents folder was empty in Finder. I looked in Dropbox in a web browser and the files were there. But they appeared to be gone from my computer. No good!!!
