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John j.15
Explorer | Level 3
2 years ago

Syncing different Apple devices. How to achieve updating the iMac?

Recently (over a month ago) I had to swap out the hard drive on my iMac. I thought the new system would automatically sync with dropbox. Now my iPhone, pad and laptop all show updates as of the old s...
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  • Walter's avatar
    Walter
    2 years ago

    Nope, I can't think of anything to be honest, this would be a way to approach it I assume. 

     

    For the files you'd be deleting from Dropbox, you'll be able to restore them from the deleted files page or the events page if needed.

     

    Let us know of any updates John j.15 

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John j.15
Explorer | Level 3

Thanks for jumping in Walter. Since it has to be a major action, I'm thinking of deleting all online info/contents/files, then upload what I have on my desktop. Is there a potential problem I'm not thinking about? Thank you.

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Walter
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2 years ago

Nope, I can't think of anything to be honest, this would be a way to approach it I assume. 

 

For the files you'd be deleting from Dropbox, you'll be able to restore them from the deleted files page or the events page if needed.

 

Let us know of any updates John j.15 

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    John j.15
    Explorer | Level 3
    2 years ago

    Thank you.

  • Walter's avatar
    Walter
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    2 years ago

    No worries, John. I'm just glad I could help.

     

    See you around and take care!

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