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dgallant's avatar
dgallant
Helpful | Level 5
2 years ago

The Dropbox Backup feature is not complete

According to the description, Backup "that your content is safe and recoverable it if things go wrong". Recovery was never actually finished when building out this product.

1. .zip's error happens often

2. It cannot manage large files to be exported in any reasonable way

3. Browser timeouts happen

4. There is no premium or advanced method to get data out.

 

 

Right now, Backup is great for customer retention because if you lose your drive or laptop, the only place the files will be sorted are in Dropbox, which requires a yearly renewal. 

 

My idea.

1. Offer a premium method to export the data to help the bottom line.

2. Build in a better download either through the browser, or the agent that is already on my machine.

3. Allow a new external drive to be mounted to export all of the data through the agent.

4. Allow me to order a hard drive at cost, with the data backed up.

  • Hey there dgallant, thanks for taking the time to share your thoughts on this with us. 

     

    Your feedback has been logged in our system - you can let us know if you have anything else to add.

     

    Cheers!

  • Walter's avatar
    Walter
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    Hey there dgallant, thanks for taking the time to share your thoughts on this with us. 

     

    Your feedback has been logged in our system - you can let us know if you have anything else to add.

     

    Cheers!

    • dgallant's avatar
      dgallant
      Helpful | Level 5

      What has happened with this feedback? Can I speak with a Product person about adding more features to this? 

      • Walter's avatar
        Walter
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        Hey dgallant - thanks for the nudge on this and happy New Year!

         

        We've already passed your feedback on to the team, but if you have any other ideas you'd like to share, feel free to post them in our Share an Idea section following these tips

    • Megan's avatar
      Megan
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      Hi osa-uno, welcome to our Community! 

       

      Do you face a similar issue as the one described above? If so, feel free to share some additional info with me. 

       

      Keep me posted!

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