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imagemakerpr
New member | Level 2
7 years ago
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Can Dropbox be used as a backup with Time Machine?

Can dropbox be used for backup with time machine. How do I set it up?
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  • Mark's avatar
    Mark
    7 years ago
    Its STRONGLY recommended that you dont - there are lots of threads on here about where it doesnt play well.

    Its also worth remembering, and pointing out, that Dropbox isnt a back up tool. Its a syncing one and so you really shouldnt rely upon it as a back up one.
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Mark
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7 years ago
Its STRONGLY recommended that you dont - there are lots of threads on here about where it doesnt play well.

Its also worth remembering, and pointing out, that Dropbox isnt a back up tool. Its a syncing one and so you really shouldnt rely upon it as a back up one.
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ngb
Explorer | Level 4
5 years ago

dropbox's rollback functionality makes it a fantastic user friendly, realtime, always online and offsite backup solution as i found recently after a malware hack that encrypted all our files and backups. dropbox was the only backup resilient enough to survive and it was easy to restore everything.

 

you can call it whatever you want but its far superior as a backup solution than anything else on the market. using timemachine on top of that would be the icing on the cake.

 

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