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Establish same dropbox folders on two computers
My wife has two computers.
One has been using Dropbox. The other didn't but I just added the Dropbox app and selected the main folders to sync via Dropbox.
But now I realize that those folders I selected are not exactly the same as on her "main" computer and the ones that are the same are starting with different files. Did I screw up?
How do I get the two computers matched up with the same folders syncing through Dropbox?
Thank you.
- Happy to help you both, and thanks for the update on this!
When using the computer backup feature, the structure of the backed up folders can't change, I'm afraid, they need to be in the Dropbox folder in the "My Mac/My PC" folders.
And if you have two connected computers and enable computer backup on one of them, the files will also appear in the Dropbox folder of the other connected computer.
As for the rest of the files, I mean within the Dropbox folders on both!
- Hannah
Dropbox Staff
Hey norm3, thanks for reaching out!
Is it possible that on the second computer you signed in using a different Dropbox account's credentials? Try checking the 'account' tab in the Dropbox application's preferences, to make sure.
Also, did you maybe enable the computer backup feature on the second computer, which backs up the Documents, Desktop and Downloads folder of the computer to Dropbox?
Is there a 'My PC/My Mac (computer name)' folder in her Dropbox folder now?
Let me know what you find!Thank you for helping.
The user is correct but yes I did set up the new computer with the computer backup feature. On her main computer, there is now a folder in the Dropbox folder with the travel computer name and those 3 folders within.
