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How can I share my Apple photos library to another person?
I used back up to upload apple photos to dropbox - It is really for archival off line backup of an old photos library. How c an I share that with someone else on my team/family
Roga41
Dropbox Staff
Dropbox StaffHi dpwct,
You can select which folders are backed up from your computer or external hard drive during setup. If you would like to keep a back up copy of the files from your external drive, you will be able to see the location of these backup files by clicking on this link while logged in to your Dropbox account : www.dropbox.com/backup/all Hope this helps.
Thanks, but that . Does not explain the issue with sharing backed up files and seeing the difference between sync and backup, which I was not aware of leads me to also ask what are the different retention rules for back up versus files that are kept on dropbox via backup vs sync
- Hannah
Hey dpwct, let me jump in here as well.
There's no difference in how long you can keep files stored in your Dropbox account or backup.
But the backed up files cannot be shared.
If you want to share those files, you'll need to add them to your local Dropbox folder.
I hope this helps!
Then you are saying the retention for backup is forever (as long as my account is active) is that correct, even if I never again connect the external drive with the photos to my computer
- Mark
Super User II
Then you are saying the retention for backup is forever (as long as my account is active) is that correct
As long as your account is active is the key here - and by that it means regular logging in and using of Dropbox. If you do not log in for 12 months Dropbox accounts and data are wiped due to inactivity.
https://help.dropbox.com/account-access/email-about-inactive-account
