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Time machine Unable to backup .dropbox
I am using Time machine to backup my MacBook Pro. Time Machine reports on every backup cycle, that it cannot complete the backup due to it being unable to backup a particular file. The file is:
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Hey steveb1947, thanks for posting on our Community!
I'm afraid I don't have much to offer here as it's not really recommended to have Time Machine interact with your Dropbox folder.
You can have a look at this discussion for more information.
I hope this helps a tad, Steve.
Walter
Dropbox Staff
Dropbox StaffHey steveb1947, thanks for posting on our Community!
I'm afraid I don't have much to offer here as it's not really recommended to have Time Machine interact with your Dropbox folder.
You can have a look at this discussion for more information.
I hope this helps a tad, Steve.
Hi Walter,
Thanks for the suggestion. I've had Dropbox deleted from the TimeMachine backup, but it still reports the .dropbox file that it cannot backup. I have no idea how to fix this.
Thanks for your reply. Much appreciated.
Regards
Steve
- Walter
In that case, you may want to contact Apple and ask for more information directly, Steve.
They should be able to help you further.
Let us know of any updates!
Hi steveb1947 and Walter,
As far as I can see, you are discussing for different things. The initial issue is that the TimeMachine can't sync particular file in Dropbox preferences. I'm not sure, but a possible reason could be it's used at that time by the Dropbox application. Later you are trying to find it within Dropbox data folder. 🤷 Of course, you gonna find nothing (the preferences are not kept within Dropbox folder itself).
steveb1947 I can't see any reason to backup any Dropbox preferences, so just exclude entire preferences folder from TimeMachine. Dropbox keeps its preferences in "~/.dropbox". 😉
Hope this helps.
