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Can I sync a folder to an external drive?
I'm on a macbook pro laptop with a 500GB internal drive.
A client shared a folder of multiple video projects that I couldn't see the full data size in dropbox.
I decided to join it as downloading...
Thanks Hannah,
The folder to sync was 400GB approx and it filled the drive to the brim and hadn't completed by a long shot.
On chatting with a college I'm using another computer and have moved its dropbox folder to a removable drive and selectively synced the media folder in question.
This will work.
Is there a way I can protect my laptop from dropbox overfilling it in the future?
Hannah
Dropbox Staff
Dropbox StaffHey milo97, thanks for posting your question.
Did the folder in question finish syncing to your computer? Or is there a way for you to make some space to allow it to sync?
If you can do that, you may just copy it to the external drive and use selective sync to remove it from your Dropbox folder.
Otherwise, perhaps you can download the files in batches, instead of the whole folder at once.
I hope this helps, but let me know if you have more questions.
Thanks Hannah,
The folder to sync was 400GB approx and it filled the drive to the brim and hadn't completed by a long shot.
On chatting with a college I'm using another computer and have moved its dropbox folder to a removable drive and selectively synced the media folder in question.
This will work.
Is there a way I can protect my laptop from dropbox overfilling it in the future?
