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Forum Discussion
Feature Request: ExFAT Compatibility when using external drives
I (as well as many others I'm sure) use Dropbox to sync with offsite professionals while needing to use multiple workstations. Rather than keeping local copies on each of these computers (as they are...
I'd like to have one dropbox folder on the External Drive, and have the desktop app syncing on multiple workstations. This drive needs to be ExFAT to work on multiple operating systems.
Workflow goes something like this
- Work on Computer 1 (MacOS) Save changes to Dropbox Folder
- Dropbox syncs to cloud to reflect changes
- Editor 2 makes changes which are reflected in the cloud folder
- Connect Drive to Computer 2 (Windows) and have Dropbox sync the folder to reflect changes
- Work on Computer 2, and have Dropbox Desktop app sync to the cloud.
This saves me storage space, and having to re-download any/all necessary assets stored on Dropbox for each workstation I need to use.
- Jay
Dropbox Staff
Thanks for the info. This wouldn't work, regardless of the file system used, since the Dropbox folder can only be linked to a single Dropbox desktop application on one machine.
In short, you wouldn't be able to use the same Dropbox folder on multiple machines and multiple desktop apps.
