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How to view Backup folder on DropBox app?
Greetings community!
Previously, I used to be able to see my Mac represented on my Dropbox as a folder (I had enabled the backup option). This was super convenient because I could easily access...
Jay
Dropbox Staff
Dropbox StaffHi dislokated, thanks for messaging the Community!
This was the behavior of the old Dropbox Backup feature.
After an update to the feature, the backups are now only visible on the Dropbox site. It isn't possible to revert this change.
If you have any further queries, feel free to message back.
I just encountered the same problem when starting a new macbook. This is a _really_ unhelpful change! Any chance it could be changed on the next update? (Please!!!)
- Jay
Hi @tlloyd88, we appreciate the feedback on this matter.
We take all comments into consideration when improving the Dropbox site and services.I agree with the poster above.. this has made things very troublesome by not allowing everything to be read via the mobile app. I understand the principle of having the major "backups" be in a different segment of dropbox.. but it shouldnt be that hard to access all the files. Maybe inside the regular current Dropbox app, feature a button that allows up to actually open the files that are in this "backups" section? OR maybe create another "Dropbox Backups" app that will allow us to remotely view these backup files without having to go thru the browser?
