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amacripellizzeri
3 months agoExplorer | Level 3
What happens to my Essentials payment when upgrading to Business?
I Have an ESSENTIALS package, with a total of 4 terabytes. It is full and I got a suggestion by the system to a business package for 3 persons even if I am 1. I bought a 1 month test package, with no...
amacripellizzeri
Explorer | Level 3
Presently I see in the system both the the packages (Essentials and Business), being Business absolutely empty, while Essential includes all the files. How can the files migrate from Essential to Business? It looks like if I have both, while I want to upgrade, not duplicate and keep both
Rich
3 months agoSuper User II
amacripellizzeri wrote:
Presently I see in the system both the the packages (Essentials and Business), being Business absolutely empty, while Essential includes all the files.
Did you start the Business account while signed in to your Essentials account (using the same email address), or did you start a separate Business account with a different email?
If you used a different email address then you have two separate accounts, and the data in Essentials will not migrate to the Business account. You would have to move it manually, either my actually moving the files from one folder to the other if you're syncing both accounts to your computer, or by using a shared folder between both accounts.
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