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Rafael C.5's avatar
Rafael C.5
New member | Level 1
10 years ago

Backup Dropbox files to an external hard drive

How can I go about making a backup copy of my files that I uploaded to Dropbox to an external hard drive?
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  • tessmaree's avatar
    tessmaree
    8 years ago

    If you are downloading from the web you can just change your downloads location

     

    ie. Safari > Preferences > General > File Download Location > Select your external hard drive location.

     

    Hope this helps ;) 

     

    tm.

Rich's avatar
Rich
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10 years ago

There's no process built-in to Dropbox for what you're doing., but the Dropbox folder is no different from any other folder on your computer. Copy it to your external hard drive just like you would any other folder on your computer.

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