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normansch's avatar
normansch
Explorer | Level 3
2 years ago

I can't find the Backup button under my desktop app's preferences.

cannot find the backup button in "preferences" any suggestions?
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  • Rich's avatar
    Rich
    2 years ago
    normansch wrote:

    cannot find the backup button in "preferences" any suggestions?

    It's a tab located at the top of the Preferences window. If it's not there, take a screenshot to show us what you have on the window.

     

     

Rich's avatar
Rich
Icon for Super User II rankSuper User II
2 years ago
normansch wrote:

cannot find the backup button in "preferences" any suggestions?

It's a tab located at the top of the Preferences window. If it's not there, take a screenshot to show us what you have on the window.

 

 

  • RabanePaco's avatar
    RabanePaco
    Explorer | Level 3
    2 months ago

    The Backup tab at the indicated placed is missing. Do you want a screenshot?

    • Nancy's avatar
      Nancy
      Icon for Dropbox Staff rankDropbox Staff
      2 months ago

      Hey RabanePaco! Yes, please send us a screenshot of what you see and we’ll go from there.

      • RabanePaco's avatar
        RabanePaco
        Explorer | Level 3
        2 months ago

        Just the same screen as above, only Backup is missing..

        System: Kubuntu 22.04

        Dropbox daemon version: 210.4.4854
        Dropbox command-line interface version: 2019.02.14

        I reinstalled dropbox. I tried to upgrade to no avail.

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