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korisnik
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16 days ago

Set up Dropbox to sync to external storage

Hi, I've searched for answers but I couldn't find anything that's less than 5 years old, and I'd like to figure out the answer before I make a mistake that I can't fix. Currently, I selectively syn...
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Hannah
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16 days ago

Hi there, korisnik, thanks for your post today.

The info that you copied from that post is indeed correct.

You can have your Dropbox folder on an external drive, however, you'd be facing a file deletion risk if something goes wrong with the connectivity.

Let me know if you have additional questions.

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