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Can we have more folder options like custom folders or sub-folders to add to Computer Backup?
Right now, the automated backup option in Dropbox allows me to sync my Documents, Desktop and Downloads folders. By far the biggest - and most important - folder on my computer is the Music folder though. I can imagine for other people it's Pictures. Could we have a way to automatically backup those folders too?
To be really ambitious: would we be able to clone our computer on Dropbox? I used to have an Apple Time Machine that allowed you to do just that. If your computer broke down or was stolen, you could buy a new one, let it download the clone, including not just your documents but your applications and presets too, and you'd be good to go!
Please let Dropbox be the new Time Machine.
This....Just let us pick any folder on the system or external drive we would like to include in sync. Would let us take full advantage of space we have too. For example, I have a 2TB account, but my dropbox folder is only a few hundred gigabytes. I have an external hard drive with more files on it, but I'm unable to use that with dropbox...and it would be so convenient to have that drive automatically backed up to the cloud, not only for backup, but just if I'm traveling and don't have it with me, to quickly retrieve a couple files.
Five folders is better than three. But, not enough. Why can't we have whichever folders we want? It would be a lot more useful. With only the five folders (documents, desktop, downloads, music, video), it is not really a viable backup tool. Glaringly absent is a pictures folder.
When are we going to see some actions for this idea?
It has been suggested a long time ago with many votes already.
Glad to see other folks have the same frustration with the Backup feature. Copy pasting my thread with Dropbox support here:
In a Mac, the 'Pictures' folder is clearly a key folder. Whoever designed this feature does not own a Mac. I specifically upgraded to Dropbox Family because of the promise to have a single service (Dropbox) to take care of my file sharing, yes, but also my backup needs.
I would like to request that the 'Pictures' folders be added to the list of 'key' folders. Further, I would like to request that the way backup works be rethought. Most any other cloud backup solution ( Backblaze, SpiderOak One, etc.) allows you to choose the folders that you want to backup, rather than force you from a short allow-list. Why not just backup everything under "/Users/{username}" ?Hello,
I want to use the "back up the contents of your mac" function. In the process configuration I cannot add some folders that I want to back up. It only offers me "desktop + documents + downloads + music + video". For this backup procedure to be useful, an idea: to widen, to relax, the choice of the files to be included in the backup.
Cordially
Mac Pictures should be added at least.
Also custom folders would be nice as there are some applications that will install and use files outside default folders in Windows (some will go under "?:\Users\username" some will really go into "?:\ownfolder"I don't want to backup my whole harddrive. right now I can only back-up large sections of my harddrive. in apple that is desktop, documents, music, downloads. i only want to back up subfolders of those folders.
Hello DropBox Community Members!
Please vote for my feature request to slightly modify the pop-up that asks if you want to backup a recently connected external hard drive to ask if you want to backup a SPECIFIC VOLUME on a recently connected external hard drive. Thank you.
Even if "letting us choose which folders to back up" feature takes a little longer, you should quickly add in the option to protect the "Pictures" folder. That's the #1 folder that people cry about losing!
I would also really like the ability to automatically backup any arbitrary folder. I do not personally use the Documents folder since putting my actual documents where a bunch of apps create various folders for their own purposes would disturb my sense of organization. I also have zero intention of working primarily from the Dropbox folder. I know where my important documents are and I just want to back up those locations.
Now Dropbox has the feature Computer backup to back up certain key folders on your computer, such as “Desktop”, “Documents”, and “Downloads”, to Dropbox.
Great, now you cna not only move the files to the cloud but also keep the folder updated!
However I want to backup a folder that is not in the "key folder list" of DropBox. In fact, it is on a different harddisk in my PC.
Can you please add that feature?
