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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 is so typical of Dropbox. It would be simple (for companies that have competent management and programmers) to allow a user to specify an arbitrary folder for back up, e.g. F:\Docs\Courses. But Dropbox sets arbitrary, ridiculous restrictions on what you can do, and does not even attempt to change it. If I did not already have so much data in my dropbox account, I would drop it immediately and use a cloud storage service that is reasonable and competent. In addition I have found their customer service to be anything but that. Usually if something goes wrong with their code they blame it on Microsoft. At some point I am going to have to find another service because Dropbox has proven to be so bad in so many ways.
Hello everyone,
I would also appreciate this feature. I need to backup on PC the whole D:\ drive and not change the path name. I need backup D:\work\.. not D:\dropbox\work\.. because I have plenty of textures linked into 3D files with exact path name. And I can’t be changed automaticly so I would have to do it several times in each 3D file in last decade. (I am a bit dramatic, but it could help a lot).
Please, let me know when it is possible and I will purchase dropbox again. Thank you a wish you great day.
And thanks Megan to point on this request.
Dropbox's attitude toward this was to ignore junction points, which was the solution for this - so, go figure.
They don't want to backup our data…
There are several considerations in using Dropbox as a Time Machine drive. First is that you don't want to keep the file local. The size would immediately start to be greater than what is on your hard drive (or SSD). Second, how will you bring this cloud Time Machine drive into the Apple ecosystem? Migration assistant and Apple's Recovery mode expect to see attached drives, not cloud based. Lastly, the bandwidth of transferring what could be a several Terabyte backup will be costly in the amount of data transferred on a person's internet account. Finally the time necessary to upload or download such a file would be prohibitive.
It is unacceptable to disallow backup of folders that are not on the same drive as the Dropbox. That is an arbitrary and unnecessary limitation that makes no sense.
We also need to be able to backup any folder or drive on our computer of our choosing. Dropbox, please fix this asap. Thank you.
sync desktop and document folders on all machines that have dropbox backup turned on.
it does not sync desktop and documents if you have more than one machine.
one laptop and one desktop would have separate folders with different content.
not very useful day to day.
- Megan
Dropbox Staff
Happy Tuesday MacHelpNashville, I hope you're doing well!
Would you mind providing me with some more information in regards to this idea?
What would you like to see on your end, in how our computer backup feature works?
Let me know! it does not sync desktop and documents if you have more than one machine.
one laptop and one desktop would have separate folders with different content.
not very useful day to day.
- MeganThanks for the clarification MacHelpNashville!
Keep in mind that you should be able to see "My PC" or "My Mac" and the name of the device in parenthesis (...) on all of your devices.
All of the backups should sync to the account.
Does something different happen in your case, or would you prefer to have one backup for all of your devices?
Please allow "Pictures" folder to backup.
The possibility to add ANY custom folder to the backup list is a MUST. Please implement asap.
Thanks!
I have one macOS computer with two accounts in it. The backups are named after computer name only, not by the user name. So my accounts were backuped over each others to the same folders. This happened months ago, have not checked if it is already fixed.
I would like to automatically backup a folder inside the main folder "Documents".
Actually Dropbox app allows me to choose only the "main" folders.
The Dropbox folder is on an external hdd and I need it to stay on that hdd because I have other online shared folders that would take up space on the main hdd C.
