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WBHK's avatar
WBHK
New member | Level 2
5 years ago

Download from Dropbox.com directly to Hard Drive

I need to COPY a ton of video and photo files from Dropbox.com to an external hard drive.  Is there ANY way to do this without downloading to my local dropbox first?  I don't have enough space to do that.  Thanks in advance for any support.

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  • Lusil's avatar
    Lusil
    4 years ago

    Hey WBHK, thanks for dropping by. 

     

    Since you don't want to download them locally to your main drive, have you tried changing your browser's default download location?

     

    Give that a shot, and let me know how it goes. Cheers!

  • Lusil's avatar
    Lusil
    Icon for Dropbox Staff rankDropbox Staff
    4 years ago

    Hey WBHK, thanks for dropping by. 

     

    Since you don't want to download them locally to your main drive, have you tried changing your browser's default download location?

     

    Give that a shot, and let me know how it goes. Cheers!

    • WBHK's avatar
      WBHK
      New member | Level 2
      4 years ago
      This is exactly what I did and it worked perfectly!

      Thanks so much!
      • Lusil's avatar
        Lusil
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        4 years ago

        Glad to hear that, WBHK! 

         

        If anything else comes up in the future, just give us another shout. 

         

        In the meantime, I hope you have a wonderful rest of your week!

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