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How can I download a big folder to my external HDD on Mac?
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I was able to transfer the Dropbox app to my new external hard drive formatted and connected to my Mac, but now I am struggling to download a big folder from my account webpage. I...
If you have the Dropbox application installed on your computer, are you not able to sync the folder normally, instead of downloading it manually?
If the folder is too large to Zip, you'll have to download it in batches. There's no other way.
Downloading a folder will always result in a Zip file, but there are limits to how big a folder can be when downloading it as a Zip. Before being compressed the folder must be less than 250GB with fewer than 10,000 files. There's no way to directly download a folder from the Dropbox website without it being Zipped first.
Rich
Super User II
Super User IIIf you have the Dropbox application installed on your computer, are you not able to sync the folder normally, instead of downloading it manually?
If the folder is too large to Zip, you'll have to download it in batches. There's no other way.
Downloading a folder will always result in a Zip file, but there are limits to how big a folder can be when downloading it as a Zip. Before being compressed the folder must be less than 250GB with fewer than 10,000 files. There's no way to directly download a folder from the Dropbox website without it being Zipped first.
Thanks, Rich! The work sync is confusing to me. But that seems to be the way to go: "Make available offline."
