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Ruthless_Rabbit
Explorer | Level 4
11 months ago

Managing backed-up folders via Dropbox Backup outside root Dropbox folder

I'm a long-time user of Dropbox via my employer's corporate account. I have recently opened an individual (3 TB) account to back up my personal files (mostly pictures and movies, some documents) on m...
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    Mark
    11 months ago

    Hi Ruthless_Rabbit 

     

    There isnt  a way to get Dropbox to 'see' that they have already been uploaded I'm afraid. Backup and 'normal' syncing are two totally different things 😞

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Mark
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Hi Ruthless_Rabbit 

 

There isnt  a way to get Dropbox to 'see' that they have already been uploaded I'm afraid. Backup and 'normal' syncing are two totally different things 😞

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Ruthless_Rabbit
Explorer | Level 4
11 months ago

Many thanks Mark. It is disappointing as it seems a pretty basic functionality for Dropbox to have, but thanks anyway for your help!

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