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Nikolai7
Explorer | Level 3
5 years ago

Need to download files straight from dropbox to an external hard drive

I need to download some big files straight to an external hard drive instead of the internal drive on my macbook.  I cant find the option to switch the default download location.
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  • Rich's avatar
    Rich
    5 years ago
    Nikolai7 wrote:

    I cant find the option to switch the default download location.

    The Dropbox client on your computer will always sync to the Dropbox folder. You can move the entire folder to a different drive in Preferences (externals are NOT recommended), but you can't specify a different sync location for just certain files.

     

    If you're referring to downloading files from the Dropbox website, then Dropbox isn't controlling the download location; your browser is.

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Nikolai7
Explorer | Level 3
5 years ago

Thanks homie.  You were right, just had to change my safari settings.

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