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Restore external drive from Dropbox Backup -- how?
This question specifically concerns the new Dropbox "Backup" functionality, and *not* the well-established normal cloud/sync functions of Dropbox (which have always work pretty well for me). So now ...
BdiS wrote:
Showing the folder sizes on the web interface, they are all smaller than those actually on the hard disk (as shown by Finder locally).
Could that be due to the fact that Mac uses 1000 bytes to represent a Kilobyte instead of the more standard 1024 bytes, which Dropbox also uses?
But how the heck can I restore my drive (say, on a new HDD) from Dropbox Backup? ... The "download" seems equivalent ...For external drives, the download function is pretty much it.
Rich
Super User II
Super User II
BdiS wrote:
Showing the folder sizes on the web interface, they are all smaller than those actually on the hard disk (as shown by Finder locally).
Could that be due to the fact that Mac uses 1000 bytes to represent a Kilobyte instead of the more standard 1024 bytes, which Dropbox also uses?
But how the heck can I restore my drive (say, on a new HDD) from Dropbox Backup? ... The "download" seems equivalent ...
For external drives, the download function is pretty much it.
