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ducksinarow
Helpful | Level 6
2 years ago

Dropbox Back-up - (not Beta) on Mac

Having experimented with Dropbox back-up, I have disabled the sync.   Q1: it has re-organised my arrangement of folders and files so nowI have to waste time correcting the interference. Is there an...
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    ducksinarow
    2 years ago

    I think I've now got the hang of it.  By searching o google and finding your advice to use alt+H etc. I am relieved to have found a folder that was "missing' which I have now put somewhere more accessible. So far approximately 190,000 files have synced,

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ducksinarow
Helpful | Level 6

pps - and despite clicking pause it hasn't so i am continuing te back-up (approx 1 hour remaining) and I only hope i shall be able to rstore them all because if i can't then Dropboax will be hearing from my lawyers. 

 

When i startd on this I had no idea and there was no warning that it would be a one-way process. As for selecting the folder to back-up I was only given 2 to choose from, not having a beta, so the entirely of my desktop. and document folders are being back-up which is not what I would've chosen,

ducksinarow's avatar
ducksinarow
Helpful | Level 6
2 years ago

I think I've now got the hang of it.  By searching o google and finding your advice to use alt+H etc. I am relieved to have found a folder that was "missing' which I have now put somewhere more accessible. So far approximately 190,000 files have synced,

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