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Jurij Nowickyj
Explorer | Level 3
6 months ago

Managing an external APFS Apple external drive with Dropbox.

I have connected an APFS Apple external drive to my MacBook Pro and chosen certain folders to be synced with DropBox. I do not need to upload anything else on my MacBook, because I am synching with i...
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Jurij Nowickyj's avatar
Jurij Nowickyj
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Many thanks for your quick reply Walter.

My external drive is connected 100% of the time and I update files only on the external drive.

In the past I dragged and dropped the folders from the external drive into the DropBox folder in my Apple Finder view, however when updating the files on the external drive they did not update in DropBox.

Do I have to drag'n drop my folder from the external drive into the DropBox view, in order to see them online via my mobile devices?

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Hannah
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6 months ago

Hey Jurij Nowickyj, if your external drive is backed up to Dropbox with the Dropbox backup feature, any changes you make to your files in the external drive, should update in your backups page on dropbox.com as well.

 

Now, your backups depending on the version of backup you're using, may or may not be accessible from the Dropbox mobile app.

 

If you've updated to the new backup experience, backups will only be accessible from the backups page online.

 

I hope this clarifies things!

  • Jurij Nowickyj's avatar
    Jurij Nowickyj
    Explorer | Level 3
    6 months ago

    Many thanks for your response, however I simply want to backup my external drive via my MacBook. 

    What are the steps to see this backed up information on my mobile devices (iPhone and iPad)?

    The DropBox app on the Mobile devices does not allow me.

     

    Maybe I need to simply save a link to my DropBox files? And what is this link?

    Many thanks 🙂

    • Rich's avatar
      Rich
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      6 months ago
      Jurij Nowickyj wrote:

      What are the steps to see this backed up information on my mobile devices (iPhone and iPad)?

      The Backup feature is no longer accessible within the Dropbox app on mobile devices. The only way to view backups would be the Backups page in your browser, which should also work on a mobile device.

      • Jurij Nowickyj's avatar
        Jurij Nowickyj
        Explorer | Level 3
        6 months ago

        Hi Rich,

        I will find the link to my dropbox and then use this link to access my files, rather than the mobile DropBox App. Not sure why this is?

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