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Backing up an NTSF drive attached to a Mac
I recently retired a Windows 10 machine that had a 12 TB NTSF drive of pictures, videos, and music attached that is 75% full. That drive was backed up to Dropbox on the Windows machine. I bought NTFS...
Hi MajorHavoc, thanks for bringing this to our attention.
Currently, the supported file systems that are supported on Mac OS for Dropbox Backup are HFS+, APFS, exFAT, and FAT32.
There isn't any official workaround for these supported file systems, so if another user does provide one here, we would recommend caution when using it.
If you have any further queries, feel free to message back.
Jay
Dropbox Staff
Dropbox StaffHi MajorHavoc, thanks for bringing this to our attention.
Currently, the supported file systems that are supported on Mac OS for Dropbox Backup are HFS+, APFS, exFAT, and FAT32.
There isn't any official workaround for these supported file systems, so if another user does provide one here, we would recommend caution when using it.
If you have any further queries, feel free to message back.
Thanks Jay. Could you please drop the request into the wish list please. This is not as uncommon as you think, people attaching NTFS drives to a Mac. Thanks
- Jay
If you wish, you can suggest this change for others to vote on, so the dev team can look into this in future!
Ok, went to the link you suggested, and added it as a suggestion for voting, but I do not see it listed there. Is there some trick I need to know, or do some suggestions just get booted immediately? Just curious.
- Hannah
Hey MajorHavoc, from what I can see, your other post is currently in our Ideas section.
However, you can definitely take a look at our 10 tips for submitting an idea for more info.
