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cenilleu's avatar
cenilleu
Explorer | Level 4
6 months ago

Can I sync folders that are located on a different SSD drive to Dropbox?

This has been discussed in several threads, but it seems I can't find a solution.

My main Dropbox Folder is in one hard drive in my computer (mac OS). I need to sync some other folders that, for speed reasons, are on another drive (fast SSD). I do not have room enough to have all the dropbox folder on my fast drive.

We work with several computers, so this "external folder" must syncornize and update several times a day.

How can I do to have this folder syncing in Dropbox?

Thanks very much.

  • Rich's avatar
    Rich
    Icon for Super User II rankSuper User II

    cenilleu wrote:

    I need to sync some other folders that, for speed reasons, are on another drive (fast SSD). ... How can I do to have this folder syncing in Dropbox?


    Dropbox can't do that. It can only sync the files and folders located in the Dropbox folder.

    • cenilleu's avatar
      cenilleu
      Explorer | Level 4

      That's what it seemed to me, although it's hard to belie.ve they aren't able to provide this feature (even more if you have a paid Plan).

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