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continue to backup external drives with a new macbook
Hello, I have just changed my computer.
I want to continue backing up my external drives, but dropbox offers me to backup my drives again, it doesn't take existing backups into account.
I don't s...
Hi, and thank your for your reply. But it does not help, because I don't want to restore a backup, but I want to continue with existing backup.
The only solution I see is to delete backups and create new backup but it very very long !
Anybody ??
Jay
Dropbox Staff
Dropbox StaffHi opositif, the Dropbox Backup feature works per device, so if you're using a new computer, it wouldn't allow you to continue using an existing backup for another computer.
You'd need to create a new backup for this machine in order to use the feature normally.
I hope dropbox understands how silly this is. I have almost 1TB of data on the drive being backed up and now I must re-upload all that content plus I loose the 30 day history. It's the exact same drive, what good reason is there for not being able to inherit the backup from the same external drive on a new computer?
- Walter
Hi madmith, thanks for sharing your thoughts on this.
Your feedback has been noted in our system - please let us know if you have anything else to add.
- This is absolute madness. Just encountering this myself. Changing MacBooks and Dropbox wants me to re-upload a 2TB External HD!!
Why!?
The data is all sitting there. And I have to spend 3 days uploading all the exact same data. Waste of data, waste of electricity, waste of time.
Come on Dropbox. Do better.
Thank you Jay
that's what it seemed to me !
- Jay
No worries, glad to have helped out! If you need any further assistance in the future, please let me know.
Enjoy your week ahead!
