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Double-T
3 years agoExplorer | Level 3
Documents and Desktop Sync Multiple Macs
Years back, I used symlinks to sync my Home directory folders to Dropbox between multiple Macs. Of course, that isn't possible any longer, and I had to drop the links. Since then, Dropbox introduced ...
- 3 years agoHi Double-T, happy Monday, I hope you're doing well!
When you use the computer backup feature, you'll have separate folders within your Dropbox folder for each device.
If you have three Mac devices, each will be labeled "Mac 1," "Mac 2," and so on.
I hope this helps to clarify things.
Megan
3 years agoDropbox Staff
Hi Double-T, happy Monday, I hope you're doing well!
When you use the computer backup feature, you'll have separate folders within your Dropbox folder for each device.
If you have three Mac devices, each will be labeled "Mac 1," "Mac 2," and so on.
I hope this helps to clarify things.
When you use the computer backup feature, you'll have separate folders within your Dropbox folder for each device.
If you have three Mac devices, each will be labeled "Mac 1," "Mac 2," and so on.
I hope this helps to clarify things.
- dpx3 years agoExplorer | Level 3
Yes, but what if you precisely want that the Macs share the same backup folders instead of separate ones like Mac 1, MLac 2, etc, so that they remain in sync?
- Walter3 years agoDropbox Staff
Hey dpx, sorry to jump in here, but can you elaborate on your use-case a tad?
At the moment, you should be able to access your computer's backed up folders from your other connected computers as well - their names would appear the same on all devices for clarity.
- dpx3 years agoExplorer | Level 3
Thanks for the question.
The use case would be to have two macs that would be kept perfectly synchronized through dropbox including their Desktop, Document, Download, etc folders. One computer, say would be at home and the other at work; working on one would update everything on the other so that switching computers would become seamless. With the existing systems both are backuped, but in different directories., requiring manually synchronizing these directories.
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