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Dropbox Pro, sending large (50GB) files from external hard drive to Dropbox
I'm on Dropbox Pro. I have about 1TB worth of video files on an external hard drive which I need to send to a client. My plan was to ZIP them into 50GB chunks and upload directly via the web interfac...
khkannisto wrote:
1A) Once the file has been synced to Dropbox online (green check mark), can I set it to "online only" to remove it from my local drive?
Yes.
1B) Why doesn't that happen automatically although my preferences are set to "online only" for new files?That setting applies to new files syncing DOWN to your computer from other devices. Not files you've added to your local Dropbox folder yourself.
2) What is the best approach to this task of reliably uploading a bunch of 50GB files from an external hard drive directly to Dropbox, preferably without having to copy them to the internal hard drive first?Copy them to the internal drive first and let the Dropbox application sync them. It will be the fastest and most reliable method. The only other way is to upload them through the Dropbox website, and uploading a 50GB file through a web browser (with any service) is, as you've noticed, problematic at best. Any connection error at all and you'll be starting the process all over again.
Rich
Super User II
Super User II
khkannisto wrote:
1A) Once the file has been synced to Dropbox online (green check mark), can I set it to "online only" to remove it from my local drive?
Yes.
1B) Why doesn't that happen automatically although my preferences are set to "online only" for new files?
That setting applies to new files syncing DOWN to your computer from other devices. Not files you've added to your local Dropbox folder yourself.
2) What is the best approach to this task of reliably uploading a bunch of 50GB files from an external hard drive directly to Dropbox, preferably without having to copy them to the internal hard drive first?
Copy them to the internal drive first and let the Dropbox application sync them. It will be the fastest and most reliable method. The only other way is to upload them through the Dropbox website, and uploading a 50GB file through a web browser (with any service) is, as you've noticed, problematic at best. Any connection error at all and you'll be starting the process all over again.
Thanks. I was hoping there was a way to do it directly from the external hard drive. I know it is a technically feasible feature, as a similar function exists in sync.com for instance, so I will make a feature suggestion for "send to Dropbox" context menu item.
