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GreatLand1959
Helpful | Level 6
3 years ago

External drive backup not being offered

According the help files: To back up an external hard drive to your Dropbox account: Open the Dropbox desktop app on your computer. Connect your external hard drive to your computer. A Dropbox...
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  • GreatLand1959's avatar
    GreatLand1959
    3 years ago
    High Sierra, 5tb external. I was finally able outsmart Dropbox and force it by copying a hidden file from another external drive that Dropbox saw with no trouble. But it shouldn’t be this difficult. It should be a matter of pressing a button to add a drive, the select it from a dialogue box.
GreatLand1959's avatar
GreatLand1959
Helpful | Level 6
High Sierra, 5tb external. I was finally able outsmart Dropbox and force it by copying a hidden file from another external drive that Dropbox saw with no trouble. But it shouldn’t be this difficult. It should be a matter of pressing a button to add a drive, the select it from a dialogue box.
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kcristony
New member | Level 2
3 years ago

Can you explain how did you do it? i would like to make this work again

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