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Forum Discussion
move contents of dropbox to external hard drive
how do I move contents of dropbox
i.e my files and photos to an external hard drive
thanks folks
- Do you have the Dropbox client installed on your computer? If so, then your files will be syncing to your computer. They'll be in the Dropbox folder. Just copy them to your external drive like you would any other file.
If you're not already syncing your files and you just use the Dropbox website, then you'll need to download your files and save them to your external drive. The easier method would be to install the Dropbox client, let it sync all of your files to your computer, uninstall the client, and then move the Dropbox folder to your external drive. - [mod edit 2023, updated Help Center link]
From the Google.com main page
1. Click on the 3 stacked dots at the top right of your screen
2. Click on SETTINGS
3. Scroll down to page click on ADVANCED at bottom of page
4. Scroll down to DOWNLOADS
5. Where its "Location" to the far right Click on CHANGE
6. "Browse for Folder" Choose Drive you want to download your info to and Click OK
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Part 2
Log in to your Dropbox Account
1. At the "Home Page" on the top right of screen click on "FILES"
2. At My Files page open on the folder you want to download from if you want to download from a subfolder open the subfolder
3. Once you're at the location you want to download from hold down the CTRL button at the bottom right of your keyboard the press the A key CTRL+A ( This will highlight the items to be download from that page
4. At the right of your screen click on DOWNLOAD
Files should now be in your External Drive
