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Raffa_hello
Explorer | Level 4
4 years ago

DB doesn't see the external hard drive on Mac

Hallo everybody.  I'd like to try the new "Back up an external hard drive to Dropbox" feature, which I understand was added in August 2021, because I would like to synchronize on DB some files that...
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Jay
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You can also check the Dropbox desktop application, under the Backups tab, to see if the checkbox is disabled to hide all the external drive notifications. 
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Raffa_hello
Explorer | Level 4
4 years ago
Hi Jay,
no, the checkbox is not checked, so notifications are active.
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    Jay
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    4 years ago
    Thanks, let me know how it goes with another external drive. This can include USB sticks if those are easier to locate.
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      Raffa_hello
      Explorer | Level 4
      4 years ago

      Hallo.

      I tried to connect an hard drive and a USB stick, both formatted as MacOS Extended (journaled) but neither of them is detected by DB (while Google Drive detects them).

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        Jay
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        4 years ago
        In order to look into this matter in more detail, would it be possible to reach out to the email associated with your forum profile?

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