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els76uk
Explorer | Level 3
26 days ago

Sync local library files (from a 3rd party app) with Dropbox on Mac

Hi, I have an app on my Mac which saves all its files on the local drive, in the user's library folder. There's no option to change that, nor can I move them to the Dropbox folder. How can I auto-syn...
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Mark
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26 days ago
els76uk wrote:
How can I auto-sync those library files with Dropbox, so that I have a backup?

There is no way to automatically do that with Dropbox. You would need to either manually copy and paste them or find a program / script that will do it for you. 

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    els76uk
    Explorer | Level 3
    22 days ago

    Thanks Mark . 

     

    Does anyone else know of a program or can help me with a script that could do it for me?

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