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jannerli
Explorer | Level 3
2 years ago

Backup of my all my Dropbox Folder (including files online)

Hey, 

 

I want to backup my entire Dropbox-Folder including all my online Data to external hard drive.

My Laptop hard drive is too small to download the files locally, and I do not want to download every single folder manually.

Is there a way to backup and save all my online files at once at an external hard drive?

 

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Janna

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  • Mark's avatar
    Mark
    2 years ago

    Hi jannerli 

    Simply put.... no. 

     

    The only way to do this is to download them and copy them to the external drive, sorry.

  • Mark's avatar
    Mark
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    2 years ago

    Hi jannerli 

    Simply put.... no. 

     

    The only way to do this is to download them and copy them to the external drive, sorry.

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      jannerli
      Explorer | Level 3
      2 years ago

      Hey Mark,

       

      thank you for your really clear and fast response! 😉

      I do not really understand why this is not more relevant for more people.

      And why there is no option to do so – but yeah.

      Thank you!!

       

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