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Jon C.10
2 years agoCollaborator | Level 8
Dropbox removing external disk support for Mac users
In case anyone's unaware... if you're a Mac user storing your Dropbox on an external drive, you'll shortly lose that ability.
https://talk.tidbits.com/t/dropbox-drops-support-for-storing-files-...
- 6 months agoHi Everybody,We’re excited to share that external drive support for Dropbox for macOS on File Provider is now available for testing as a beta feature. This is available to some users today and will be available to additional users on a rolling basis. In order to be eligible to test this feature, please follow the instructions in this Help Center article.Keep in mind that participation in beta programs is subject to the certain terms and conditions. There are certain additional participation requirements:
- This beta is only available to US-based users
- You must be on macOS 15 beta
- You must have an external drive that is APFS formatted and encrypted
Please let me know if you have any further questions!
UKD
Experienced | Level 12
Further messages from sync.com
One question relates to moving files from Dropbox to Sync. Is there a migration solution to do that?
Yes, migrating from DropBox is as easy as dragging and dropping your files into Sync. You can learn more on this here: https://www.sync.com/help/how-do-i-move-my-files-from-dropbox-to-sync/. We recommend using an external hard drive for the large amount of data you noted above.
(Me) - Not quite what I meant but I do know there is a company called multcloud that does cloud to cloud transfers but there isn't an option for sync.com. That doesn't mean it's not possible to do. A side note on this though. I have used them before and cloud to cloud transfers are painfully slow, or at least it was when I used it a couple pop years ago.
And is there a way to sync a sync.com account with a Synology NAS?
Sync does not currently integrate or provide a way to easily backup directly from a NAS. This a commonly requested feature and we are looking into it, however it's not an option at this time.
Ru 1971
2 years agoHelpful | Level 6
>>Further messages from sync.com
>>One question relates to moving files from Dropbox to Sync. Is there a migration solution to do that?
>>Yes, migrating from DropBox is as easy as dragging and dropping your files into Sync. You can learn more on this here: >>https://www.sync.com/help/how-do-i-move-my-files-from-dropbox-to-sync/. We recommend using an external hard drive for the large amount of data >>you noted above.
Thanks for doing this research. I'm in just the same boat. I've got 4 Macs that all rely on Dropbox sync for sharing ProTools/Resolve/Lightroom data for my business. One 'master' Mac Pro machine has all the data synced to it, but of course this is an 'external drive' (strictly speaking its an internal drive, but its not the boot volume).
I'm also going to buy another M-series Mac this year, & am not about to order a 4tb internal drive for it given the insane prices Apple charge.
Tell me, have you tried Sync.com yet, & does it co-exist peacefully with Dropbox & other apps, during the transition from one service to another?
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