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Franco Spall's avatar
Franco Spall
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9 months ago

Can I back up an external SSD on multiple computers?

Hi, I made a backup on my MacBook of one of my external SSDs and every time I connect it to the device it automatically makes a backup to keep it always updated, but I wanted to know if it was possib...
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Hannah's avatar
Hannah
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9 months ago

Hey Franco Spall, thanks for posting your question to our Community.

 

If you have an external drive backed up to Dropbox via a specific computer, then disconnect the drive from that computer and then connect it to a different one, this should create a brand new backup of the drive.

 

The original back up folder will only update if the external drive is connected to the same computer used to initiate the back up.

 

I hope this helps, but let me know if you have any more questions!

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