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How to backup entire mac easily
Been using dropbox for years just to backup a specific folder. Now I want to purchase the option to backup my entire computer but when i follow the helpdesk article it tells me to go to preferences, ...
Thanks for the quick reply. Am I able to specify my home folder as one of such paths?
I had a look and it seems only a predetermined set of six folders is a available?
Desktop
Documents
Downloads
Movies
Music
Pictures
- Megan
Dropbox Staff
Hi tonyob!
Yes, that is correct. At the moment, it'd be only these paths.
If you need anything else, I'm here for you.Thanks heaps
I am using iCloud to back-up some of my files including iPhoto but I want more flexibility and have several hundred GIGs of videos on my computer that I would like to keep in my Dropbox backup and not take up so much space on my computer's flashdrive. How do I set-up my computer backup on dropbox to achieve that goal? I still want to keep iCloud for syncing to all my Apple devices.
- MeganHi davec123, welcome to our Community!
Unfortunately, this isn't possible at the moment.
I would suggest that you go under our " Share an idea" section and add this there as a future feature request for other users to see and upvote.
I hope this clarifies things.
