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Tommy Q.'s avatar
Tommy Q.
New member | Level 1
10 years ago

Sync with a network drive

Hi, I have an external drive connected to my router which appears in the network as \10.50.1.1\Name How do I sync my dropbox file to a location there? when I try to move the directory over there...
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  • Richard P.'s avatar
    Richard P.
    10 years ago

    Dropbox doesn't support network locations due to issues that have come up before.

Razvan Boxifier's avatar
Razvan Boxifier
Collaborator | Level 10
10 years ago

Tommy, you can keep your Dropbox folder local and sync the folders that you need from the network drive with Boxifier ( http://www.boxifier.com). It is an application that can sync any folder with Dropbox (including ones from external drives, NAS, network drives). Disclaimer: I am one of the authors so feel free to ask me anything about it: [Deleted email, no personal information please!]

 

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