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Explorer | Level 3

2 years ago

I can't find the Backup button under my desktop app's preferences.

cannot find the backup button in "preferences" any suggestions?

Rich
2 years ago
normansch wrote:

cannot find the backup button in "preferences" any suggestions?

It's a tab located at the top of the Preferences window. If it's not there, take a screenshot to show us what you have on the window.

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Super User II

2 years ago

normansch wrote:

cannot find the backup button in "preferences" any suggestions?

It's a tab located at the top of the Preferences window. If it's not there, take a screenshot to show us what you have on the window.

RabanePaco
Explorer | Level 3
27 days ago
The Backup tab at the indicated placed is missing. Do you want a screenshot?
- Nancy
  Dropbox Staff
  27 days ago
  Hey RabanePaco! Yes, please send us a screenshot of what you see and we’ll go from there.
  - RabanePaco
    Explorer | Level 3
    26 days ago
    Just the same screen as above, only Backup is missing..
    System: Kubuntu 22.04
    Dropbox daemon version: 210.4.4854
    Dropbox command-line interface version: 2019.02.14
    I reinstalled dropbox. I tried to upgrade to no avail.

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