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dversari's avatar
dversari
Explorer | Level 3
3 years ago

Backup

You guys at Dropbox are doing everything to make me (and many others) quit Dropbox. First, you removed the possibility of resolvig symlink. Now you are not allowing to see the backup of an external d...
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Dropbox Backup
Hannah's avatar
Hannah
Icon for Dropbox Staff rankDropbox Staff

Hey kundrnik, you should have this option indeed.

 

Do you see something different?

kundrnik's avatar
kundrnik
Helpful | Level 6
10 months ago

I can only see one of my three (3) previously-configured-to-back-up to Macintosh HD > Users > Home > Dropbox computers still showing the Apple logo and (hopefully still) backing up in this manner:

 

The other two (2) computers' backups seemed to turn into static folders:

 

I do not want to use `Dropbox Backup (Beta)` to back up files like this:

 

  • I want the files from each computer to back up and sync in real-time to each individual computer's folder on Macintosh HD > Users > Home > Dropbox,
  • So that I can search for and access these folders from any of my computers' Finder windows (and big emphasis on being able to search these directories natively in Finder, as it's a critical requirement to have 1 singular place that can you know can search all remote servers, connected external drives, and local folders & files, etc.)

 

Questions:

  1. How do I restore this functionality to my three (3) previously-configured-to-back-up to Macintosh HD > Users > Home > Dropbox computers?
  2. How do I set this up for my new (and 4th) computer, which runs on M3 Max?

 

Thank you

  • Jay's avatar
    Jay
    Icon for Dropbox Staff rankDropbox Staff
    10 months ago

    Hi kundrnik, currently, what you're requesting is not longer possible with the Dropbox desktop application. 

     

    Backups for other devices are no longer visible on the local machine, and cannot be enabled to be viewed.

    • kundrnik's avatar
      kundrnik
      Helpful | Level 6
      10 months ago

      Hi Jay,

       

      Thank you for the quick reply.

       

      Can you help me understand the reason why Dropbox no longer supports this? And when did Dropbox stop supporting this?

      • Jay's avatar
        Jay
        Icon for Dropbox Staff rankDropbox Staff
        10 months ago

        The way that computer backups were implemented was changed, leading to the removal of the local versions of the backup, since they can only be accessed via the website now. 

         

        This feature was changed in 2022.

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