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Forum Discussion
Bi-directional syncing between External HD and Dropbox
Hi folks,
I'm trying to create a system for myself where I have a two-way sync between my storage on Dropbox and my main external hard-drive, connected to my home desktop. I also use two laptop computers for work (teaching) and for performance (music), and these activities overlap a lot. I use Dropbox to good effect across all machines, but I have not been good about backing everything up online and my other backups are split across various devices without good filing.
Basically I'd like to organise my filing with the external drive as a hub (4TB), with everything backed up on Dropbox as a mirror but not necessarily be present on the SSD on the desktop (to keep free space where possible). I imagine this will require 3rd party service. One issue I'm anticipating is that a 3rd party solution might run into problems where the external drive is not online and Dropbox might mistakenly think files were deleted. Hoping to get some insight and advice from users here.
Hi rhinofeatures, currently, there isn't an official feature like that available via Dropbox.
There may be some other third party apps or services that can assist in syncing files to and from your external drive and Dropbox.
- Hannah
Dropbox Staff
Hey rhinofeatures, thanks for your post today!
Have you looked into our external drive backup feature?
This feature will allow you to create a backup of your external drive to Dropbox and have your backed up files accessible from the backups page on dropbox.com.
Any changes you need to make, will need to be made directly from the external drive, as this is not a two-way sync, but the backup will be a mirror of your files on the external drive.
Of course, I will leave this thread open for other users to contribute ideas and experiences, but if you have any questions for us, let us know.
Cheers!
Thanks Hannah, but I'm specifically looking for a bi-directional sync.
- Jay
Hi rhinofeatures, currently, there isn't an official feature like that available via Dropbox.
There may be some other third party apps or services that can assist in syncing files to and from your external drive and Dropbox.
