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rymanbugs
Helpful | Level 6
2 years ago

Backup from Dropbox to External HD

I’d like to backup the entire contents of my large Dropbox account to an external hard drive. What is the best way to do this? Considerations: I have a complex web of folders and files, some of ...
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sl14's avatar
sl14
New member | Level 2

I am trying to do this exact thing, and your suggestions are excellent. Did you ever find a good method of backing up dropbox onto an external drive?

Thank you

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rymanbugs
Helpful | Level 6
4 months ago
No there doesn’t seem to have been any satisfactory feature implemented to support this yet :(((

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