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DBJulie
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3 years ago

How to Download your online DB files to an External Harddrive

Aloha, I'm trying to download something big to my external HD.  It cannot fit on my computer harddrive so it has to go direct to the external drive. Please let me know how I can change the downlo...
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lewisrdixon
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I'm having the same issue, and my browser isn't the issue...

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Hannah
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2 years ago

Hey lewisrdixon, like my colleague Jay mentioned, the Dropbox website will download files to the default download location of your browser.

 

Have you searched your browser's settings to find/change that location?

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