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Fraser Y.'s avatar
Fraser Y.
New member | Level 1
10 years ago

Copying Files from Dropbox to portable memory stick or hard drive?

Can anyone help? I'm having trouble moving my files, I have Dropbox on my phone, tablet, home computer, work computer and work apartment but recently I've noticed If i try to copy a film for example,...
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  • Mark's avatar
    Mark
    8 years ago
    If they are downloaded to your computer in the Dropbox folder then just move them like you would any other file/folder as thats exactly what they are.

    If they are online you'll need to go to www.dropbox.com/home first and select the ones you want to download and then download them to the flash drive. If you select multiple files they'll download as a zip so you may need to unzip them.

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