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opositif's avatar
opositif
Explorer | Level 4
2 years ago

continue to backup external drives with a new macbook

Hello, I have just changed my computer.

I want to continue backing up my external drives, but dropbox offers me to backup my drives again, it doesn't take existing backups into account.

I don't see options to continue with the current backups and it makes duplicates. Thank you for your answers

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  • Jay's avatar
    Jay
    2 years ago

    Hi opositif, the Dropbox Backup feature works per device, so if you're using a new computer, it wouldn't allow you to continue using an existing backup for another computer. 

     

    You'd need to create a new backup for this machine in order to use the feature normally.

  • Nancy's avatar
    Nancy
    Icon for Dropbox Staff rankDropbox Staff
    2 years ago

    Hi opositif, and thanks for posting here. 

     

    Can you please have a look at this Help Center article, and let me know if these steps seem to help?

     

    Keep me posted for any updates.

    • opositif's avatar
      opositif
      Explorer | Level 4
      2 years ago

      Hi, and thank your for your reply. But it does not help, because I don't want to restore a backup, but I want to continue with existing backup.

      The only solution I see is to delete backups and create new backup but it very very long !

       

      Anybody ??

      • Jay's avatar
        Jay
        Icon for Dropbox Staff rankDropbox Staff
        2 years ago

        Hi opositif, the Dropbox Backup feature works per device, so if you're using a new computer, it wouldn't allow you to continue using an existing backup for another computer. 

         

        You'd need to create a new backup for this machine in order to use the feature normally.

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