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Valekea's avatar
Valekea
Explorer | Level 4
6 years ago

How to make dropbox watch certain folders and sync automatically on change.

Hi. I have the dropbox business advanced account.   I have the offline installers etc for the newest version of the Dropbox app.   But, I am finding it rather difficult to use. What I want ...
Desktop
dropbox business
Sync
  • Daphne's avatar
    Daphne
    6 years ago

    I'm very glad to hear that everything is set up and working nicely Valekea!

    If you need to format the hard drive and remove the Dropbox folder contents in the process, you'll need to unlink your desktop app from your account first.

    Once you've finished re-formatting, you can sign back into the desktop app and it will re-sync your files from your account online.

    I hope that helps!

Valekea's avatar
Valekea
Explorer | Level 4

Okay, I have successfully moved the dropbox folder and I moved my data into it.

I saw that it synced rather fast at the speed that I would like after placing the folders there. It was not like using the web browser to upload which was incredibly slow.

I then tested by making a change to a file and saving the file, then dropbox immediately synced. It is indeed constantly watching the dropbox folder and deleting the files I delete and syncing the files I change, which is exactly what I want it to do.

So, if I format this hard disk drive, can I then download everything again with the dropbox app? I mean, erasing the dropbox folder will erase the files and folders locally, but they are still always accessible with the dropbox app, right?

Daphne's avatar
Daphne
Icon for Dropbox Staff rankDropbox Staff
6 years ago

I'm very glad to hear that everything is set up and working nicely Valekea!

If you need to format the hard drive and remove the Dropbox folder contents in the process, you'll need to unlink your desktop app from your account first.

Once you've finished re-formatting, you can sign back into the desktop app and it will re-sync your files from your account online.

I hope that helps!

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