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Feature Request: ExFAT Compatibility when using external drives
I (as well as many others I'm sure) use Dropbox to sync with offsite professionals while needing to use multiple workstations. Rather than keeping local copies on each of these computers (as they are...
I already do this on MacOS, so I'm not sure what you're getting at. I have an external drive that holds my Dropbox Sync folder that I connect to both my laptop and desktop and link to the desktop apps of them both.
The current workflow looks like this:
- An external hard drive formatted for Mac OS Extended (Journaled) with the Dropbox Folder on it.
- The Dropbox Desktop App installed on both my Desktop Computer and Laptop.
- Work on my laptop, dropbox Syncs between the folder on the external drive and the cloud. Changes made remotely reflect when the sync happens.
- Save the changes on my laptop to the Dropbox folder on the External Drive. Let the Dropbox Folder on that drive sync to the cloud.
- Disconnect drive.
- Connect drive to Desktop computer.
- Open project files on Dropbox Folder on External Drive on Desktop Computer. Work on project, save changes.
- Dropbox Folder on External Drive syncs to the cloud.
I don't have the time/space to have local copies on each of the machines, so I keep my Dropbox Sync folder on an external drive. This works on any Mac device with the Dropbox Desktop App.
I would like this to work on an external drive formatted for ExFAT.
