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tonyob
3 years agoExplorer | Level 3
How to backup entire mac easily
Been using dropbox for years just to backup a specific folder. Now I want to purchase the option to backup my entire computer but when i follow the helpdesk article it tells me to go to preferences, ...
tonyob
Explorer | Level 3
I had a look and it seems only a predetermined set of six folders is a available?
Desktop
Documents
Downloads
Movies
Music
Pictures
Megan
3 years agoDropbox Staff
Hi tonyob!
Yes, that is correct. At the moment, it'd be only these paths.
If you need anything else, I'm here for you.
Yes, that is correct. At the moment, it'd be only these paths.
If you need anything else, I'm here for you.
- tonyob3 years agoExplorer | Level 3
Thanks heaps
- davec1233 years agoNew member | Level 2
I am using iCloud to back-up some of my files including iPhoto but I want more flexibility and have several hundred GIGs of videos on my computer that I would like to keep in my Dropbox backup and not take up so much space on my computer's flashdrive. How do I set-up my computer backup on dropbox to achieve that goal? I still want to keep iCloud for syncing to all my Apple devices.
- Megan3 years agoDropbox StaffHi davec123, welcome to our Community!
Unfortunately, this isn't possible at the moment.
I would suggest that you go under our " Share an idea" section and add this there as a future feature request for other users to see and upvote.
I hope this clarifies things.- dazonic3 years agoNew member | Level 2I’ve got a folder on my Mac in the home directory, ~/Code is there any way to include this in backup?
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