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Just one Dropbox folder (not the main) on an external drive
hi, I would like to understand if it was possible to have the Dropbox folder on the internal hard disk of the computer, and in case of large project, decide to synchronize a folder from an external h...
Hi, I'm reviving this discussion. For now, NAS is not an option we are pursuing. But for external hard drives we still don't have a smooth workflow. What I need is to have the Dropbox folder on my computer, but to have some files synchronized via Dropbox and accessible to other users, on an external hard drive. My problem is that during some processes I need too many files offline and therefore I often have to move them to an external hard disk, but at that point the files are no longer synchronized and I have to do some operations manually and they are very inconvenient, and above all they are not available to other team members. I tried dropbox backup but it's not for me, because the files cannot be shared and above all I can only access them online. I would need the files on an external hard drive to be synchronized via Dropbox and available to all users. The solution that I sometimes adopt, but which is very inconvenient, is to move the entire Dropbox folder to a very large external hard disk, but in any case it is a not very smooth operation. Is there any tool that can help me? Thank you
- Rich
Super User II
Fabiobox wrote:
What I need is to have the Dropbox folder on my computer, but to have some files synchronized via Dropbox and accessible to other users, on an external hard drive.
You can't do that with Dropbox. Dropbox will only sync the files that are located in the Dropbox folder on your local drive. It has a backup function which will backup an external drive, but it won't sync files to/from an external the same way as the regular Dropbox folder.
The solution that I sometimes adopt, but which is very inconvenient, is to move the entire Dropbox folder to a very large external hard disk, but in any case it is a not very smooth operation.Keep in mind that placing the Dropbox folder on an external drive is highly NOT recommended. Under the right circumstances data loss can occur. If Dropbox were to start before the external drive is online, or if the drive goes offline while Dropbox is running, Dropbox could see that as a mass deletion and sync that to your account online.
