All Questions
7
questions
27
votes
6
answers
37k
views
How to find my stolen Macbook
A friend of mine just had her Macbook stolen. Her Dropbox account is still working on the Macbook, so she can see each time the Macbook comes online, and she can get its IP address.
She has given ...
- 423
18
votes
4
answers
73k
views
Is it possible use Dropbox as my OSX Time machine backup drive?
Is it possible use Dropbox as my OSX Time machine backup drive?
I am thinking of getting Dropbox Pro.
- 2,683
4
votes
2
answers
12k
views
Equivalent for Windows 7 "mklink" on OS X?
Is there a feature on OS X that does the same as mklink under Windows 7? It can create symbolic links and hard links.
I have just read about this tool to have Dropbox sync an application folder by ...
- 659
3
votes
2
answers
11k
views
How do I back up all my email messages from Mail to Dropbox?
My goal is:
Take all of my email messages in Mac Mail, and compress them into one file.
Upload that file into Dropbox.
Even if I do not use Macs in the future, I should be able to see all my ...
- 2,481
2
votes
1
answer
2k
views
Can't get dropbox to move to Root on OSX?
I want to move my dropbox folder from HDD/users/pete2k/dropbox to HDD/dropbox however whenever I try and do this using the 'gear icon' --> 'Dropbox location' I get an error saying...
Can't create a ...
- 723
1
vote
2
answers
1k
views
Removing ._ Files from Non-Mac OS File System In Dropbox
Having a Macbook with limited space, I purchased a portable SSD drive to keep my bigger files on, and my Dropbox folder. This works for the most part, however I noticed that when I migrated to the ...
- 21
1
vote
1
answer
3k
views
Shared partition between OSX and Windows 10 (using Bootcamp) Disappeared?
Longtime windows user giving OSX a go. My idea was to install Windows via BootCamp and have a shared partition that holds my Dropbox folder (to avoid having dropbox take twice the room on my SSD), ...
- 251