Questions tagged [dropbox]
Cross-platform file syncing program for Windows, Mac OS, Linux and various mobile devices.
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How do you force Dropbox to save to a network location?
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I am looking to close our dropbox business account. To do this, I first need to save the account contents account to our NAS.
When I attempt to move my dropbox folder to the network location, ...
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Is there a way to sync Drobpox's cloud to a 3rd party backup service like AWS or B2? [closed]
Ive started using Dropbox's "cloud sync" feature to keep large files in the cloud and off my laptops internal drive.
My concern is that the only real place these files live is now in dropbox'...
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Will Dropbox delete malware in my uploads?
I'm doing some reverse engineering research, which including some malware. Can I save them in my Dropbox? Will Dropbox delete them from the server end? I searched around but haven't found a clear ...
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How can I add a folder that's on another drive to Dropbox?
My C drive is a NVME m.2 high speed drive and D drive is a pretty slow old drive. I have my Dropbox folder on D:\Dropbox. Normally I do my programming stuff on C:\projects, since C drive is fast and I ...
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What is Dropbox Sync Technology name [closed]
I remember Dropbox had (and still has, I think) a method for using less data when syncing files.
It compares the byte difference between the original file and the new version, and only uploads/...
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Synology disk station as local dropbox alternative
Does anyone know if and how I could use my Synology disk-station as a kind of local dropbox server, i.e. I have a folder that is always synchronized locally between the NAS and the respective ...
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Symlink vs Hardlink and Backing up Win10
I have the following use case and am struggling to decide whether to use hard links or symlinks. I store e-books in a "Books" folder on my Win 10 Laptop.
However I have a directory structure ...
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Changing default Dropbox at command line to a business account from a personal account on macOS
I've linked to my business Dropbox on my Mac which already had my personal Dropbox installed. I can easily access both my Dropbox (Personal) and Dropbox (Business-name) from the Finder.
At the command ...
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Sync Joplin between desktop (Ubuntu) and phone (android)
The note taking app Joplin should be able to sync files between a phone and a desktop. However, I have not managed to get this to work.
I authorized the same dropbox account on both the desktop and ...
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I accidentally added ~/Downloads to Dropbox, then symlink from ~/Downloads can't be removed?
As the title said, I accidentally added ~/Downloads to Dropbox, then I think Dropbox symlinked the ~/Downloads folder to the corresponding Dropbox folder.
❯ ls -l
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Dropbox company download caching
Does anyone know If there is a way to create a local cache for Dropbox?
I have multiple users in a local network and someone from the outside changes/uploads a file to dropbox, the sync party is on. ...
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Dropbox URL gives access to file content
I am very surprised that I linked on a Dropbox URL stored in my web browser's history and, without being logged in, I could see the content of the file.
I have created a new file to test it and, just ...
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Dropbox files on PC display absurd warnings
A new frustration, started recently. When I move or copy any Dropbox file, of any type, to another folder - even another Dropbox folder - I now get the daft message shown below. (Tried to embed image ...
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All Excel files opening as read only
When I open an Excel file from Windows Explorer, if Excel is not already running, the file opens as read only. I can save it as a file with a new name, but not as the old name (at least not without ...
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Free up space on dropbox cloud by "ignoring" local files and directories (Ubuntu 20.04)
I have some big files in directories that need to be shared on dropbox but these big files themselves should not be uploaded to dropbox (because they are filling my quota way to fast).
It seems that ...
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