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How to bulk prioritize Folder Syncing in Dropbox on OSX
I'm using Dropbox on a MacBook to sync folders with another user. Often, I need to quickly prioritize syncing a specific folder, but currently, I can only select "Sync Next" for individual ...
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How to exclude a specific file from Dropbox sync
A great Dropbox file exclusion trick no longer seems to work.
My Thunderbird profile is in Dropbox, mainly because I have years of historical email in the locally stored "Local Folders", so ...
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Dropbox synch, 1 file missing, how identify the file?
I just synched Drobox between my old Windows 10 laptop (the source) and my new Window 11 desktop (the target). I then did a Windows Properties on the Dropbox folder on both machines.
On the source:
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filesystem on Linux for SD card for Dropbox sync
I have a super small drive on my ultraportable lenovo 100s. I want to sync several gb of stuff from my dropbox onto it, so I have equipped it with a western digital purple sd card.
I plan to use that ...
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How to relocate Dropbox folder to sdc1 drive in Linux Mint 21?
I've installed Dropbox (Flatpack) and everything is working fine as long as I just let Dropbox use it's default folder or keeps the folder on the system drive. The problem is that I would like to have ...
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Sync a OneDrive (or Dropbox / Google Drive) folder between multiple users
In OneDrive, I have shared a folder that has a few hundred files and subfolders for a project. It contains a lot of large zip files (in total, about 8 GB of files) so would not be suitable for GitHub. ...
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Best way to sync files from Dropbox "Apps" folder to regular Dropbox folders
A Dropbox account with voluminous files also syncs/receives files through a third-party app integration, which files arrive within that app-integration's designated folder within Dropbox's "Apps&...
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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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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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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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Diagnosing Dropbox sync blocking
For the past six months I have had Dropbox on two Windows 10 PCs with many files regularly being created/modified and synced within the Dropbox folders of both of them. But for the past two weeks they ...
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What iCloud for windows is doing in the background - it takes 25% cpu capacity by average | and how to solve it
I am using a surface book, and take the document fold synchronized with iCloud. So I have installed the iCloud for windows since I transferred from MacBook to surface pro/surface book (I have both).
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Can pCloud be used to sync files between two computers?
I've been investigating if pCloud is a possible replacement for Dropbox, but I must say, I'm confused.
Dropbox is very good at keeping files in sync on two or more computers, and having those files ...
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Dropbox symlinks trouble
I have a few dozen symlinked folders, which recently stopped working. I tried to do what dropbox suggested: delete the symlinks and move the folders itself into dropbox. Unfortunately dropbox refuses ...
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How to fix Dropbox (Windows client) "Can't sync filename" error?
My Dropbox Windows client shows an error:
I suspect Current is a folder uploaded from my Dropbox Mac client, that somehow cannot be synced to Windows.
How can I get the exact location of this file/...
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Is there a way to push code to Github and Dropbox at the same time without having to push twice to each location?
I use Dropbox for Class Assignments and Github for publicly showcasing all my work.
I want to push a Dropbox repository to Github, but currently I do that by using the git-remote-dropbox tool to push ...
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Recover files deleted from Dropbox cloud long ago but only deleted recently on local machine
I have a few files that had been deleted on Dropbox's cloud 6 months ago. So they won't be available on the cloud anymore. However, they were on one of my local computers that had not been synced for ...
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Migrate old mails from Gmail to Dropbox / Sync.com
I've been using Gmail for many years and would love to find a way to move the older mails to offline storage (and the to my sync.com folder).
I have looked at Google Takeout and it seems as I can ...
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Dual boot and Dropbox
I dual boot on my laptop:
Ubuntu Mate 18.04 LTS
Windows 10
I've set up Dropbox in both operating systems. I'm not actually syncing the Dropbox twice -- as my Dropbox is quite large, this would be ...
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Sync folder between two computers using both local network and cloud
I'm looking for a way to do the following:
Sync folder A on my laptop with folder B on my PC by transferring any changes on one machine onto the other machine using the local network.
If I modify ...
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How to make files across several computers synchronized in a consistent and near real time manner?
We have been using cloud based applications such as Dropbox, OneDrive, and Google Drive to share files across several users. They each have desktop applications that will allow the files to be ...
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Server backup to Google Drive
I am working on a backup process for a cloud based virtual machine.
I already have a script that will create a tar.gz file, encrypt it with my gpg public key and give it a unique name.
Now I would ...
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Sync Dropbox to lowercase folder
I am in the process of lowercasing my linux system, but I found a hurdle: Dropbox partout does not want to reside in a lowercased folder.
Changing the folder via GUI, it always wants to go into a ...
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dropbox showing "Downloading X files..." for ever
I have dropbox 52.4.58 installed on a Linux VM (Lubuntu 18.04 LTS). The dropbox instance can never finish syncing my folder and reach the Up to date status as a Windows version does on the same folder....
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OneDrive folder shortcut in Dropbox automatically updated on new OS
(Context: Win 10 on all 3 systems)
There's a folder I access almost daily, and I used to keep it in my Dropbox synced folder. A while back I was reorganizing and decided to move it to my OneDrive ...
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How can I synchronize a folder FROM my C drive TO my Dropbox folder?
I'm trying to use Dropbox to synchronize some folders that are outside my dropbox folder on my computer. My dropbox folder is placed on my secondary hard drive which is an ordinary mechanical hard ...
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Move a Dropbox subfolder
Here is my situation: I have a 1 To Dropbox account. So far, I use it to access to some documents I modified frequently from my laptop.
These documents leave me a lot of space on the account, so I ...
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Is it Possible to Migrate or at Least Export Dropbox's Selective Sync Settings?
When setting up Dropbox on a new Windows computer, is it possible to migrate the selective sync settings from the old computer?
And if those settings can't be migrated and must be reapplied manually,...
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Does the new Google Drive client "Backup & Sync" have diff/delta uploading like Dropbox?
Does the new Google Drive client "Backup & Sync" have diff/delta uploading like Dropbox?
Introducing Backup and Sync for Google Photos and Google Drive
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How to stop dropbox filling OS drive when the dropbox folder is on a secondary hard drive?
I have dropbox business, and am trying to create a local archive of a 4 TB dropbox folder. I have my dropbox folder location on my D:\ drive, with a 6 tb drive. My OS drive is a 240 GB SSD. However, ...
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Syncing folders/files on two computers w/Google Drive
I currently use Dropbox to sync some folders on two different machines. The two machines have symbolic links to the same folder inside my Dropbox folder, and it works great. Is anything like this ...
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How to see and access unsynced folders in Cloud storage service?
I have very little disk space. I'd like to store rarely used files in the cloud and not on my own computer but still have access to them. I want only a few folders on my hard drive and the rest should ...
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How does Dropbox handle syncing a new computer with an existing folder with differences?
So let's assume I have a new PC. Also assume that I have an external hard drive that has a copy of all of the files in my Dropbox, but it is somewhat out of date (e.g. some files aren't there, some ...
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Syncing with Box for multiple users on one desktop computer
My desktop computer runs on Windows 7, with a different account for each family member. I have had no trouble running dropbox from each computer account. Each computer account syncs automatically ...
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How do I change the Dropbox (for Business) location on a headless Linux server
Im trying to adjust the path Dropbox syncs to on a headless installation. I use a Synology, so there`s no way to connect a monitor.
By default Dropbox syncs all data in /root/Dropbox (Company_name). ...
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Sync pictures taken to dropbox
I am using dropbox sync to sync of my phone pictures to the cloud (dropbox). Works like a charm. Only thing is that also want to sync the pictures I take to my dropbox folder.
Both the pictures I ...
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How to sync large directory (30gb) between Android and OSX devices?
So, my laptop is a Mac, and my phone is an Android. I want to sync my music directory between the two. The sync can either be multi-directional, or in a single direction from computer to phone.
I ...
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Syncing selected folder between two cloud services using Synology NAS
I am using Cloud Sync on Synology NAS to sync (bidirectionally) files from/to public clouds, like Dropbox and Box.com.
A problem recently appears that I have to share some project with multiple ...
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Dropbox won't download all the files to my PC
I have a problem with my Dropbox account. I have about a thousand photographs/videos on my Dropbox account (online), and I have my account linked to my PC. However, it only downloads half of the ...
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How can I sync a network folder in Windows?
I have a network folder at work that I would like to be accessible from home. I have purchased some space in Yandex.Disk (basically just another Dropbox clone, so let's just imagine I'm using Dropbox) ...
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Firefox sync via dropbox
This is my problem:
Firefox sync is totaly unusable, mostly because of this: Bug 787500 and because it often syncs some bookmarks wrong. (I have noticed it restoring and dublicating the deleted ones ...
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Fix Dropbox sync remotely
I'm having intermittent trouble getting Dropbox to sync on a remote machine. I don't know what the cause is, but it will sync fine for months then stop. I'm trying to debug this over SSH on OSX (...
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Cloud storages (dropbox, sync, etc), how sync nested folders?
I am faced with the problem using cloud storages. I want keep my files in that way:
Project 1 Root > Design
Project 1 Root > Programming
Project 1 Root > bookkeeping
Project 2 Root > UI
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What happens if I point dropbox to existing but old folder?
Assume I have Dropbox installed on a computer A.
I make a backup of computer A disk.
I add/change/delete some files on A and sync.
Later I load the backup on another computer B, install (clean, no ...
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Dropbox is trying to sync more than is in the folder? Mac OSX
Dropbox v3.18.1
OSX 10.10.5 (Yosemite)
I have 2.54 GB in my Dropbox folder on my Mac.
but my DropBox app keeps syncing for some reason (over 3 GB) and it's out of space :(
This is really really ...
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Onedrive and Dropbox simultaneous sync
The business where I work has recently switched from OneDrive to Dropbox as cloud service, but people in the IT department were told to still use OneDrive (don't ask why, I don't know). So my ...
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How can I share a Virtual Machine between computers using something like Dropbox?
I'd like to be able to create a virtual machine and have it 'synced' to another computer via a service like Dropbox.
The scenario here is: I have a computer at home, and a computer at work. I use a ...
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How to force a cloud storage service to synchronise an encrypted file?
I made a Veracrypt file in my OneDrive / Dropbox folders.
I then mounted the file in Veracrypt and added some financial records to the volume and unmounted it.
Even though the contents of the ...
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How do I exclude/ignore folder inside of Dropbox folder without selective sync?
I'm using Dropbox with some project and one of my directories has subdirectory it's called ~/Dropbox/stuff/data, how do I exclude and/or ignore it without selective sync?
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