![]() ![]() ![]() Click Prioritize files to open a File Explorer (Windows) or Finder (Mac) window and select a file to sync immediately (computer only).Click View history to see the version history for that backup.Click View progress to see the live status of that backup.Click View contents to open a browser window and see all files and folders in that backup.Select the backup you’d like to manage on the left.Learn more about troubleshooting sync issues. If any files or folders fail to back up, they’ll appear in your sync error queue. You can use your computer as normal while the back up is in progress. If you’re on a Mac, click OK when prompted to give Dropbox permission to access your folders.Check the boxes next to the folders you’d like to back up.Click Let’s get started (computer) or Back up (external hard drive).Under Add a backup, select the computer or external hard drive you’d like to back up.Note:If you’re using Dropbox Backup Beta, you can click Modify folder selection to add any other folder from your device that isn’t listed. Click your avatar or initials in the upper right.Click the Dropbox icon in your taskbar (Windows) or menu bar (Mac).Learn how to disable iCloud, Google Drive, and OneDrive. Note: If you’re on the legacy version of Dropbox Backup, you must disable your other backups before using Dropbox Backup.While Dropbox Backup Beta can back up files and folders that are also backed up with other providers, like iCloud, Google Drive, and OneDrive, we recommend that you disable those backups before using Dropbox Backup to prevent conflicts between backups.Install the Dropbox desktop app, if you haven’t already.Close all open files and applications on your computer.Click Backup from the list that appears.īefore setting up a backup, make sure to:.Click the grid icon in the top-left corner.zip file or download all your files and folders to the same locations as your previous computer. You can either download your backup as a. With Dropbox Backup, you can restore your backed up files and folders to a new computer. Restore your files and folders from a backup ![]() Your backup will update automatically every hour while your external hard drive is plugged in. If you’d like to make changes to these files, make them directly to the files on your external hard drive. Note: You can’t make changes (like editing, adding, or moving) to files backed up from an external hard drive in Dropbox. Once you plug in your external hard drive and agree to back it up, your files will get backed up to Dropbox Backup.Īfter your external hard drive files are backed up, you can access them from /backup/all. ![]()
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