Is it possible use Dropbox as my OSX Time machine backup drive? I am thinking of getting Dropbox Pro. Is it possible use Dropbox as my OSX Time machine backup drive? I am thinking of getting Dropbox Pro. Macos time-machine dropbox. Even though your Mac would appear to create the backup just fine.
Being very green with Mac, I have to ask. I've set up a Time Capsule today and everything is working just fine.
But I don't know if files from my Dropbox folder is included in the Time Machine back-up. I know from PC that the Dropbox files are stored locally and only synced with Dropbox. Is this the case with Mac as well? Since I use PC at work and now Mac at home, I find it convenient to use Dropbox.
But if Time Machine doesn't back these files up then I need to find another way, because I don't want to trust Dropbox as my only back-up. Br - Torgeir. Stwerp wrote: Not what I'm experiencing.
Yes, Time Machine did initially backup the dropbox folder, but I am not seeing new changes or new files appearing in the regular backup. It just appears to be a static version of when I started time machine. Be sure to check that your file changes are being stored.
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I don't have that problem. This morning, at work and from my employer's PC, I added several new files to my Dropbox to work further with at home. When I started my Mac, Dropbox started sync. Just now I checked my Time Machine and all the files new to Dropbox today were there - both one and two hours past. These files came to my Mac from Dropbox sync and wasn't created on my Mac, so I checked a couple of other things in my Dropbox folder as well.
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How to Unlink Mac Computer from Dropbox Desktop Application? Unlinking Mac computer from Dropbox desktop application is easy. If you do this, Dropbox will no longer sync changes to the file and folders located in the Dropbox folder on that computer.
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The files and folders will remain untouched in your Dropbox folder. If you are looking for a step by step process to unlink Mac computer from Dropbox Desktop Application, read below. Following are the steps to Unlink Windows Computer from Dropbox Desktop Application:. Go to & sign in to your account. Install 'Dropbox desktop application' on your Mac computer. It creates a folder on your systems hard disk.
The folder is named 'Dropbox'. Click 'Dropbox' icon from the menu bar. Click 'Gear' icon. Select 'Preferences.'
From the menu. Select 'Account' tab. Click 'Unlink This Dropbox.' Button and confirm your choice.
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