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Using Dropbox For Backup Mac Users Can

Not anymore: Windows and Mac users can now back up their Desktop, Downloads, and Documents folders to Dropbox.

You can even edit your files on other deviceschanges will sync over.

Using Dropbox For Backup How To Turn That

Heres how to turn that feature on, along with a few unique ways you could use it.

Also: Dropbox recommends turning off other backup servicesincluding iCloud, OneDrive, and Google Backup and Syncbefore enabling this feature.

Click the Dropbox icon in your system tray on Windows or your menu bar on a Mac.

Click the arrow beside your profile picture or initials in the top-right corner of the window that opens, then click Preferences.

The folders you select will show up in their own folder in Dropbox, named after your device.

Every folder you back up is stored in a folder named after your device in your Dropbox.

This might be disappointing if, for example, you wanted to sync files from the Desktop folder on one computer to the Desktop folder on another.

Still, you can access your desktop files on multiple computers, which is better than nothing.

If you delete a file on your Dropbox, it will be deleted on your computer.

Sharing folders nested inside backed-up folders works as normal, though.

You can fix this by changing where Edge stores downloaded files.

This new Dropbox feature means you can trigger Zaps by moving files into a folder on your desktop.

You could, for example, upload a video to YouTube whenever you add the video file to a folder on your desktop.

Automatically send invoices to your clients whenever you put an invoice in a folder on your computer.

The list goes on: you can build your own Zaps from scratch that do anything you can imagine.

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