I used back up to upload apple photos to dropbox - It is really for archival off line backup of an old photos library. How c an I share that with someone else on my team/family
Hey @dpwct, let me jump in here as well.
There's no difference in how long you can keep files stored in your Dropbox account or backup.
But the backed up files cannot be shared.
If you want to share those files, you'll need to add them to your local Dropbox folder.
I hope this helps!
Hi @dpwct, thanks for posting today.
If you're still able to backup your photos library onto Dropbox, which isn't possible on the recent updated version for Mac OS, then you could share a link to the file or folder.
This way they can download the file to their machine. After that, it would depend on their local software to see how the file could be opened.
If you have any further queries, feel free to message back.
Hi dpwct,
May I know if you are referring about the camera uploads backup feature that is set up or enabled from your mobile phone, so the photos/videos you take from your phone will go straight to your Dropbox account under the default folder " Camera Uploads" ? If you can let us know where these apple photos are backed up from ( either from your computer or from your mobile device). Thank you.
folder backup from external drive. I would like to keep them on dropbox indefinitely
cannot see how to sha
re link to a backup only to a file or folder - are backups handles differently
looking to save old photos (which are on an external disk) in drop box incase of disaster . Did I make a mistake by using backup function
dpwct wrote: I used back up to upload apple photos to dropbox ... How c an I share that with someone else on my team/family
I used back up to upload apple photos to dropbox ... How c an I share that with someone else on my team/family
If you're referring to the Backup feature, where you can back up external drives to your Dropbox, those backups cannot be shared. They're meant as a backup and do not work like your regular Dropbox storage.
You can select which folders are backed up from your computer or external hard drive during setup. If you would like to keep a back up copy of the files from your external drive, you will be able to see the location of these backup files by clicking on this link while logged in to your Dropbox account : www.dropbox.com/backup/all Hope this helps.
Thanks, but that . Does not explain the issue with sharing backed up files and seeing the difference between sync and backup, which I was not aware of leads me to also ask what are the different retention rules for back up versus files that are kept on dropbox via backup vs sync
Then you are saying the retention for backup is forever (as long as my account is active) is that correct, even if I never again connect the external drive with the photos to my computer
dpwct wrote: Then you are saying the retention for backup is forever (as long as my account is active) is that correct
Then you are saying the retention for backup is forever (as long as my account is active) is that correct
As long as your account is active is the key here - and by that it means regular logging in and using of Dropbox. If you do not log in for 12 months Dropbox accounts and data are wiped due to inactivity.
https://help.dropbox.com/account-access/email-about-inactive-account
