Backing up dropbox to an external hard drive is a pretty easy process. Below is a detailed article on how you can do it.
How to Backup Dropbox to Hard Drive?
Dropbox does not have an in-built feature that lets you backup Dropbox to a hard drive. But, you have other options as well. What you need to know beforehand, is that you cannot transfer the Dropbox files to a USB or SD card. An external hard drive, however, is recognized as one of the drives on your computer. Here are some ways you can use to backup dropbox to a hard drive.
Change Your Browser’s Download Location to Your Hard Drive
If you’re using the web version of Dropbox, you can download all the files straight to your hard drive by changing the download location of your browser. By default, a browser downloads files to your downloads folder. You can change it by following these steps:
On Chrome
On Opera
On Mozilla Firefox
After you have changed the download location, you can download all the files from dropbox. To do this, This will download all your Dropbox files to your hard drive.
Copy All Your Dropbox Files to Your Hard Drive
If you have the Dropbox client, there is a folder on your computer with all your Dropbox files. You can simply copy all of your files to the hard drive.
On Windows
By default, Dropbox folder is located in C:\Users<username>. But if you can’t find it in that location, follow these steps to locate the folder: You can also change the local location from here. To change it, you have to click on Move under Dropbox location. Then, select your hard drive as the location and click on OK.
On Mac
If you use a Mac, follow these steps: If you want to move the local location of your Dropbox to your hard drive, you have to follow a different process. Finally, there are several third-party apps as well for backing up Dropbox to your hard drive. But, we do not recommend you to use these apps as they are unnecessary and unreliable with your files and privacy.
Use Third-party Apps
Finally, there are several third-party apps for backing up Dropbox to your hard drive like cbackup, MultiCloud, and InClowdz. But, we do not recommend you to use these apps as they can be unnecessary and unreliable with your files and privacy.
How to Backup Hard Drive to Dropbox?
You can back up all the files on your Hard Drive to Dropbox. You do have to have the Dropbox app installed on your PC to do it. You can install the Dropbox client through their website. To set up Dropbox Backup, you can follow these steps:
On Windows
On Mac
The Backup process will take some time depending on the size of your files and your internet connection. After your backup is done, you can access those files from any of your devices using dropbox.
Can I Download More Than 20 GB From Dropbox?
For users who are on free accounts or trial accounts, there is a limit to how much you can download. In a day, you can download up to 20GB. So, if you want to download more than that, you’re going to have to upgrade your plan to plus or professional accounts. These accounts have a limit of up to 400GB downloads a day. But, if you don’t want to upgrade, you’re going to have to wait a day to download more.
