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24 May 14 - 08:24 AM (#3627948) Subject: Tech: Getting Data OUT of Dropbox From: wysiwyg Like many, I suspect, I was lured by the prospect of safe, readily-accessible data storage for "key" data. Now some of it is in Dropbox (another free-for-now thingie I am sure will cost dear before long), and it seems it can only be downloaded into a Dropbox folder "on" a hard drive. Not copied and pasted, not dragged and dropped, onto the hard drive itself. Anyone know how? ~Susan |
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24 May 14 - 08:55 AM (#3627950) Subject: RE: Tech: Getting Data OUT of Dropbox From: Bonzo3legs It can on my Win 7 PC. |
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24 May 14 - 09:04 AM (#3627952) Subject: RE: Tech: Getting Data OUT of Dropbox From: wysiwyg I'm in Windows 8 on this machine; I'll try it in 7 on the other-- thanks. ~S~ |
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24 May 14 - 09:06 AM (#3627953) Subject: RE: Tech: Getting Data OUT of Dropbox From: Bonnie Shaljean You can download files onto your desktop (or wherever you've specified in your browser settings) from their website if you want to bypass the computer-specific app altogether. Go to the website, make sure you're signed in, find whatever item you want in the on-screen folder, then right-click it and choose the Download option from the drop-down menu. This works fine on both my Mac & my PC (Windows 7). BTW, make sure you type "Dropbox.com" correctly in your URL box: I once mistakenly wrote it as Dropbpx - a common typo - and it sent my AV warnings into overdrive. So no doubt some rogue bought that domain name for the very purpose of harvesting the unwary. Anyway, I've always been able to retrieve stuff from their main website with no problem. |
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24 May 14 - 09:07 AM (#3627955) Subject: RE: Tech: Getting Data OUT of Dropbox From: Bonnie Shaljean PS: I can do this from any computer I want to, as long as that machine is linked to my Dropbox account. |
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24 May 14 - 09:07 AM (#3627957) Subject: RE: Tech: Getting Data OUT of Dropbox From: Jack Campin If it's downloaded to the folder, and the folder is on the drive, what is the problem? |
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24 May 14 - 10:27 AM (#3627972) Subject: RE: Tech: Getting Data OUT of Dropbox From: Newport Boy By default, Dropbox creates a folder on your hard drive which is synchronised with your online storage. You don't need to get your data "out" of Dropbox - it's there on your computer and you can copy it to any other folder if you want. Don't move it, unless you want to delete the file from your online storage. I do this all the time for a dozen shared Dropbox folders, plus my private folders. Phil |