How to back up with Dropbox

Dropbox is one of the storage services on the Internet that, in its free version, offers 2GB. Among the many utilities of Dropbox is to be able to make backup copies of a part of the data that we have stored in our team or all, depending on the size. It is a good alternative if you do not have an external hard drive in which to store your backup copies and, even if you have it, it is a reinforcement that never hurts. In .com we explain how to make backup copies with Dropbox.

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If you still do not have an account, the first thing you have to do is sign up. In this article, you will find all the details about how to register in Dropbox .

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Now, we have two methods to do the backup . The first is something as simple as dragging to the Dropbox folder of our team the data we want to back up; the second is through the web browser.

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In the image, you see the steps to make a first backup through the method of moving the directory you want to back up (in this case, 'Camera') to the Dropbox folder that you have on your computer.

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The backup will not be made until there is an Internet connection and the Dropbox folder on your computer is synchronized with the servers. In the image you can see the evolution of the synchronization .

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And now, as shown in the image, you already have the copy of the online folder.

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The second method to make backup copies in Dropbox is, if possible, simpler. You have to enter your Internet account and upload the data you want to backup . As an example, we have done it with the Dropbox executable on the computer.

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In this image, you will verify that it is already uploaded and, therefore, you already have your backup copy.

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In the tutorial small data is used, but with Dropbox you can make backup copies of more information, yes, it will take you more time to do them.