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I’m kind of confused by this, even after browsing the backup product page. How is this any different than just regular Dropbox?
by rgrmrts 4y ago
I’m kind of confused by this, even after browsing the backup product page. How is this any different than just regular Dropbox?
- thesausageking 4y agoSame. My first thought was "I thought Dropbox already backed up your files? Does it not?" After reading it, I'm still not sure what it does that's different from Dropbox.
- lozenge 4y agoRegular Dropbox is where you move files into the Dropbox folder and it auto-syncs to all your computers and stores version history online (30/180 days depending on plan). Versions of the file in your version history don't count against your storage quota. Backups would let you back up other folders on your PC, plus it won't auto sync to other PCs meaning you save bandwidth and disk space and the version history will be oriented towards backups, i.e. it doesn't expire, deleting the local copy doesn't delete the backup, and it isn't super frequent.
- rgrmrts 4y agoThanks, the distinction makes sense. I thought Dropbox used to allow users to back up any folder (didn’t there used to be an option to “backup to Dropbox” in any folder?) I haven’t used it in many years so I may be misremembering
- smileybarry 4y agoFrom what I can tell (yeah it's pretty unclear), Dropbox Backup is a Backblaze-like plan that keeps a backup copy of your files without counting against storage capacity. I'm not sure if they also have a policy to delete backup files for deleted local files after X days, though. EDIT: FAQ[1] for "what if I accidentally deleted a backed-up file" mentions the same "restorable up to 30 days" line as normal Dropbox, so I'm guessing anything you delete locally is gone from backup as well. 1: https://help.dropbox.com/installs-integrations/desktop/dropbox-backup-faq https://help.dropbox.com/installs-integrations/desktop/dropb...