Interesting thread so far.  Thanks!

Another question about Dropbox.

How do you merge two Dropbox accounts into?  I have asked Dropbox and virtually 
got 'Too hard basket!'

Why do I want to merge.  I only want one account.  I've got iCloud as well.

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On 13/05/2013, at 8:36 PM, Neil Houghton wrote:

> Hi Stephen,
> 
> When you install Dropbox it creates a folder on your mac (in your user 
> folder) called “Dropbox” it is this folder, and its contents, which Dropbox 
> keeps synched.
> 
> Place any folders/subfolders/files which you wish to keep synched into this 
> “Dropbox” folder.
> 
> Easy as!
> 
> The Dropbox website has a tour <https://www.dropbox.com/tour> which takes 
> your through how it all works and there are plenty of more in-depth forums 
> tutorials covering different aspects/uses of Dropbox.
> 
> 
> 
> HTH
> 
> 
> 
> Cheers
> 
> 
> 
> Neil
> -- 
> Neil R. Houghton
> Albany, Western Australia
> Tel: +61 8 9841 6063
> Email: n...@possumology.com
> 
> 
> 
> on 13/5/13 7:00 PM, Stephen Chape at chap...@bigpond.com wrote:
> 
>> Hi folks,
>> 
>> A couple of months ago I installed Dropbox because iCloud does not look 
>> after off site backup for my Word, Excel and PDF files.
>> 
>> I understood that as I created or changed files in folders on my Mac they 
>> would automatically synced to folders in Dropbox with the same name. So I 
>> created folders in Dropbox using the same names as those I use on my Mac to 
>> save files.
>> 
>> I have just discovered that neither new files nor changed files have been 
>> synced to Dropbox.
>> 
>> Have I misunderstood how this works ?
>> 
>> Regards,
>> Stephen Chape 
>> 
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