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Dropbox on OS 6.5 RC1

MattNeimeyer
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Dropbox on OS 6.5 RC1

This might not be a specifically OS 6.5 Beta question but that's what I'm running so I'm starting here.

 

When I enable Dropbox syncing from the Cloud, if I read the text correctly, it wants to be able to access its own folder within Dropbox but not the entire top level contents. I want to be able to sync my entire Dropbox down to the ReadyNAS am I missing something or is that not possible?

 

Matt

 

P.S. The use case, if it matters, is that the entire household syncs to one Dropbox account. We have one or two computers with hard drives that are just too small to sync any useful amount of stuff from Dropbox so they use the copy on the NAS. Additionally, if I were to just move the entire Dropbox into the ReadyNAS subfolder that would "annoy" my "users" and break a lot of paths for stuff.

 

 

Model: ReadyNAS-Ultra 6|ReadyNAS-Ultra 6
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CLHatch
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Re: Dropbox on OS 6.5 RC1


@mdgm wrote:

For that you could try the Dropbox app here: https://rnxtras.com/addons/dropbox-manager-readynas-6-x86

Note this app will only work on x86_64 systems. x86_64 systems include all the legacy ReadyNAS that can run OS6 (this of course includes your Ultra 6) and all the OS6 models with Intel CPUs.


I can verify that that app works perfectly for the use that he describes.  I use it exactly like that myself.  It allows one "Global" Dropbox account that everyone has access to (what I use for a "family" account), plus one dropbox account for each user in their Home folders.  I installed it on my RN316 as soon as I got it.  The app actually grabs the latest official Linux Dropbox client and installs it on the box.  Gives you the option of installing the latest stable or test build.  Incidentally, it also supports the "LAN Sync" feature of Dropbox, since it's using the official Dropbox client.

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mdgm-ntgr
NETGEAR Employee Retired

Re: Dropbox on OS 6.5 RC1

For that you could try the Dropbox app here: https://rnxtras.com/addons/dropbox-manager-readynas-6-x86

Note this app will only work on x86_64 systems. x86_64 systems include all the legacy ReadyNAS that can run OS6 (this of course includes your Ultra 6) and all the OS6 models with Intel CPUs.

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CLHatch
Luminary

Re: Dropbox on OS 6.5 RC1


@mdgm wrote:

For that you could try the Dropbox app here: https://rnxtras.com/addons/dropbox-manager-readynas-6-x86

Note this app will only work on x86_64 systems. x86_64 systems include all the legacy ReadyNAS that can run OS6 (this of course includes your Ultra 6) and all the OS6 models with Intel CPUs.


I can verify that that app works perfectly for the use that he describes.  I use it exactly like that myself.  It allows one "Global" Dropbox account that everyone has access to (what I use for a "family" account), plus one dropbox account for each user in their Home folders.  I installed it on my RN316 as soon as I got it.  The app actually grabs the latest official Linux Dropbox client and installs it on the box.  Gives you the option of installing the latest stable or test build.  Incidentally, it also supports the "LAN Sync" feature of Dropbox, since it's using the official Dropbox client.

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MattNeimeyer
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Re: Dropbox on OS 6.5 RC1

Can also confirm it was super simple to set up... Purchased, downloaded, installed, started, linked and waited. It created a share and a few minutes later files started showing up.

 

Thanks!

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