Comments on: How to Use Dropbox and Automator For Automatic Backup of Multiple Folders

By: Edmundo Junior

Edmundo Junior — Mon, 24 May 2010 22:30:28 +0000

Thanks man! I was looking for a solution like this, just perfect!
Is there a way to copy only changed files?

By: Fenriq

Fenriq — Wed, 05 May 2010 15:21:08 +0000

This has just taken the already incredibly useful DropBox and pushed it all the way to 11. Very useful information!

By: man

man — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 23:35:24 +0000

Great tip, thanks,

does this technique copy the whole file each time or just the modified items?

thanks.

By: Some Guy

Some Guy — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 21:29:16 +0000

Thank you for this tip. I followed the directions exactly, in fact when I click on the workflow, it backs up. But it won't work in iCal. I get an error message saying the alarm failed. Am I missing something?

By: Taryn Merrick

Taryn Merrick — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 02:13:15 +0000

*Just* what I was looking for. Love it! Thanks so much!

By: johnsonjia

johnsonjia — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 14:24:06 +0000

What a great idea!

By: Stefan

Stefan — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 10:20:20 +0000

Dropbox is truly a great service. I just hope it will stay so for a long time so we always will have a safe backup.

By: Matt

Matt — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 22:01:37 +0000

Excellent tip, David.

By: David Das

David Das — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 21:43:02 +0000

Excellent article. You may also want to append it or create an alternate version for those who would like to use their own FTP space instead of paying for DropBox: you can do the exact same backup via FTP by using this little Automator extension:

http://editkid.com/upload_to_ftp/

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