Dropbox to Dropbox File Transfer on Cloud
So you just joined a new company. You’re excited for your dream new job. You have spent hours preparing for a presentation, rehearsing every word of it. But just a few minutes as you’re about to upload your presentation, you get a scary notification that there’s no more space to upload it. Does it sound familiar to you? Did this ever happen to you? If so, stick with us as we lead you to a simple workaround.
Benefits of Managing Multiple Dropbox Accounts
There are numerous benefits of managing multiple Dropbox accounts — from storage, security and other perspectives.
We often run across low storage on the cloud. Managing multiple accounts helps us use our secondary account to store additional files without deleting any files.
Does your job require you to login to Dropbox on computers shared with multiple colleagues? If so, using a separate account will help you avoid exposing your private data to others. This small, yet often neglected, security practice will help you protect your privacy.
A secondary account often serves as a backup storage. As an example, you can replicate your important data to your secondary account. If your primary Dropbox account ever gets compromised, you can always use this account to restore your data. It can also help if you accidentally delete any important data.
Is It Easy to Transfer Data from Dropbox to Dropbox?
There is no official tool to automatically transfer files from one Dropbox account to another. However, third-party services like Easy Cloud Manager do a brilliant job transferring your files.
What is the Easy Cloud Manager? How to Transfer Files from Dropbox to Dropbox?
Easy Cloud Manager is a web-based app. It lets you add multiple cloud accounts and manage them from one place. You can transfer files among the same cloud service (such as Dropbox to Dropbox), or different cloud services (such as Dropbox to OneDrive, etc). It supports plenty of cloud services, including the most popular ones. It offers batch file renaming, file organization, file search, and other features.
- Visit Easy Cloud Manager.
Create a new account.
Click on the Home tab. - Click on Add New Drive in the Home tab.
Select Dropbox.
Click on Add New Drive. - Sign-in to the source account from where you want to move your files.
- Follow-up with the procedure.
Repeat over the same process for the destination account.
Next, click on the Operations tab > Data Transfer.
Define the Source and Target accounts. The process is pretty much simple. - Select the source folders you want to transfer, and target folders as the destination path.
To transfer your files immediately, click on the Transfer Now button. If you would like to transfer the files later, click on Schedule Transfer and choose your desired schedule.
PROS
- Browser-based app: You don’t need to download any software or any of your files.
- Cross-compatibility: You may use ECM regardless of the device and operating system you use.
- Network-bandwidth: High-speed file transfer with dedicated ECM servers. Say Goodbye to slow download & upload speed.
- Secure temporary tokens: ECM gains temporary access to your cloud account using the most secured method — the official APIs from the respective cloud provider. You don’t need to enter your account’s login credentials on the ECM website. You can revoke the access permissions later.
Cons
No file previewing feature available: You can’t preview files stored on your cloud accounts.
Another Way to Manually Transfer Files from Dropbox to Dropbox
There is yet another way to move files from one Dropbox account to another. Here’s it:
- Download the Dropbox application.
Double-click the downloaded Dropbox installer.
Follow the installer wizard.
Sign-in to the Dropbox account where you want to keep the transferred files. This will be your destination account. - Dropbox app will prompt you to select the location of your Dropbox folder. Leave the default configurations, and follow the prompts on your screen.
As soon as you’re done, a Dropbox icon will appear on your Desktop.
Open your web browser, and sign-in to the Dropbox account from where you want to transfer your files. - Download the files/ folders you want to transfer.
- Once they are downloaded, move them inside the Dropbox folder located on your Desktop.
Wait for some time as Dropbox synchronizes the new files/ folders.
Pros
It’s free.
You’ve complete control over your data. No need to sign-up on any web app.
Cons
Transfer time depends on the download and upload speed of your Internet. Not recommended for slow Internet users.
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