I have used my dropbox on an external drive for over a year and while there have been frustrations, it is certainly doable. The most important thing I have found is that you have to remember to quit dropbox prior to disconnecting the external drive. Similarly, the external drive should be connected for some time prior to starting dropbox. The most recent time I had trouble, the problem was rectified when I disconnected then reconnected the external drive then restarting dropbox. Also, remember that dropbox keeps files for 30 days after deletion so even if things become hopelessly tangled it is possible to relink everything and resync it. Finally, the dropbox web site where files are stored has been significantly improved and is now quite usable so even if you don’t want to use an external drive you can deselect the larger folders so they won’t be copied onto your drive. If you do this then you would just continue with the desktop app as before but you would only keep the files you need often on the desktop app. Moving files around on the web site can be a bit tricky though.
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