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Migrating from Dropbox without the drama

Your files, moved to encrypted storage, with shares intact and nothing left behind. The order of operations that keeps it painless.

Migrating from Dropbox without the drama

Your files, moved to encrypted storage, with shares intact and nothing left behind. The order of operations that keeps it painless.

Moving files is the easiest migration to get wrong — usually by trying to do it all at once. Go folder by folder.

A calm order

  1. Move archives and old projects first (you will not miss them mid-move)
  2. Then active folders, newest last
  3. Recreate shared folders and re-invite people
  4. Keep the old account read-only for a month, then close it

Move cold data first, hot data last. That way a hiccup never touches what you are using today.

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