Using Synctoy and dropbox for quick and dirty backup

SyncToy is a free tool from Microsoft that synchronize two folders.  However, I found that it is very convenient to have a quick backup of a folder when using it with dropbox.

Simply setup SyncToy so that your local folder to be backup is a "left folder", and the Dropbox folder is the "light folder".

While backup a folder like this doesn't help you if you want a file that has been overwritten, but it is a quick way to make sure you have one copy of your file somewhere in case of, say, notebook get stolen.

What I usually do is to synchronize my folder with dropbox using SyncToy before I start working with files in that folder.  If I mess up, I can pull those files back from dropbox.  Once I'm done and sure that the previous versions of those files are no longer needed, I simply sync them again.

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