Migrating Data from Dropbox to Shadow Drive
To migrate your data from an external storage solution like Dropbox to Shadow Drive, follow these steps.
Prerequisites
Note: Currently, only data transfer from Dropbox is supported. Support for other solutions like Google Drive and OneDrive is under consideration.
Step-by-Step Instructions
- Access the web version of Shadow Drive at https://drive.shadow.tech/.
- Click the Data Migration button at the top of your screen.
- Select 'Dropbox' and follow the instructions to retrieve your Dropbox access code, if needed, from https://drive.shadow.tech/apps/shadow_migration/dropbox.
- Go to the Data Migration page at https://drive.shadow.tech/settings/user/migration and enter your Dropbox access code.
Tracking Your Migration
You can monitor the status of your migration directly on Shadow Drive. A notification will be sent when the migration is complete.
Limitations and Transfer Specifications
- The maximum file size that can be transferred is 20GB.
- 500MB of files are downloaded every 1-2 minutes when the import job is triggered server-side.
- File transfer speed is influenced by the number of files and their size.