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Asked: 2026-05-27T01:36:47+00:00

Is it possible to automatically backup my database to dropbox? If so how can

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Is it possible to automatically backup my database to dropbox? If so how can I do it?

The key criteria I need it to do is:

  1. Be automatic.
  2. Be Mac compliant.
  3. Be weekly.
  4. Sync with dropbox (http://www.dropbox.com) automatically.
  5. Be able to backup several databases from several websites.
  6. Be free… or relatively cheap!
  7. Have a guide on how to setup the solution.

UPDATE:

I’ve managed to setup an auto weekly backup using a cronjob:

mysqldump -u username -pMyPassword Mydatabase > backup-file.sql

That is saving the backup to my hosting space. It’s a start but isn’t ideal, how can I save that backup to a folder on my computer? Automatically of course.

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  1. Editorial Team

    What do you mean “mac-compliant”? If you want to run it on the mac (or linux), you should just make a weekly cronjob that runs mysqldump and stores output into your dropbox directory. The latter would require installing the dropbox daemon.

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