Preparations before Transferring Files From Dropbox to Box
As we all know, Both Dropbox and Box are used widely in our daily life. Usually, Dropbox is used for personal file storage of non-organization which offers 2GB free storage space, while Box is designed for business and IT users which offers 10GB free and encrypted storage space. Before doing the migration from Dropbox to Box, something you need to concern:
1. Confirm what you want to keep. It’s wiser to migrate files you need than transfer everything.
2. Confirm what you need to have offline and make sure you access them while being offline for a long time.
Then, you can choose how to transfer your files from Dropbox to Box.
3. Think over which method you want to use to get your files organized in Box before actually transferring files from Dropbox to Box.
Now, we will show you how to copy files from Dropbox to Box with two methods.
Solution 1: Download and Upload
Step 1. Log in Dropbox official website.
Step 2. Select files or you can put files you need to transfer to Box from Dropbox to one folder and click three dot symbol and click “Download” button. Here downloading a folder is taken as an example.
Step 3. Log in Box official website.
Step 4. Click “Upload” feature so that you can select “File” or “Folder” to be uploaded to your Box account.
Note: If you download a folder from Dropbox official website, then it will be .zip format. Before uploading to your Box account, you need to extract it first.
Following above steps, you can achieve Dropbox and Box migration easily. But if the data size is very large, then it will take times to complete and the most important one is that you cannot close the page until the process ends. So is there any way that can bypass this problem? Sure, we will introduce a new way to help you transfer from Dropbox to Box with MultCloud.
Solution 2: Transfer Files from Dropbox to Box with MultCloud
Unlike downloading and uploading operations, MultCloud allows you to transfer between Dropbox and Box from one platform without opening several windows at the same time. It saves you a lot of time without needing to download content from Dropbox first and then upload to Box and all works are done in one page with MultCloud website opening.
Step 1. Access MultCloud page and sign up an account. You need to enter your preferred email, username and password, then click the "Create Account" button.
Step 2. After you have activated your account through your mailbox, sign in your account. Click “Add Cloud Drives” to authorize your Dropbox account by clicking the “Add Dropbox Account” button. Follow the instructions to grant MultCloud accessing to the account you are connecting to. Then add Box account in the same way.
Step 3. After you have finished Box and Dropbox integration to MultCloud, you can start the transferring process. Open your Dropbox account through “Cloud Explorer”, select files that need to transfer to Box account, right click blank area, then select “Copy to” feature so you can select Box as the destination from the pop up window or you can drag and paste these files to your Box.
Notes:
- If you want to empty your Dropbox account after files are transferred to your Box account, you can select “Move” option from above window. After the transfer is complete, all files will be removed from Dropbox.
- If there are too many files that need to transfer, you can create a “Cloud Transfer” task to achieve your goal.
- For “Cloud Transfer” feature, it does not support transferring files. You can select folders or whole Dropbox as the source.
The Bottom Line
Following any way from above steps, you can achieve your demand to transfer files from Dropbox to Box without logging in and out. You can select the one you are most interested in to do the operations. In addition to “Cloud Explorer” and “Cloud Transfer” feature. MultCloud also has “Cloud Sync” feature. It can help you sync files from one cloud to other clouds. For example, it can help you sync pictures from OneDrive to Google Photos, sync Google Drive with OneDrive free, etc.
