Backup of Box.com folder?

Software
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I’m testing out Box.com for some online/offline storage. I’ve enabled the sync to desktop on the box drive app. For some reason I can’t get backups to work with it.

  • Time Machine backups all seem to be empty.
  • In Arq 5.20, I get this error /Users/r2d2/Box: The file “Box” couldn’t be opened because there is no such file.

Any thoughts on how to back up the data in box? Thanks.

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Arq Help doesn’t mention Box, but there’s an old Tweet that says “doesn’t integrate with Box”.

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I reached out to support. They asked if it was a FUSE mount which it is not. Then they suggested “back up using administrator privileges” Waiting to see if it works. Thanks!

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FYI, unchecking back up using admin worked for me in Arq. However Time Machine is not picking up any files.

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Is this working for sure?

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I tested by looking at the files in the box drive. Did a restore from arq for the whole directory and ran diff. Look like it’s all good.

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