Photos from hard drive to dropbox

I would like to have a safer set-up with my photos in LR. Have anyone tried to do the following:
1. Open LR and move all of your photos from your hard drive (internal and/or external) to dropbox
2. Now you have all the files in dropbox and the LR catalog (which is still on your hard drive is referencing to the photos in dropbox instead)
3. You do not necessarily need to move your LR catalog to dropbox but as far as I have seen this file should also be possible to have in dropbox
So the question is if anyone has all the photos in dropbox?
// Tony

Hello and thank you for your reply. When I export, this is what I have used:
File Settings:
Image Format: JPEG
Color Space: sRGB
Quality : 80-100
I have not checked the box for "output sharpening", although I did minor sharpening as part of my edit process in LR.
For Image Sizing, I have not changed anything. This is what is currently selected: "resize to fit" box is checked and "long edge" is selected, 500 pixels. Resolution 72 pixels per inch. The "don't enlarge" button is NOT checked.
I'm hoping this is where my issue resides!!
Thank you!

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