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Shawn G.2
2 years agoExplorer | Level 4
Can't access Dropbox folder remotely after migration to new "Secure" location
My situation is I have a Parallels VM to run a 32 bit application with it's data file external and shared on the host machine.
Ever since Dropbox moved the file to the Library folder and left a...
Walter
2 years agoDropbox Staff
Hey Shawn G.2, sorry to hear you're having issues with this.
Can you please let us know the app's exact status and version as shown in your menu bar and send us a screenshot of the exact error you're getting?
Also, do you happen to have enabled the Dropbox Backup feature for your computer's OS folders (Documents, Downloads and Desktop folders)?
Let us know what you find and we'll take it from there, Shawn.
- Shawn G.22 years agoExplorer | Level 4
Walter,
Thanks so much for responding.
Details are:
Mac 1
(Host System)
MacBook Pro (15 Inch 2018)
macOS 13.1 (22C65)
DropBox 165.4.4300
Parallels 17.1.6
(Virtual Machine)
10.14.6
No DropBox
Mac 2
MacBook 2010 (13 Inch mid 2010)
macOS 10.13.6
DropBox 165.4.4300
Error is:
DropBox Backups are not being used.
Current status is "Syncing" as its sdoing some heavy lifting in resending my Photo album!
Note the Parallels "Pass through" sharing gives the same error *but* when I navigate to the Library folder the files are in fact visible
- Hannah2 years agoDropbox Staff
Hey Shawn G.2, sorry to jump in here.
Can you please clarify something?
When you're getting the error, you're basically trying to access the Dropbox folder from another user account, is that right?
And before the Dropbox folder was moved to the Library, did you have it located in the shared folder or somewhere accessible by both user accounts?
- Shawn G.22 years agoExplorer | Level 4
Hannah,
The DropBox folder was in the default location and is now in the new default location, so completely vanilla.
No special sharing is done.
Although superficially complex the actual simplified version is that using Apple Remote Access (ARA) I could before the move see the files by sharing the disk using the user id of the host but since the move:
1) ARA can't resolve the new DropBox alias
2) When I navigate to the new library folder ARA sees the DropBox folder but when you open it it is empty.
This the issue is that since the move ARA no longer has access to the data.
As noted I have alternate method of seeing the files so it's not a show stopper - more a ....Uh?
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