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Dropbox user folder "My Mac (User Name)" hidden in finder
I recently had to restore my Mac from Time Machine, and for some reason after doing this, the main dropbox folder (with desktop, documents, downloads, etc) is now hidden in finder. This is also keeping me from turning on Backup, because dropbox can't actually find the folders.
The folder is still visible in the dropbox application, and as far as I can tell, I can still access all of my files from the finder sidebar, but I would like to fix this in order to be able to have backups of everything. I'm also not sure if the folder being hidden will cause some kind of file mess-up down the line, so I'd like to get it straightened out before anything happens.
Below you can see a photo of my dropbox folder in finder (with hidden items visible).
Anyone run into a problem like this before?
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- Walter
Dropbox Community Moderator
It's true that there was a recent change asakul - you can read all about it here.
In essence, our Dropbox Backup product is designed to protect the content of your device, so we prevent sharing in order that you don’t accidentally give access to your sensitive content.
To collaborate on files or folders from your backed up content, you can copy or move the content you'd like to share into your Dropbox folder and share it from there.
I hope this helps!
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