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cafnetmatt
Explorer | Level 4
3 years ago

Convert Personal Folders to Teams Folders

Back in the day there were sharing limitations for Teams folders.  You basically couldn't "share" a subfolder of a Teams folder.  This limitation appears gone.  Yeah!  If I'm wrong please let me know...
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Jay
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3 years ago

Hi cafnetmatt, thanks for messaging the Community!

 

You would need to create a team folder and then move files into that folder.

 

Moving them via the Dropbox site would result in a change of the modification date. Creation and modification dates would depend on your how your OS would define those two values, and generally, those aren't changed when moving to another folder. 

 

If you have any further queries, feel free to message back.

  • cafnetmatt's avatar
    cafnetmatt
    Explorer | Level 4
    3 years ago

    It sounds like I should move them via the desktop client.  I'm primarily on a Mac so I'll probably use rsync since that allows me to preserve file attributes.  I'll have to try it on something small first.

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      Megan
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      3 years ago

      Take all the time you need, and let us know if you need anything else cafnetmatt! 

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