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00aime
Helpful | Level 6
3 years ago
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How to Restore Default Location of Your Personal Folders - ie. Downloads

Hi,     I've been trying to figure out how to relocate my Downloads folder to my MacOS and I just don't understand how. Even in order to see my Downloads folder in my Desktop Dropbox Folder loc...
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  • 00aime's avatar
    00aime
    5 months ago

    So I’m terrible because since I leftMegan​ hanging two years ago, I don’t remember the outcome of this rabbit hole.

    I get the feeling that it came down to having turned on the Backup feature accidently once and it kind of acted like iCloud acts on MacOS.. it basically syncs everything and when you delete it from your computer, it deletes it everywhere. It’s a mysterious concept to me as it defies the concept of backups.

    Anyway.. I now have my Downloads folder on my Mac and out of my Dropbox and as far as I can see/ remember, I think I blatantly dragged it into my Favorites sidebar and it's lived there ever since.

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Jay
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3 years ago

Hi 00aime , thanks for bringing this to our attention.

 

It sounds like you've enabled the computer backup feature.

 

Could you try disabling the Backup feature by following these steps and choose the option to 'Keep content in folders on this Mac'?

 

Keep me updated with any progress!

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00aime
Helpful | Level 6
3 years ago

Hi Jay,

 

 

I've actually checked that. And it is does not seem that the computer backup feature is enabled as in the "Backups" tab in the Preferences menu, when I click on the "Manage backups" button, everything is deselected and it doesn't look like it's even set up : 

 

I'm not sure I understand the steps to take in the link you sent me as I do not want to delete A backup, I want to disable the feature. Is there something I'm missing? Furthermore, when I click the dropbox icon in my menu bar, I do not see a "Sync&Backups" Tab : 

Kindly advise,

Thank you!

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    Jay
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    3 years ago

    If the system Downloads folder is in the Dropbox folder, then it means the Backup feature was enabled at some point. 

     

    Do you have any backups visible on this page on your account?

    • 00aime's avatar
      00aime
      Helpful | Level 6
      3 years ago

      Hi Jay,

       

      OK that makes sense. 

      When I go over to that page, I see this :

      • Jay's avatar
        Jay
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        3 years ago

        When you click the ellipsis, do you have the option to delete the backup? This would also free up your account of the 6 GB being used up by that old backup.

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