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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 location, I have to right click my Downloads folder and select "show in enclosing folder" and then it shows up in transparency.
I want my Downloads folder out of Dropbox without loosing its contents. I also want to be able to make sure I don't screw up anything concerning what makes everything save there by default when downloaded.
Thank you ahead of time,
E.
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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So, if I read through those steps.. see the red annotations throughout.
Thanks.
- Hannah
Dropbox Community Moderator
Hey 00aime, since the backup feature is now disabled and you still have the Dropbox application installed, try the following steps and let me know how it goes:
1) Click the Dropbox icon in your menu bar.
2) Click your profile picture or initials.
3) Click 'Preferences'.
4) Click the 'Accounts' tab.
5) Press the Option key and at the same time click the 'Reset OS folders locations' button.
Thanks Hannah,
Haha, I got really excited for a minute, but...I am only able to complete steps 1 through 4.
When I get to step 5 : when I press the Option key, I get three buttons : Fix permissions, Fix hard links, Reset File System Warning Options.
Maybe I need to "fix" something before the right button will show? 😛
- Hannah
Hmm, can you hover your mouse over your Dropbox icon and let me know the sync status and the version of the app that you're running, please?
- Megan
One small clarification 00aime:
You mentioned that your "My Mac" folder inside your Dropbox folder, contains your "Downloads" folder.
Can you please clarify if you can access the Downloads folder it contains, make a copy of its contents, and then place it in the actual, original file-path in your Finder?
If you're getting an error, let me know!
I'm literally having THIS same problem. Somehow when deleting the dropbox app off my iMac, the DESKTOP and all downloads, plus everything on my computer, imovie, all photobooth files VANISHED. It's scary and frustrating and seems to not really have a great solution to resolve it.
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.
