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Main Mac folders moved to Dropbox and I can’t get them back
At some point in time my main Mac folders under my username - Desktop, Documents, Downloads, Pictures, Movies, etc. were moved to Dropbox with a link to them on my
Mac. I can’t seem to be able to ...
Walter
Dropbox Community Moderator
Dropbox Community ModeratorHey pfarr - sorry to hear you're having issues with this.
It sounds like you enabled the Dropbox Backup feature at some point in the past. Do you see those folders in your backups page online?
Also, is the Dropbox desktop app installed and running on your computer at the moment?
Let us know more and we'll take it from there.
Walter,
yes, I had Dropbox Backup turned on. On Dropbox, there is a folder named “Mac” with the following folders in it - Desktop, Documents, Downloads, Movies, Music. My Mac username folder as hosted on Dropbox instead of the Mac.
i turned off Dropbox Backup last night (sorry, hadn’t heard from anyone and thought this might be the cause) and now my username folder is back on the Mac, but the Desktop and Documents folders were empty and the remaining folders are still hosted in the Dropbox Mac folder. I was able to copy the contents of the Desktop and Documents folder on Dropbox back to the Mac folders. The remaining folders all have little arrows in the bottom left hand corner of them still linked to Dropbox.
