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Sequoyah
Explorer | Level 4
7 years ago
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Syncing documents folder in Mac OS 10.14

So now that Dropbox has decided to FUBAR the way we use symlinks in dropbox, I am left wondering how to sync my "Documents folder. I am willing to move the folder into Dropbox, however, it seems t...
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  • Lusil's avatar
    Lusil
    7 years ago

    Thanks for getting back to me, Sequoyah. 

    Sounds like you're on the right track - awesome work! 

    The Documents folder on your User's path should be one of the default folders placed there by the OS, which may explain why you're able to hide it but not remove it.

    In any case, if you have any other questions, just give me a nudge. 

    In the meantime, I hope you have a lovely day ahead! 

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psifertex
Explorer | Level 4
6 years ago

Every time I reboot I find that my documents folder has been reset -- do you also have this problem? I'm doing:

cd ~/
sudo mv Documents Documents-native
ln -s ~/Dropbox/Documents .
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Lusil
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6 years ago

Hi there psifertex, thanks for nudging us on this thread!

Could it be that the Documents folder has any third party apps or files associated with a third party app that acts like a database by any chance? 

Keep me posted!

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    psifertex
    Explorer | Level 4
    6 years ago

    Hmm, not that I know of but there's a lot of things in it. I specifically notice because Alfred warns me that its settings on ~/Documents/ are gone on boot. I'm happy to run some more detailed diagnostic if that would help, I'm quite comfortable in a command-line.

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