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kavalier
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1 day ago

I'm unable to move my Mac Desktop folder to Dropbox.

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Rich
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1 day ago
kavalier wrote:

When I move my Desktop folder into Dropbox, the original Desktop Folder remains in its original location.

A Mac user can jump in if I'm wrong, but I didn't think macOS allowed the Desktop folder to be moved anymore. I know for certain that you can't simply drag and drop it to a new location. That would just result in a copy of the folder and the OS would continue to use the original, like you experienced.

You can use the Backup feature to have Dropbox back up your Desktop folder, but it wouldn't be accessible on other devices in the same way all your other files in Dropbox would be. Backups are stored in a special location, only accessible through the Backups page.

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