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keplerD
Explorer | Level 4
3 months ago

Syncing Documents and Downloads folders across multiple macOS devices

I have used Dropbox for years to sync the Documents and Downloads folders of my home, office, and travel Macs (i.e., I can work on any of the three machines at anytime and they are all synced). Last ...
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keplerD
Explorer | Level 4
3 months ago

Back before the M chip Macs, I simply kept Documents and Downloads in my dropbox. All Macs used those same Document and Download folders, as alias Doc and Download folders where on each machine, pointing to the folders in Dropbox. With my first M machine (M3), I discovered that that wasn't possible anymore, but that I could use terminal to accomplish the same thing. Now with an M4 machine, it seems yet another change is making this a challenge, as the Dropbox folder is automatically copied into a path like user/library/cloud/Dropbox or something like that. Sorry, but I am not at the Mac at this time, so can't see the exact path. Does this help?

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    Walter
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    3 months ago

    So it sounds like you're using Dropbox on File Provider now on the new machine which moves your Dropbox folder to the location you mentioned keplerD​ 

    Symlinks aren't really the official way to sync your Documents and Downloads folders, but you should be able to achieve it through the Dropbox Backup feature and/or move/copy the actual folders into the Dropbox folder and have them synced. 

    I hope this helps a tad and please keep me posted on your progress. 

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