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Eyfi's avatar
Eyfi
Explorer | Level 4
2 years ago

Can't find my content on my new Mac.

I recently got a new Macbook. On my old machine I had Dropbox plus destop app. I inadvertently downloaded Dropbox basic on my new machine. Now when I try to connect my plus account to a Desktop app I...
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Eyfi's avatar
Eyfi
Explorer | Level 4
2 years ago

Hi Megan and thank for your willingness to help. How do I download the app? I am in my plus, go to my initials in the top right corner. There appears the option of downloading the Dropbox app. I click download and follow the instructions from there. You may want to know that I have different e-mails for the two accounts. I wonder if it would solve the problem if I simply delete the basic account. I presume the stuff on my plus account would not be affected by that, right?

Eyfi

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Nancy
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2 years ago

Hi Eyfi! Hope it’s OK to jump in. 

 

Deleting your Basic account wouldn’t affect the files stored on your Plus account, indeed. However, you shouldn’t need to do that, and the desktop app should be asking you what account you want to sign in to, after installing it.

 

Can you please send me a screenshot of what you’re seeing now on your computer, if the desktop app is already installed? It’d really help me to have a visual.

  • Eyfi's avatar
    Eyfi
    Explorer | Level 4
    2 years ago

    Hi Nancy, this is what I am seeing. The box in the middle shows my basic. My plus is in the background.

     

     

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      Nancy
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      2 years ago

      Thanks for that! Now, it looks like there’s no Dropbox icon in your menu bar (at the top, close to your clock settings). 

       

      What I want you to do is open your Finder again, go to Applications, and double click on the Dropbox app from there. Does the Dropbox icon appear in your menu bar after a few seconds? 

       

      If yes, I’d like you to go to the app preferences and try to log out of your current Dropbox account, and then sign back in with the credentials of your Plus subscription.

       

      Let me know if that works.

      • Eyfi's avatar
        Eyfi
        Explorer | Level 4
        2 years ago

        Hi again! Logging out of basic and then into my plus account works fine. My problem is the following. Suppose I wish to save an article from the internet on my Dropbox. The machine asks me where I want to to save it, Dropbox is one of the options. I go for that. It automatically puts in my basic, not my plus. The Dropbox destop app also always seems to be linked to my basic account and I cannot go from it to my plus. I want my stuff on my plus account! I am sure I am guilty of some silly ignorance here but knowing that does not help.

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