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TartanTrumpet
New member | Level 1
10 months ago

Dropbox has created a folder called 'Mac'. Is it safe to delete it?

On my iMac, Dropbox has created a folder called 'Mac'. This folder is not listed in the app. on the iMac, the folder always has the blue sync in progress icon. Is it ok to simply drag this 'Mac' fo...
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TartanTrumpet
New member | Level 1
10 months ago

I've attached a screenshot. It says the last back up was today at 19:25. How is that possible, 19:25 is in the future?

I did experiment with backup last week, but then I thought I turned it off. The blue button says 'Enable backup', this suggest that backups are currently turned off, is that correct?

By "this folder is not listed on the app", I mean that the folder appears in the Dropbox folder on my iMac hard drive, but it does not appear when I visit my account at dropbox.com/home.

Thank you.

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    Megan
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    10 months ago

    Hey TartanTrumpet, thanks for the screenshot! 

    It looks like your Backup is indeed disabled. Let's see why the app still syncs it. 

    Would you also mind clarifying your app's current syncing status? Also, do you have any files/folders inside your Mac's Backup folder? 

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