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capellifabio
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3 years ago
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Dropbox latest update & location

Hey everyone. I just saw the latest update for OSX and I am extremely afraid. They are saying the main dropbox folder will change location and path.  I have multiple machines and projects synced wi...
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  • Hannah's avatar
    Hannah
    3 years ago

    Thanks for taking the time to post here today, capellifabio.

     

    Indeed, as part of the Dropbox for macOS update, the Dropbox folder must be located in ~/Library/CloudStorage

     

    There's no way around this at this time, as this is an update that will need to happen sooner or later, but we appreciate your feedback about this.

     

    You can take a look at some more info on what to expect with the update and any possible limitations here.

     

    Let us know if you have any questions.

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Hannah
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3 years ago

Thanks for taking the time to post here today, capellifabio.

 

Indeed, as part of the Dropbox for macOS update, the Dropbox folder must be located in ~/Library/CloudStorage

 

There's no way around this at this time, as this is an update that will need to happen sooner or later, but we appreciate your feedback about this.

 

You can take a look at some more info on what to expect with the update and any possible limitations here.

 

Let us know if you have any questions.

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capellifabio
Helpful | Level 5
3 years ago

Hey Hannah thanks for your message.

I already went through the changes introduced by the new API and that's why I was in touch with the support. I am very afraid honestly, I have like 10 years of work on dropbox and every project is synced to other specific folders. 

Maybe we can find a workaround.. Like creating a folder in the old location of dropbox, call it "Dropbox"  and make it syncable ? But we are not allowed to sync folder from outside the official dropbox folder no? 

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    Hannah
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    3 years ago

    Thanks for getting back to me, capellifabio!

     

    You could perhaps create a symlink in the old location to redirect to the new one, if that's something you'd like to try, but that's pretty much what we can suggest at this time.

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