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fssbob
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3 years ago
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Dropbox Migration to a New Mac With the New Cloud Storage Setup

On my primary computer, I keep all Dropbox files in offline mode.   I've updated to the new Dropbox setup that places the Dropbox folder in ~/Library/CloudStorage.   I'm wondering what will happe...
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    fssbob
    3 years ago

    Got it! Thanks--that makes sense.

     

    Can I suggest that your development people review this and see if it's possible to update the Dropbox application at some point in the future so these steps are no longer necessary. The way things worked BEFORE the current change was simpler and less time-and-bandwidth consuming: You just had to run the standard Apple migration, and and then connect the new computer to your Dropbox account (no reinstallation necessary). At that point Dropbox would update its indexing without requiring re-download of the Dropbox contents.

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Hannah
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3 years ago

Hey MortenRavnbo, sorry to hear about this.

 

Did you install the Dropbox application on the new computer as well?

 

If you did, and you click on your Dropbox icon and then on the folder icon next to your initials, are you taken to a folder where you can actually access your files?

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MortenRavnbo
Explorer | Level 4
3 years ago

Hi! As mentioned I just migrated everything from my old computer, so Dropbox was already there, and I just logged in.
So yes, the icon for my account is there and all the files and folders that was there when I migrated. But they where not available / possible to open and did not sync with my old mac.

 

But today: Everything seems to work?? It syncs with my old computer. And I can open all files from Dropbox and the rightclick menuoptions shows up...?

What happened? It has been without sync for two weeks and now suddenly works, without me doing anything??
A little mystery, but great news!  :-

 

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