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fssbob
Collaborator | Level 10
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

Oups!  I was a little too quick and joyful there. I now see that only 1/4 of my files is in the Dropboxfolder on the new mac...? I can access everything via the browser, but the local folder lacks a lot of stuff... Very strange. Maybe it is some kind of syncing that's going on? (And that only syncs when the mac is being used?) 

But if I click in on the little Dropboxicon in the top of my screen, it says "everything is synced". Which is obviously not the case... No work going on...

Maybe this is something different? "Indexing" maybe? Super strange.

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    Hannah
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    3 years ago

    Hey MortenRavnbo, thanks for keeping us updated on this!

     

    Is this what you see in the folder I asked you to check? 

     

    The one you're redirected to when you click on the Dropbox icon and then on the folder icon?

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