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CAwriter
New member | Level 2
11 months ago

Dropbox on new Mac keeps loading under the wrong email address.

I loaded Dropbox on a new Mac. Instead of the current Dropbox account, it keeps loading an old one under a different email address. I have followed these recommended steps, but in #4, Dropbox does no...
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CherylC2
New member | Level 1
10 months ago

Mark, thanks for the response.  I think I figured it out.  I cleaned out and deleted the other account (hence my slight user name change here), removed everything I'd done thus far on the new machine and started fresh.  It finally worked.  

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Mark
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10 months ago

Pleased its worked, the deleting of the app etc. would have unlinked it for you :)

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