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LikesBooks
Explorer | Level 3
3 years ago
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Dropbox Update on Mac > Alias Folder on Desktop

Hi.   Downloading the new update on my Mac put an alias folder on my Desktop, with the Dropbox folder under locations. I'd like to work with the alias folder and a test file ended up in both fold...
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  • Hannah's avatar
    Hannah
    3 years ago

    Hey LikesBooks, thanks for posting to the Dropbox Community today!

     

    Indeed, the new Dropbox for macOS app will install the Dropbox folder on ~/Library/CloudStorage, which will be accessible from Locations.

     

    Is this what you see on your end?

     

    Can you send me a screenshot of the alias folder, so I can check it out?

     

    Thanks in advance.

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LikesBooks
Explorer | Level 3
3 years ago

Since it is an alias do you foresee any problem if I delete it?

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Megan
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3 years ago

Hi LikesBooks, I do not think so.

 

Generally, we recommend that you remove these symlinks from your Dropbox account. You can do that by accessing the symlink file path, and remove the content by dragging them elsewhere on your computer (if you don't want them deleted).

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