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peachtree
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3 years ago
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Dropbox will not open after changing the home folder name & user account macOS Big Sur

Hi, I just changed  the name of my Mac user account & home folder following Apple's instructions. Everything works fine except for Dropbox. When I start it I get the message that it needs to change ...

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