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Casey4
Explorer | Level 4
3 years ago

HT move Desktop folder out of Dropbox

I'm on a Macbook Pro running Ventura. At some point in the past, I moved my Desktop folder into Dropbox. It no longer exists in my user folder, and has been replaced instead by an alias. I would like...
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Hannah
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3 years ago

Hey Casey4, just to clarify, how did you initially move the Desktop folder into your Dropbox?

 

Did you enable our backup feature,  like Rich suggested or did you manually move it in the Dropbox folder?

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Casey4
Explorer | Level 4
3 years ago

I believe I enabled backup, but it's been a while, so I'm not sure. Is there a way I can tell?

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