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BryanmMac
Explorer | Level 4
2 years ago
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I can't access the Documents and Download folders on my Mac

've lost access to my Documents and Downloads file on my mac - help??


I started a thread back in July and have created workarounds. When it asked whether I wanted to sync/back-up Desktop, Documents and Downloads folders, I said no, because when I did this with a previous account, this caused problems. I thought that this would mean that my Desktop files etc would just remain on my hard drive, and I would have a Dropbox folder with things I wanted to back up to the cloud.

But this has caused all the icons to disappear from my Desktop!
 
Logging out of Dropbox didn't help. I tried uninstalling DropBox and reinstalling and that also did not help.
 
Please help.
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  • Megan's avatar
    Megan
    2 years ago

    Have you tried out the steps my colleague, Hannah provided in this thread on how to revert your content back to their original locations? 

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  • Walter's avatar
    Walter
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    2 years ago

    We're glad to hear it's sorted now and thanks for keeping us in the loop too BryanmMac 

     

    See you around the Community and take care! 

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