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Tim M.46
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1 month ago

I can't switch accounts on my Mac Mini

I have a M4 Mac Mini that is using the wrong DropBox account but I can't figure out how to switch it to the correct one. My PC is using the correct one and it is up to date with all files but my Mac ...
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Jay
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1 month ago

Hi Tim M.46, thanks for providing these details!

Just for clarification, are you trying to sign out of the Dropbox desktop application, or the Dropbox site?

Do you have any password manager when using your browser, which could be automatically signing you into the Dropbox site?

This will help me to assist further!

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TimMcbrayer
New member | Level 2
1 month ago

I finally figured out how to sign into the proper account. However, I have another question which is how do I merge two accounts so that the most recent version of any duplicates is the version kept? If I can merge two accounts then I can get rid of one of them. 

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