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jawknee43089
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3 years ago

Issue with Dropbox creating a folder and moving all my files into it changing the file path.

Its seems as though the new update creates a folder based on the username and moves all folders and files into it. This is causing all kinds of issues on my end as this is now changing the file path ...
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Rich
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3 years ago
jawknee43089 wrote:

Its seems as though the new update creates a folder based on the username and moves all folders and files into it. This is causing all kinds of issues on my end as this is now changing the file path for everything that has been moved.

I'm assuming you're on a Mac? If so, refer to the following help articles. The way Dropbox functions on a Mac has changed to work with Apple's File Provider API.

 

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