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Sebastian S.13
Explorer | Level 4
4 years ago

Lost Dropbox custom icon on Dropbox folder (v163.4.5456 for MacOS)

Hello!   I just updated Dropbox to v163.4.5456, which moves the Dropbox folder from my custom location to ~/Library/CloudStorage.  It also changes the icon for the folder which now is the same as t...
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Megan
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4 years ago

Hi Sebastian S.13, how are you today? 

 

Is it possible that you copied the folder to your desktop, instead of moving it there? Because that would explain why the folder on the desktop doesn't have the Dropbox logo on it. 

 

It's important to note that as part of the Dropbox for macOS update, the Dropbox folder must be located in ~/Library/CloudStorage and you can't change its location, since this is no longer supported by macOS. 

 

Keep me posted!

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