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Moving Dropbox folder from ~/Library/CloudStorage
What is the reason for not allowing me to specify where I want to save my Dropbox files in Ventura? I don't have enough space in my system drive to keep a copy of my Dropbox files. And yes, I need a local copy at all times. I tried replacing the folder with a symlink pointing to an external drive but that does not work. Dropbox just refuses to load and these are the last lines of the log file:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "dropbox/client/main.pyc", line 5055, in _setup_root_for_account
File "dropbox/sync_root/helpers.pyc", line 164, in create_root_for_account
File "dropbox/foundation/futures/basic.pyc", line 853, in result
File "dropbox/sync_root/handlers/macos/file_provider.pyc", line 121, in set_result_or_convert_exception
dropbox.mac.internal.MacError: [Errno 62] Error Domain=NSPOSIXErrorDomain Code=62 "Too many levels of symbolic links"
It looks like 1 level of symbolic links is one level too many.
A search for Venture did not yield any results I found relevant. I need to know how to relocate the Dropbox folder. If I cannot relocate the folder, Dropbox loses its utility and that only means I will have to look for alternatives. I really hope I don't need to do that.
Hello goodnight.
I'm using the Ventura version, and I also had the same problem, analyzing my Logs, and observing the Forum messages, I performed a battery of tests.
1. Reinstall via homebrew (same error)
2. Manual reinstall (same error)Then I went to other levels of execution, when running as Root, it worked at first.
Puff, it dawned on me, permission was the problem.
I reset the permissions. (same error) lol 😞
I decided to run the binaries via terminal.
"cd /Applications/Dropbox.app/Contents/MacOS"
Then "./Dropbox"
However, I still got error.
Realizing that it had worked as root, and there were indications of permissions.
I decided to delete the root folders.
"/Users/elizeu/.dropbox"
"/Users/elizeu/Dropbox"IT WORKED.!!!!
Running as RootRunning as a regular user, after excluding local folders.synchronizingHe follows:
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It may be convenient in the sense that it's probably a bit faster for transferring files than it would be to an external but it's IMO it's massively more inconvenient for a number of reasons, such as smaller disk space and not being able to take the files with you on an external. I used to be able to use Dropbox on an external, have everything synced to that, and then I could plug it into my laptop which also looked for Dropbox on the external and everything would be in SYNC because the once true source is the external drive. I can't do that now. The only way to really do that would be if I used something like CCC (carbon copy cloner) to make daily sync backups to an external to keep the Dropbox folder and external drive in sync.
This worked for me after months of nothing working. Thank you so much!
Hello,
I use TrueNAS to work with my data locally (fiber network for color grading). Occasionally I use dropbox to share project files/media/assets with clients. With the. latest version of MacOS it seems now I can't change the storage path, and also dropbox doesn't support the ZFS file system.
Anyone have a workaround for this? If I can't use these two features, I might as well just use something else like WeTransfer or Nextcloud. Any pointers/work arounds/alternatives are really appreciated. Payed 200 bucks earlier this year, and it was running fine on an old Mac system.
- Calvin2DBX
Dropbox Community Moderator
Hi DenisInternet,
Thanks for reaching out to the Community!
I moved your post to this thread as you have a similar question about changing the storage path.
Keep me posted on what you find!
This happened a year ago. Why wouldn't Dropbox email its users to tell them this news? I found out by noticing recently that my main internal drive had 3g of 500 gigs left because Dropbox had reinstalled itself on the local drive and I had two versions running for months. Now I've paid for something useless because the main reason I use it is to free up a small 500 gig drive for application files. Now it's useless and I won't renew after being among your first customers from the beta around 2006/7. Now DB is spending money on F1 sponsorships??? WTF happened to the company??? This is nuts.
- Mark
Super User II
They did inform people - there were lots and lots of emails and popups on the web page about it with directions to read FAQ's about the upcoming changes: https://help.dropbox.com/installs/macos-support-for-expected-changes
