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sarasheep
Explorer | Level 3
1 year ago

My Mac appears as "Unlinked", syncing icons missing and unable to open files

  Anyone experience similar situation? My Mac is suddenly disconnected from dropbox and on the website it shows "Unlinked". All my files are missing icons and I cannot open files eit...
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Nancy's avatar
Nancy
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1 year ago

Sorry for jumping in, JoannaM. Can you clarify what you mean when saying this isn’t what you want? Are you seeing your backed up folders now in their default locations perhaps, instead of your local Dropbox folder?

 

If yes, then this should be expected on the updated Dropbox Backup experience.

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JoannaM
Explorer | Level 3
1 year ago

Thanks for your reply Nancy, and for the link about the updated Dropbox experience. How can I access my files as I did before (e.g., Mac > Me > Dropbox > Documents/Desktop/Downloads etc.) - I don't want to have to duplicate saving files that are currently saved on my computer on Dropbox, just to be able to access them elsewhere. Is there a workaround? How can I access files from other computers, that currently exist on my computer (and were previously in Dropbox), without going into Browser > Backup?

  • Megan's avatar
    Megan
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    1 year ago

    Hi JoannaM, what exactly do you see when checking your Backup page online? 

     

    Is your Backup enabled, and if so are you able to locate your content there? 

     

    Also, any screenshots that you have from your Backup content locally, it's more than welcome. 

    • JoannaM's avatar
      JoannaM
      Explorer | Level 3
      1 year ago

      Hi Megan - yes, the files exist in backup. But I don't want them to only be backed up, I want them to sync between devices, without going through the web browser backup options. This is literally how it was until I updated yesterday. If i can't do that any more, and there are no plans to restore that option, just say so and I'll look for other file sync software.

       

      @sarasheep, sorry for hijacking your post! And thanks for your reply.

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