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TypeNerd
Helpful | Level 6
4 years ago
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Opted out of Dropbox Beta, but still have nagging bits lurking

Did some research on how to opt out of the Dropbox Beta, since I hate the new system hierarchy. Went to settings, turned "early Releases" off, signed out Dropbox, uninstalled the application, reinsta...
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  • TypeNerd's avatar
    TypeNerd
    4 years ago

    Just FYI, I told Dropbox to stop backing up my computer, and that fixed both my problem with the trash, and the problem with the documents folder. So I am limping away from my beta test disaster. And will find another entity to handle my computer backups.

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Megan
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4 years ago

Hi TypeNerd,  when you say you'd want to begin a backup, what exactly do you mean? 

 

The Trash behavior isn't related to us, I'm afraid. As for the Documents folder, it would revert it back to its original path. 

 

Lastly, for your files, Dropbox should work seamlessly on the device, and we want to ensure this is the case. 

TypeNerd's avatar
TypeNerd
Helpful | Level 6
4 years ago

Am I to understand that the documents folder foul-up is because I am also using DropBox for my computer backup?

And your fix is to stop backing up to Dropbox?

But then I need a different Backup program, I guess.

 

  • TypeNerd's avatar
    TypeNerd
    Helpful | Level 6
    4 years ago

    Just FYI, I told Dropbox to stop backing up my computer, and that fixed both my problem with the trash, and the problem with the documents folder. So I am limping away from my beta test disaster. And will find another entity to handle my computer backups.

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