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LC77
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6 months ago

Running macOS from an external system drive – does Dropbox work OK with this setup?

If I boot/run my Mac exclusively from an external system drive, does Dropbox work OK? I imagine that if the drive was removed suddenly, the system would crash before Dropbox had chance to delete (m)a...
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6 months ago

Hi LC77, thanks for posting today!

We wouldn't be able to predict what effects this would have with your Dropbox account, as having the system folder, and the Dropbox folder on an external drive isn't a common user experience.

I'll leave this thread open for other users to comment with their experiences. 

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