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LC77
Explorer | Level 4
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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dustinb
Explorer | Level 4
5 months ago

This is how I've been running my m1 mini since purchase - using a Thunderbolt 3 NVME 2TB SSD.  It works without issue, and Dropbox presents no trouble. I do use the File Provider version, and have even used symlinks to map my hidden Dropbox folder to another external SSD (this one connected via USB3). 

The only issues I've ever encountered with this setup were a kind of weird upgrade between major Mac OS X releases that just took a while to work out, and also upon first installation of Setup (the app subscription service) - I had to contact their support for a workaround, but after that it was smooth sailing. Since that was several years ago, they may have even fixed that issue. 

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