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ShanaC
Explorer | Level 4
4 years ago

Take Dropbox out of Mac Library

The Dropbox upgrade moved the dropbox files to my  ~/Library/CloudStorage/ --- but I can't save any files to that folder.    All the online instructions say "do the advanced reinstallation per th...
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Joergos's avatar
Joergos
Explorer | Level 3
4 years ago

Many Thanks.
With the text in the drop down I was finally able to reinstall dropbox on my MAC.
The process with the strings in the Terminal app was the key point.

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Andrew Parker
Helpful | Level 7
4 years ago

Was the aim to reinstall an earlier version?

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    Joergos
    Explorer | Level 3
    4 years ago

    no,
    no matter which DB version, it was a rights problem on the MAC in my MAC user registration.

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