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jjwithers
Helpful | Level 5
1 month ago

The Dropbox folder is now in 'Locations' on Mac OS and I don't want it there

I am an avid user of Adobe Bridge for my workflow.  DropBox gave me a message that it was moving to the "locations" folder of my Mac and no longer in hard drive location as a folder.  I wish I never clicked Yes to that.  I can no longer see my DropBox folder structure within Bridge.  
Is there a way to undo the "locations" aspect of Dropbox?  This is creating more time for my work and making me furious.  

 

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16 inch MacBook Pro 2021
Operating System/Browser (if using the web)
15.3.2
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Question or Issue

I am an avid user of Adobe Bridge for my workflow.  DropBox gave me a message that it was moving to the "locations" folder of my Mac and no longer in hard drive location as a folder.  I wish I never clicked Yes to that.  I can no longer see my DropBox folder structure within Bridge.  
Is there a way to undo the "locations" aspect of Dropbox?  This is creating more time for my work and making me furious. I can see all my local folders within Bridge, and their folders within them, etc. 
I've tried making sub folders in DB as favorites, and nothing works.  All files are "local" as well as on the cloud.    

I can see the folder and look at the contents, I see the file path at the top of Bridge, but nothing will show up in the favorites or Folders location in the "window" panel in Bridge.  This all happened once DropBox became a location.

2 Replies

  • jjwithers's avatar
    jjwithers
    Helpful | Level 5
    1 month ago

    Oh man! Thanks so much!  I have to re-sync all my files but anything to get this resolved! I'll take it.  Thanks.

  • Jay's avatar
    Jay
    Icon for Dropbox Community Moderator rankDropbox Community Moderator
    1 month ago

    Hi jjwithers, thanks for providing these details.

    It sounds like you've migrated to the new File Provider version of the Dropbox desktop application.

    If you wish, you can opt out of this by following these steps.

    If you need any further assistance, please let me know!

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