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Two Dropbox folders after migration from old Mac to new
A couple of days after I did my migration I noticed on the new Mac there are two dropbox folders, the one that should be syncing with my other devices is called “DropBox personal” however, after the ...
Sure would like some help with this, Nancy are you there?
Jay
Dropbox Community Moderator
Dropbox Community ModeratorHi Paul D.4, currently, there aren't any further steps we can try in relation to the modification dates for folders on your device.
In general, folders do not contain modification dates, as they are only directories containing files, and no actual data in the 'folder item' itself. The OS would be the one to determine when a folder is considered to be 'modified'.
This behavior can be duplicated when moving files to or from an external drive, like in this Apple Support thread. There are many other threads on that site that indicate similar issues with the modification date of folders, or other random behavior, however, files tend to keep their correct dates.
Jay this behavior is new to me, I had such a positive experience for years where DropBox contents retained the folder modification dates as reflected in the Finder and not munged by DropBox.
