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Paul D.4
2 years agoHelpful | Level 7
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 ...
Walter
Dropbox Community Moderator
2 years agoIn that case, have you tried setting them all of your files to be available offline and see if the issue with the modification dates crops up again, Paul?
Paul D.4
2 years agoHelpful | Level 7
Setting all of my files to be available offline was something I did already. And thought it was a blanket preference that should've affected everything in the folder, so I'm not sure I follow your suggestion.
- Paul D.42 years agoHelpful | Level 7
It's always been about DropBox assigning false modification dates to several dozen folders at a clip. The only thing that's changed is I'm not dwelling on the migration process which is water under the bridge and just concentrating on the behavior I just stated.
It would be useful to post a screen grab comparing folder dates on my old MacBook dropbox folder and the new, what do I need to enter besides the path to the image (in "Source") in question to inserted into this post? Also, I've never experienced a site that required me to enter the image dimensions and rename it, as the name of the file tells its own story.
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