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DBMcNic
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3 years ago
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What happens if I don't update to the new Dropbox for MacOS?

I have Dropbox on my M1 MacMini, M1 Macbook Air, old 2015 MacBook Air (all three on Monterey 12.6.3) as well as my iPad Pro and iPhone 13. On the computers, my DropBox folder is in users/{myname}/Dro...
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  • Jay's avatar
    Jay
    3 years ago

    By default, new files added to the account from the site or another device would sync as online-only on your machine, but you can still mark them as available offline.

     

    Files will still sync as normal, and yes, you'd need to change your aliases if any apps of programs need to locate the Dropbox folder.

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Hannah
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3 years ago

Hey Macki, thanks for taking the time to reply to this thread.

 

As part of the Dropbox for macOS update, the Dropbox folder must indeed be located in ~/Library/CloudStorage on your Mac.

 

We definitely understand any inconvenience caused by this.

 

As with any operating system, macOS is updated regularly and with that, we must keep the Dropbox app aligned with any requirements set out by an OS.

 

I will of course, pass your comments along to our team about this, so thanks for your feedback here.

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Stuart L.9
Helpful | Level 6
3 years ago
Me too - i also use external storage. My internal ssd is far too small - this sucks

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