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DBMcNic
Helpful | Level 6
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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fssbob
Collaborator | Level 10
3 years ago

After the move, make sure that all top level folders are marked as offline. (The setting might change during the move--that happened with me.) The offline setting should then propagate all the way down. It's possible that all your files & folders will need to do a one-time re-download after the move--that happened with me.

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DBMcNic
Helpful | Level 6
3 years ago

Thanks, Robert. I'm putting this off for as long as I can!

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