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Where is the Dropbox backup folder on the mac?
Where is the dropbox backup folder on the mac? I need to back up my hard disk with Carbon Copy Cloner. But when CCC runs, it only pulls an alias file. The actual Documents folder that's now backed up...
What I learned to do is start a CCC backup on the M2 Air, pointed at the /Documents/ folder, then direct it to a folder on the external drive. That way, CCC does a folder copy rather than a drive backup. With this approach, I've backed up the /Documents/ folder onto the external drive without having to worry about CCC being fooled by Dropbox that the files are there. I have verified the files are present on the external drive by plugging the drive into my iMac and also my M1 Air. That way if the M2 computer fails, and Dropbox backup fails or is hacked, I still have my files offline.
