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dropbox location to add into adobe bridge favorite folders
for some reason my dropbox folder disappeared from my favorite folders in adobe bridge... and i can't find it in the folders to drag it back into favorites...!!!
Thanks for the nudge on this merminy
Could you have a look at the desktop app's preferences under the Sync tab to check your Dropbox folder's location?
Hi Walter, thanks for the swift response. Since the last Dropbox update the Mac finder puts the 'Dropbox' as a drive, as in this screenshot (highlighted in the grey column on the left):
This Dropbox drive does contain all my files as shown on the right in the screenshot.
The Dropbox application --> Preferences --> Sync shows the 'Dropbox Folder Location' as in the next screenshot:
THE PENNY HAS DROPPED !! I was navigating to '../Library/Dropbox/..'. I should have been navigating to '../Library/CloudStorage/Dropbox/..'
Now, when I navigate to this defined folder in Adobe Bridge, I see all my files !!!! as in this Adobe Bridge Screenshot:
I continued with the response, even though I found my error, in case it helps someone else.
Many thanks for the help!
Hi! Thanks for outlining what worked for you.
I am having the same issue, except the "folders" that Dropbox Sync mentions as "dropbox folder location" doesn't exist. I tried updating Bridge to see if that would work and move folders around but I'm still having the issue. I really need my dropbox folder in my Bridge!
Dropbox is telling me the folder is located: /Users/admin/Library/CloudStorage/Dropbox
However... in my computer, Library is not nestled under Users, they are parallel. Also "CloudStorage" does not exist. I am attaching photos of both views in case it helps.
Would really, really be thankful if someone can help. Thank you!
- Walter
Dropbox Community Moderator
Hey sarahsarah98, sorry to hear you're having issues with this.
Can you please clarify the app's status and version as shown in your menu bar at the moment?
Also, have you rebooted your computer at all since you first noticed this?
sarahsarah98 I don't understand the part about 'Library' being parallel to 'Users' in Finder unless you mean that if you open the MacHD in Finder as a list, then Library is there along with Users, System, and Applications.
BUT that is not the place to find Dropbox. The 'Library' where Dropbox's folder now resides is the USER's Library.
The User's Library is invisible. To make it visible and navigate to it use the 'Go' drop-down menu in the menu bar. Hold 'Option' and click 'Go' and Library will appear in the list. Keep Option depressed, move the cursor to Library, and let go. The Library folder, that is your USER's library, will open. From there scroll down to Cloud Storage. Open it.
Dropbox will be inside.
I made an alias (File->Make Alias) of the Dropbox folder and moved THAT to my Desktop. Or anywhere else convenient. Having done that, it now is easy-peasy to navigate in Bridge to the Desktop and to the 'Dropbox Alias' folder. And hey -- all the things inside the real Dropbox folder are right there.
Thank you. I'd been part of this thread and the answer in spite of many posts has eluded me but this works.
There may now be 2 x 'Library' Folders, One in parallel to Applications [Red Ellipse], as you found and one under 'Users/<YourName>/Cloudstorage' [Yellow ellipse], as in the following screenshot:
Good luck, I hope you solve this.
Yes I neglected to state clearly enough that Mac has TWO libraries -- the System Library, at the same level in the file tree as Applications, Users, and so on; the second being the User Library, found as an invisible folder in the user's Home folder, as TimAldworth points out.
The User Library folder is hidden for good reason: making changes to its contents can mess up the System and cause this or that app or process to fail or at least go weird. Most of the time better left alone. When one really needs to get to the User Library the steps above, using the Go menu in the Finder Menu Bar, will open the User Library folder. Another couple of ways to access the User Library folder are described in this page from MIT:
