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creblinho
Explorer | Level 3
3 years ago

Transfer Dropbox Backup to New Mac

I recently bought a new Mac and used the Apple Migration Assistant to transfer all of my data from my old machine to my new one. This included the Dropbox folder and everything else. The migration we...
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Hannah's avatar
Hannah
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3 years ago

The Dropbox cache folder will get automatically cleared by itself, so I would actually suggest allowing that to happen, before you resort to deleting files.

 

Let's keep an eye on it and let us know what happens!

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creblinho
Explorer | Level 3
3 years ago

Okay thank you, I will leave it for now and see if it clears. If I wanted to do a full re-install of dropbox however, would it make sense to uninstall everything associated with dropbox, delete the folder, re-install and then have the server sync and replace the folder?

  • Jay's avatar
    Jay
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    3 years ago

    Yes, that would be the best bet in this scenario. The optimal order to do so would be:

     

    • Unlink your desktop app
    • Uninstall the desktop app
    • Follow these steps to fully uninstall it (and delete the Dropbox folder)
    • Reinstall the app
    • Allow all files to sync down from the site

    If you need any further assistance, please let me know.

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    creblinho
    Explorer | Level 3
    3 years ago

    Great many thanks, I will go through those steps and try to get things sorted again. Thanks to everyone for helping out.

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