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That would be two of us 😉 No idea why I'm on that release.

See if something happens on the next release. It took awhile for mine to switch over. 

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jekratz wrote:

See if something happens on the next release. It took awhile for mine to switch over. 

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Are you saying the switch over to ~/Library/CloudStorage/Dropbox happened between updates?

I assumed it would happen immediately as a result of an update.

Thanks

Sorry no i meant wait for an update. It took a couple of updates of the client before mine switched over. 

Have you tried uninstalling Dropbox and disconnecting it from your account, then reinstalling the beta/reconnecting? That will generally force the move.

That did actually not work for me. Tried it several times. Then just waited and eventually when one of the betas installed it then moved everything.

This has worked for me in the past:

1. Make sure everything is currently synced using your current stable build of the app.
2. Backup anything on Dropbox that you can't afford to lose.
3. Make sure you have "Early Releases" turned on in your online settings.
4. Disconnect your current app/computer from your account by either:
   
   1. Signing out of the app on your computer OR
   2. Going to your account online and disconnecting your computer (device) from the account in the Security section of your settings (probably the better way to do it).
5. Uninstall the Dropbox app from your computer (using an uninstaller like CleanMyMac is best).
6. OPTIONAL: Trash the old Dropbox folder from Users/<YourUserID> (the new files will be in /Users/<YourUserID>/Library/CloudStorage, so the old files are just taking up space)
7. Download the most recent beta "Universal Installer" from Desktop Client Builds
8. Install the app and it should walk you through setting it up as a "clean" install and require you to sign back in. This will trigger a new synchronization of your (chosen) folders. You will have to download any that you want offline again, since they are being moved to CloudStorage (which is why I said you could remove your old folder that showed up under "Favorites.")
9. Things should work at that point!

Thanks both ....will sleep on that!

JWL Photo Thanks for the detail.

Can I clarify something please..... It sounds like after the reinstall, Dropbox downloaded a new set of your data from the Cloud direct into ~/Library/CloudStorage/Dropbox, leaving the original ~/Dropbox spare and unused. Hence your advice that you could delete ~/Dropbox as part of the preparation.

In other words it did not move the contents of ~/Dropbox to ~/Library/CloudStorage/Dropbox.

Obviously, depending on quantity, a fresh download could take some time compared to moving.

As you say, have a sound backup of all your data in case... 😀 

Michael B.10 : Any old (downloaded) files will stay on your computer and you will need to remove them. Any new ones will need to be re-downloaded. It’s not a simple “move”, which is inefficient, at best. At least once you get it done the first time, it should keep it synced from there.