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asiufy wrote:OneDrive works fine, and keeps files in the user's home folder. If I have to download terabytes of data all over again, I'd definitely move to OneDrive instead.
Do you mean that Onedrive automatically downloads on-line only files in 12.3+, without the Onedrive folder being in ~/Library/CloudStorage/Onedrive?
If so that does surprise me. My Onedrive folder is also in CloudStorage and works correctly with on-line only photos.
Yes, it does work perfectly, and my files are in ~/OneDrive.
That said, there *is* a ˜/Library/CloudStorage/OneDrive file (or package) not folder.
Nothing from Dropbox in ˜/Library/CloudStorage though...
Yes, it does work perfectly, and my files are in ~/OneDrive.
That said, there *is* a ˜/Library/CloudStorage/OneDrive file (or package) not folder.
Nothing from Dropbox in ˜/Library/CloudStorage though...
asiufy wrote:Yes, it does work perfectly, and my files are in ~/OneDrive.
That said, there *is* a ˜/Library/CloudStorage/OneDrive file (or package) not folder.
Nothing from Dropbox in ˜/Library/CloudStorage though...
Are you sure that your ~/Onedrive isn't an alias to the CloudStorage location, which is how it is on both my macs?
When the CloudStorage change has been implemented there is a new Dropbox or OneDrive item in the Locations section of Finder. This is also a shortcut to the CloudStorage folder. Dropbox did not put an alias in my user like Onedrive did. It is unnecessary because it is a duplicate of the Locations shortcut, but guess some might like it.
You are right, it is an alias.
The OneDrive icon has a small, subtle badge that I took it for a little cloud, but it's actually just the usual alias badge.
So, how do I get Dropbox to actually move to the ˜/CloudStorage/ location?
asiufy wrote:So, how do I get Dropbox to actually move to the ˜/CloudStorage/ location?
I did it some builds ago by completely uninstalling Dropbox and reinstalling with fresh set up.....after which I had all my data in the CloudStorage location. At that point it was all on-line only so I had to right click "make available offline" everything I wanted local. Confusingly all my Dropbox data also still existed in a ~/Dropbox folder (not an alias). Dropbox confirmed this can be deleted and I believe that more recently this legacy folder is being removed.
This is the thread where I received some help forcing the change to CloudStorage, and it contains some helpful detailed instructions from JWL Photo.
This is another thread which may help.
BTW my Dropbox has updated it self to 153.2.794 which is a higher build than has been announced in the beta forum.
