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rfog's avatar
rfog
Collaborator | Level 9
6 years ago
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Be able to change Dropbox backup folders names on individual accounts

Add possibility of rename Backup folders. If you have only one computer, it go fine, but if you have more than one, it ends being very confussing. Due iCloud Drive issues, I've changed all of my Macs "synchronized" Desktop and Documents to Dropbox. However, take a look to the picture: 

 

It is very difficult to guess what is what. With the possibility to rename them, I could have named "My iMac", "My MBP 13", "My MBP 15". Very easy to see what is what.

 

(As a workaround, we can change to detail view, but could be more easy for all of us be able to change the names).

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  • Nancy's avatar
    Nancy
    Icon for Dropbox Community Moderator rankDropbox Community Moderator
    3 years ago

    Hi everyone! 

     

    Please keep an eye on this thread for any further updates. As soon as the feature is more widely available, we’ll share more details here.

  • Derek Erb Solutions's avatar
    Derek Erb Solutions
    Helpful | Level 6
    3 years ago

    Thank you for (finally) working on this. We appreciate the reaction.

     

    How will we know when we can safely rename our folders?

     

    Will there be some form of announcement from Dropbox?

     

    Will this require a client software update/upgrade?

     

    Thank you.

  • klepp0906's avatar
    klepp0906
    Collaborator | Level 10
    3 years ago

    this is long overdue, but good news nonetheless!  now to re-do a bunch of paths and scripts and such hopefully one last time. 

    how will we know when this is fully implemented? 

  • raypar's avatar
    raypar
    Explorer | Level 4
    3 years ago

    What was going on in the developer(1), developer(2), developer(3), developer(n)'s head when they decided to code it this way?  Did they just get lazy with their algorithm design?

  • Walter's avatar
    Walter
    Icon for Dropbox Community Moderator rankDropbox Community Moderator
    3 years ago
    Status changed:
    Closed - Not for right now
    to
    In Beta

    Hi all, I just wanted to let you know that the team is working on this idea!

     

    Some backups and backup folders are currently able to be renamed, and we are working to upgrade all backups to have similar functionality

     

    Thanks for sharing your suggestion with us and to everyone for supporting it.

  • wheresbryce's avatar
    wheresbryce
    New member | Level 2
    3 years ago

    This would be 200% beneficial for me and my team's dropbox. Please look into this 

  • Geddy Lifeson's avatar
    Geddy Lifeson
    Explorer | Level 3
    3 years ago

    I like the functionality, the new location, and the logo label for the "Mac" Folders for the Download Folder Sync/Backup. However, I have three Macs that currently back up their Download Folders to Drop Box Backup. They are labeled by default by Drop Box as "Mac" "Mac(2)", and "Mac(3)".  So I forget which Mac is which. When I try to rename the folders, I get the message that the folder cannot be renamed as it is a feature of Drop Box.

     

    It would be GREATLY APPRECIATED to allow the user to name these folders, even if the process was one where the folder name change request was submitted through Drop Box.

     

    Thanks