Can you run the same Dropbox account in two different partitions (Mac and PC)?

[bjbaker]

I'm running Dropbox on a Mac (OS 12.5.1), collaborating on a book with co-authors using PCs. I've installed a PC emulator (Parallels Desktop) mainly to enable the use of Zotero, which runs very slowly once a document gets to a certain size on Mac. When I have the document open in Mac, the Dropbox badge warns me if a collaborator is also in the doc (very useful). But in the PC, there is no Dropbox badge. I've tried downloading Dropbox from there, but it only gives me the option of 'Dropbox for S mode', whatever that is. I've downloaded it, but there is still no badge. Worse, it appears that the changes that I make while in the emulator do not alert the other authors that I am working on the document. Can you help? Thanks, Brett.

[Mark · Accepted solution]

Hi @bjbaker 

If you are only getting the S mode you need to make sure you are running a full version of windows and not just the S version. That will then give you the Dropbox badge etc. - and it will be available on other peoples machines as well as long as they've the full version. However, it isnt foolproof so make sure you've backups available. 

One downside to note if you run it twice on a machine (Windows/Apple) is that you need to download the Dropbox directory twice - it isnt possible to share the one download location. So its going to use double the disk space on your device.