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New named Dropbox structure
I am a user of DropBox Business, on Windows 10.
Last week, I suddenly realized that the shortcuts to some of my Dropbox folders were broken.
A quick look learned me that the structure had changed...
The issue is this—the third party app developer does not support DropBox for business team folders at this time (and never really did).
However, one could let it sync and create it's App folder, then temporarily rename it, followed by creating a new Team Folder by the same App folder name with the proper permissions, then move the contents of the App's renamed folder into the newly-created Team folder with the App's folder name.
Voila! Team folder synced by the App.
Except, that doesn't work with the new structure.
Also, your moving everything to the cloud resulted in my Operating System's meta databases for searching for file names and file contents using it's file systems built-in search mechanisms is now all broken.
So, also, thanks for that!!!
Ongoing saga of this DropBox nightmare. Seriously, this is really pushing me towards Google Drive (which we already have) and/or Box.com. Maybe even Microsoft's OneDrive.
Tried to do some basic work—autogenerate a templated file, move it into a new matter's folder.
AH, but the project management system is no longer linked to DropBox. Okay, though, Zapier is . . .
BUT, now Zapier is not linked to the Team Folder and is creating a new folder structure based on the Project Management / Client / Matter structure in my personal folder.
Okay, so maybe I just go ahead and migrate and all my literally thousands of files from the Team Folder that got moved out and into a fully-shared folder in my personal folder.
I mean, we made Groups in DropBox for this, including the automatically-created Everyone group.
Ah, but you can only add auto-generated groups to TEAM FOLDERS!!!!! GLDMWFMNL:SDNF:KAJNFAD:KLFJAS:KFADJN:FKDSNJFDS:KLDFJ
You have got to be kidding me. So now I am creating an EVERYONE group that is not the EVERYONE group . . .
I hate DropBox so much. It is like they are trying to make me work to migrate away from them.
Remember when DropBox was file-syncing and file-sharing? Remember when it was the simple solution anyone could use? Remember when it was the best, simplest, easy-to-use option for that?
Ah, yes, I remember those days . . . now there's Paper and whatever nonsense they have now.
Could be worse—have a matter involving a large company that shared a large set of files using a janky-90s-era solution.
Still, this is becoming unbearable, and I am afraid when I have the time (because owner, CTO, CLO, CEO, all the **bleep** hats guy) we will be migrating.
Which is a bloody shame. DropBox was literally the first company software tool we purchased (back before DropBox for business; paid for the professional personal DropBox . . . ah, the days).
