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suite150
Explorer | Level 4
3 years ago
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Unify 2 macs after upgrade

I recently upgraded my macbook pro to a new macbook pro.   I'm a longtime Dropbox user. On my previous computer, I was set up to sync with dropbox such that if I went to the actual dropbox director...
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  • Jay's avatar
    Jay
    3 years ago

    Hi suite150, just to clarify to ensure I have it right. 

     

    • The 'Desktop' folder in Favorites is pointing to "/Users/user/Dropbox/My Mac (MacBook-Pro.local)/Desktop",
    • Your actual visual Desktop folder shows up under the "/Users/user/Desktop" location and has no shortcut currently.

    If this is the case, then there isn't any issue really. You can move the files from the 'Desktop' folder (the one in the Favorites bar), into the visual desktop folder. This will move files out of the Dropbox folder as well.

     

    You should also be able to create a shortcut to the correct desktop folder, by finding said folder using these steps in your Home menu, and then dragging that folder to the Favourites menu.

     

    If this works, you can do the same with the Downloads and Documents folders.

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Hannah
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3 years ago

Sorry to jump in here, suite150, but can you please let us know what's the full folder path for each of these folders?

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suite150
Explorer | Level 4
3 years ago

Thanks. Here are the full folder paths....

 

/Users/user/Dropbox/My Mac (MacBook-Pro.local)/Desktop

/Users/user/Desktop

  • Jay's avatar
    Jay
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    3 years ago

    Hi suite150, just to clarify to ensure I have it right. 

     

    • The 'Desktop' folder in Favorites is pointing to "/Users/user/Dropbox/My Mac (MacBook-Pro.local)/Desktop",
    • Your actual visual Desktop folder shows up under the "/Users/user/Desktop" location and has no shortcut currently.

    If this is the case, then there isn't any issue really. You can move the files from the 'Desktop' folder (the one in the Favorites bar), into the visual desktop folder. This will move files out of the Dropbox folder as well.

     

    You should also be able to create a shortcut to the correct desktop folder, by finding said folder using these steps in your Home menu, and then dragging that folder to the Favourites menu.

     

    If this works, you can do the same with the Downloads and Documents folders.

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