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skystep
Explorer | Level 3
2 years ago

In dropbox on the web my desktop folder redirects to backup

I use dropbox on my Mac and activated the option to have my desktop local filder saved in dropbox. When I try to use files from my desktop on other computers I connect to the website and select my d...
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skystep
Explorer | Level 3
2 years ago

Hello,

Due to syncing problems (thread here) I uninstalled Dropbox from my MAC.

I had a Dropbox folder synced with my Desktop folder.

 Once Dropbox uninstalled, I lost my Desktop folder, replaced by a Symlink :

Desktop -> /Users/user/Dropbox/My Mac (Alexs-MacBook-Air.local)/Desktop

But all commands to delete this link get errors :

"unlink: Desktop: Operation not permitted"

(even with sudo any operation is forbidden on that file)

I can not create a new Desktop folder

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