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g v.
Collaborator | Level 10
2 years ago

Hi Alessandro, thanks for asking. I have a mac and access my files exclusively either via the side bar in Finder windows, starting from a close location and going up or down levels with option-arrow, or via Alfred search for folders or files. All files are saved to disk at all times (2TB internal), new files default is "Available offline", smart sync is off. The menu bar has an icon to watch for sync issues and to pause syncing if necessary. 

 

I have five folders in my Dropbox folder:

Apps (generated by Dx),

Apps2 (for apps that don't do well with the Dx Apps folder),

Camera Uploads (generated by Dx, auto-upload via ios app),

Data (contains all my data on Dx, folder structure is reflected in my side bar so any file is no more than a few clicks away)

Shared (shared folders need to be separate so I don't accidentally batch-change other people's stuff)

 

I invested in a 2 TB internal drive for this workflow and have several external ssds for redundant incremental backups of everything with both Time machine and Carbon copy cloner. 

 

And I dread moving all this to a hidden folder in ~/Library. I think I just won't do this. 

 

I never use the Dropbox app because the front window rarely contains files I need but a lot of things I don't need at that moment. It's like Microsoft office apps, they give me all the other things I've been working on, cluttering my brain with stuff I don't need at that moment. I need a window with a map of my folder structure, not individual files. Also, the Dropbox app uses too much vertical space for each file and doesn't show me tags. 

 

Best, gv

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