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Turning on dropbox backup but folder name is weird
I had tested the Dropbox Backup feature in the past so I know that when turned on my Computers should be added as My Mac (Unique Mac Name). I decided to turn it back on again when setting up two new ...
OK, they are finally rolling up a Beta update for Dropbox Backup that will let you rename and I was able to do it! You can do go through Dropbox Backup in the app, disable the backups on all the computers there, and then restart them. Then, re-enable backups and it should move you over to beta so you can now rename things!
Ugh, same problem. its pegging my main PC as PC2 after a format/upgrade to windows 11. unlinked everythign from my dropbox account, restarted and tried to set it up again.
guess i wont be using that.
can win with cloud services. tried putting libraries in onedrive but stuff just gets perpetually stuck on sync so figured id shift gears and come to dropbox. nope, dropbox has to sequester things off in their own "PC" folder and on top of that they have to append numbers and you cant change whatever it decides.
good times. local backups it is.
so is a plan in the works to address this behavior? what happens when i format again? PC3? then i build a new pc to replace this one, PC4?
Its kind of important to address this. some people have a whole slew of scripts that run based on paths and locations and once youre entrenched having crazy names appended to the same environment that are unchangeable and unremovable is absurd at best. I was able to swallow the murder of symlinks but this one is preventing me from using it altogether.
Just posting as it's October 2022 now and Dropbox STILL hasn't even bothered to touch this issue. Setup DB from scratch, added backup for my mac (which is called MikeMBP), and I get a backup named "Mac". Helpful...
It's deeply irritating that my office computers are just backing up as Mac (##). It is increasingly difficult to figure out what computers are what backup, considering they don't reflect the device name, location, or anything remotely helpful. I'm even angrier now that I see this has been a problem for years with no attempted resolution whatsoever. It might be time to switch cloud services...
Come on Dropbox, this is amateur bull**bleep**. FIX IT!
