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Can't put the folder on an external drive on MacOS
I chose dropbox just because it gets on an external disk, can't anymore? I'm totally frustrated, last year 3 months didn't work at all for MacOs ..
BJRo wrote:
Why on earth would Dropbox try and force storage of over 100GB of data inside the user /Library directory?
This isn't Dropbox's doing; it's a new restriction put in place by Apple. Changing the location of your Dropbox folder is no longer supported by macOS.
Rich
Super User II
Super User II
BJRo wrote:
Why on earth would Dropbox try and force storage of over 100GB of data inside the user /Library directory?
This isn't Dropbox's doing; it's a new restriction put in place by Apple. Changing the location of your Dropbox folder is no longer supported by macOS.
I'm considering purchasing a new Mac Studio this August. Reading the information about the new restriction on using an external drive with Dropbox, I'm wondering if anyone has tested moving the entire home directory onto an external drive.
The ~/Library/CloudStorage would still be respected.
Has anyone tested this or has heard about this possibly working?
Since my Dropbox folder is approaching the 1TB size, I don't want to have to buy a 2TB Mac Studio.
Thanks.
