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anonymous's avatar
anonymous
11 months ago

I can't ignore a folder under Version 189.4.8395

Hi, on my mac I would like to prevent a folder from syncing. Already made the update and migration to the cloud storage location on the new Mac OS:   Folder Path is: /Users/kirstensoerries/Librar...
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  • anonymous's avatar
    anonymous
    11 months ago

    That one worked

    xattr -w 'com.apple.fileprovider.ignore#P' 1 "/Users/Name/Library/CloudStorage/Dropbox/Lightroom 2024/Lightroom 2024 Previews.lrdata"
Jay's avatar
Jay
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Hi anonymous, thanks for bringing this to our attention.

 

Since the folder and file have spaces in them, you need to add quotation marks (") from before the /Users/ path to after the .lrdata part of the argument.

 

Keep me updated with any progress!

anonymous's avatar
anonymous
11 months ago

Thanks Jay

 

didn't work?

 

kispro22:~ kirstensoerries$ xattr -d 'com.apple.fileprovider.ignore#P' "/Users/kirstensoerries/Library/CloudStorage/Dropbox/Lightroom 2024/Lightroom 2024 Previews.lrdata"
xattr: /Users/kirstensoerries/Library/CloudStorage/Dropbox/Lightroom 2024/Lightroom 2024 Previews.lrdata: No such xattr: com.apple.fileprovider.ignore#P
kispro22:~ kirstensoerries$
  • Jay's avatar
    Jay
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    11 months ago

    Could you try this command for the beginning portion of the Terminal prompt?

    • anonymous's avatar
      anonymous
      11 months ago

      That one worked

      xattr -w 'com.apple.fileprovider.ignore#P' 1 "/Users/Name/Library/CloudStorage/Dropbox/Lightroom 2024/Lightroom 2024 Previews.lrdata"

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