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On Mac, aliases in Dropbox to folders within Dropbox no longer work across devices
I'm having the same problem as what the user Robio describes here:
https://www.dropboxforum.com/t5/Files-folders/Mac-aliases-within-Dropbox-used-to-work-on-all-shared-devices/m-p/370300
That disc...
I imagine everyone is aware of this, but I still had this thread bookmarked, so I just popped in to say this issue appears to be fixed. I don't recall when it was fixed, but I'm running Dropbox 97.4.467 and aliases are working across devices within shared Dropbox folders.
Now if we can just get them to fix the problem of locked folders/files being not staying locked...
Walter
Dropbox Staff
Dropbox StaffHi Tyrrell!
As I'd really need an account and device specific view to better advise on this matter (this is exactly why we had to switch to email communication with Rob as well in the post you quoted), would it be OK if I reached out via your Dropbox email address to have a further look into this with all of our tools available?
Let me know here and we'll take it from there. Thank you!
The one thing that has not yet been made clear to me by Dropbox support is whether or not this is now expected behavior. No one has said one way or another whether Dropbox expects synced Mac aliases to use relative paths...
>alias /users/rob/Dropbox/2019 Budget.xlsx alias
>points to target users/rob/Dropbox/Budgets/2019 Budget.xlsx on ROB's computer
>but points to target users/joe/Dropbox/Budgets/2019 Budget.xlsx on JOE's computer
...which is what was happening a few months ago...
...or if Dropbox has been changed so that now the alias follows absolute paths (i.e., if the path includes /users/rob/, it won't work on Joe's computer.
They've asked me to unlink/relink my Dropbox "to ensure it's working correctly" but first I need to know which of the two behaviors they consider correct.
In the mean time, I've found a workaround: Each user creates their own aliases locally. It's far less convienient because User A has to tell User B where to find everything they might want to alias. But it's better than having to hunt.
