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Some folders aren't syncing to Mac device, but they are syncing to Windows and Linux
Hi Everyone,
I'm on M3 Mac, with the most recent Dropbox app. I noticed that specific shared folders will never show locally, in the file system, despite being marked for syncing. Tried both ve...
Hi Jay,
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No, none - and this happens with dozens of shared folders in my Dropbox - they simply all share the naming characteristic that I described. I realise that you'll treat me with suspicion, first looking for the blame on my end - but I've been using Dropbox for 10+ years, on three different OSes, and this time it it really does look to me like a bug.
But...
I just tested this by creating three fresh folders (ABC-X1, ABC-X2, ABC-X3), and for new folders the sync works ok. So it must be something more complex - but for already existing folders the problem persists, also for empty shared folders.
Thanks again!
Hi again,
So, continuing my testing:
> I just tested this by creating three fresh folders (ABC-X1, ABC-X2, ABC-X3),
> and for new folders the sync works ok.
However, despite the fact that these test folders did show locally, I cannot un-sync them (!) - I've marked them to stop showing locally, and they still do.
Without even trying, I now expect that if I unliked dropbox app, deleted files, and re-downloaded them again, these three folders would now be gone.
So it looks like the bug actually does exist, and is relatively easy to reproduce, even for empty folders.
I look forward to someone trying this on their mac and confirming whether the issue exists as described above.
Thanks again!
