You might see that the Dropbox Community team have been busy working on some major updates to the Community itself! So, here is some info on what’s changed, what’s staying the same and what you can expect from the Dropbox Community overall.
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Unwanted 'update' to Macos on File Provider causes multiple issues - excessive disk use being one
After 10+ years of happily using Dropbox both private as for business, I got the invite to update to use Macos on File Provider.
The update ran smoothly in itself, but:
1) I lost around 120 GB of...
Hi Rogermcv, thanks for bringing this to our attention.
The new Mac OS Dropbox desktop application does have some changes which you have experienced on your device.
You can try to sign out of the Dropbox desktop application using these steps, and then sign back in. This mght help to return you to the previous structure.
If you have any further queries, feel free to message back.
Jay
Dropbox Staff
Dropbox StaffHi Rogermcv, thanks for bringing this to our attention.
The new Mac OS Dropbox desktop application does have some changes which you have experienced on your device.
You can try to sign out of the Dropbox desktop application using these steps, and then sign back in. This mght help to return you to the previous structure.
If you have any further queries, feel free to message back.
Please add this to the support page that tells you about making files and folders 'online-only'. I have spend two days trying to figure out what is suddenly making my Mac "System Data" take up 156G out of my 250G drive. Dropbox's new 'updates' were cramming my hard drive so full I couldn't load up my WORK programs. Trying to make everything online-only SAYS it's successful, and I watch the Dropbox folder KEEP GROWING, instead of shrinking in size. And that's AFTER hours of checking every Mac help page and system folder just to realize it's Dropbox!
