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Can't backup a folder because it's not in default location (it is, I think)
I had used Dropbox before, worked great. I had to reinstall it to today because of reasons. When I wanted to set it up again, I checked to backup the Documents folder but got the message below. Also,...
I have the same issue.. My laptop is Macbook Pro M3 Max. Can you let me know if you found a solution to this? Thank you very much
Hello.
Unfortunately as this was 2 years ago and I stopped using Dropbox, I don't remember the details.
I think that, for some reason, probably for being previously a user of many other drives (i think the main cause of the issue was onedrive, but possibly the mega app too), I had different "Documents" folders. One in the Documents location, and one or two in other locations.
I don't remember how I fixed the issue. First, I probably reinstalled the dropbox app (try both before and after these steps). But, it was probably one of these two:
- Instead of backing up the Documents folder, i left it unchecked, and manually set the folders I wanted to back up to back up (go to file explorer, right click, youll find there, at least in windows).
- Playing around with the Documents folders I had. Renaming some, replacing, deleting, until only one remained in the default docs location, but I DON'T think this is what I did. If remember correctly, all the months I was using Dropbox, I was syncing from the randomly located "Documents folder."
- I jist remembered this one, I think this couldve been it, along with the reinstalling: Deleting OneDrive and Mega completely from my system, not just disabling them. I think Onedrive caused a lot of issues.
I don't use Mac, never did. Perhaps the issue for you is iCloud (instead of OneDrive), or another default way the system is backing up files. Good luck.
