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Can't move my Dropbox folder to another drive
I have a Mac Pro running 10.11.6. I have five internal drives in my Mac Pro, all traditional Mac OS Journaled (etc.). I'm retiring one of my internal drives, one that my Dropbox files are stored on, ...
Hey
I'm pretty sure that what I want t odo is simple and straightforward but I'm really struggling to be clear on terminology and 'computer speak'. I've searched hundreds of posts here and all seem to give me part answers but I'm scared to follow the solutions because I'm not sure about the other parts. In essence, I'm worried that getting dropbox to point to my existing files on E: drive will overwrite E: drive folders with what is on the dropbox server/cloud and I need it the other way around....I need to KEEP files on E: drive and copy/sync/write them to Dropbox cloud/server.
So...
I've had dropbox for years but a week ago it was either uninstalled or otherwise disappeared.
Ths morning I followed Support advice to
https://www.dropboxforum.com/t5/Desktop-client-builds/bd-p/101003016 and downloaded/installed Stable version 28.4.14.
I was led to understand that at some stage through the install it would ask me where I wanted it to 'point' to find my existing 'dropbox folder' where I store all the files I want to sync/share but it just installed itself into C:/program files (x86). (That's ok with me....what would I know??) but it then seems to have loaded all the files that were on the Dropbox Server/Cloud thingie back to my computer to C:\Users\(my name)\Dropbox.
I gather it should be a pretty simple exercise to:-
Right click on the Dropbox icon in System Tray (bottom right corner beside Clock/Date)
Left click on the Gear cog to open Settings
Click Preferences
Click Account
Click 'move' beside Location and simply
Point to E:\Data\Dropbox.
3 questions then:-
1. Is this correct?
2. How do I make sure it sends the files from my E: drive to the cloud/server thingie instead of sending what's already in the cloud/server thingie to my E: thereby deleting or overwriting what's in the E: Drive?
(or...am I better off un-installing Dropbox again and finding some way to interupt it's re-installation so it will point to the E:\Data\Dropbox?)
3. I understand from other posts that it will create a folder called 'dropbox' inside my existing E:\Data\Dropbox. If this is true, can I simply pick up all of the folders and files inside this new 'dropbox' and drop them one level up the tree into the old, existing 'dropbox'?
I've got lots of other questions about terminology but I'll take this one step at a time.
Thanks
Chris
- Sorry, I should mention that C: and E: are just partitions on the same computer hard drive. Thanks
- Jane
Dropbox Staff
Hey Windspeed,
Sorry to get back to you in delay.
Have you been able to move your Dropbox folder to your E:\ drive?
If you need further help, please let me know, I'll be following this thread from this point onwards.
Thanks,
JaneA
- Hi,
No one in Community seemed able to answer my question so I asked the question of Dropbox Support and they have given me my answer thank you.
Not sure what to do now. How do I close this off? I didn't really get a solution that will help anyone else so don't want to tick 'Accept as solution' but should I end the 'thread' somehow?
Regards
Chris
