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amberprawn
3 years agoNew member | Level 2
Lost access to Desktop folder on Mac when I downloaded Dropbox, and now can't access.
I've lost access to the Desktop, Documents and Downloads file on my mac - help??
I just set up a new Dropbox account with a different email. When it asked whether I wanted to sync/back-up Desk...
ak_alpenglow
2 years agoExplorer | Level 4
WAIT... It was YOU?!?! DROPBOX?! You locked me out of my own computer?? I've been pulling my hair out over this, and it was Dropbox that locked me out of my own computer?! Why? For what possible purpose would you design your solution to do this??
- Walter2 years agoDropbox Staff
Hey ak_alpenglow, sorry to hear about this.
Can you please let us know some additional information about the issue you're having so that we can assist further?
- Jackie1232 years agoNew member | Level 2
Omg I'm just figuring this out too. Did you ever resolve? I'm at a loss of how dropbox has taken over my desktop, downloads and documents. Everything is set to not back up and its still taking over the pathway of my desktop. My actual "desktop" folder in my Mac has different files..this is infuriating
- ak_alpenglow2 years agoExplorer | Level 4I did. I eventually got a talk to your dropbox engineer to help work this out with me. There were a lot of terminal commands in about two weeks of work.
- BryanmMac2 years agoExplorer | Level 4
I am having the exact same issue. I no longer have access to my Desktop, Documents, and Downloads.
Does a fox exist or must I create a new Mac profile?
- Hannah2 years agoDropbox Staff
Hey Jackie123, does backup appear as disabled, when you go to your backups page online?
- TexAK2 years agoExplorer | Level 4
I punted on Dropbox as they were so unhelpful and it does not play well with Apple anymore. I switched to Apple's storage plan. Ugh.
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