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Forum Discussion
Problem transfering dropbox to external SSD drive in Macbook Air
I wanted to move my dropbox folder from my Macbook Air hard drive to an external SSD drive. I signed out of the app, signed back in
However, the new dropbox location was created, however it is not linked therefore I do not get all of the links, and sync with dropbox. and it seems that the old link is still there. And I am unable to find out where the directory is.
What I want is for dropbox to be linked to the external SSD drive
Here are the screen shots:
On the following image
A - is the new dropbox directory on the external drive that was created. files and folders here do not have the Dropbox Links (like link address, etc)
B - is the old location. it says that it is unlinked to dropbox
However as you will see in the last image, this directory DOES have the dropbox links.
In the new location (A) there are no dropbox links
This is B, the old content in the location I want to replace. It seems that the dropbox link is still linked here, and as you can see the Dropbox Links for syncing are here.
- Jay
Dropbox Staff
Hi ssedas2000, thanks for messaging the Community.
As it looks like you're running the File Provider version of the Dropbox desktop application on Mac OS, the ability to move the Dropbox folder to an external drive is limited.
You would need to follow the requirements in this article in order to be able to move the Dropbox folder to your external drive.
If you need any further assistance, please let me know.
