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ssedas2000
7 hours agoNew member | Level 1
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 l...
Jay
6 hours agoDropbox 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.
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