You might see that the Dropbox Community team have been busy working on some major updates to the Community itself! So, here is some info on what’s changed, what’s staying the same and what you can expect from the Dropbox Community overall.
Forum Discussion
Add text saying "on" and "Off" to desktop app's preferences buttons
I have been seriously confused by the buttons on the "Preferences" menu and elsewhere. Nothing says whether the button that is a black dot on a white slide means on or what a white button on a black ...
Yes, I am referring to the "slider" on/off buttons that appear in several places in the preferences settings.
I'd also like to add that it should be much clearer when installing that Dropbox wants to install (Aaarrrrrggghhh!!!) on the boot drive. It should not do that automatically. Most of us who have systems with SSDs use boot drives that are smaller than our Dropbox file limit, and we want to put the Dropbox directory on a larger drive. This also allows the system drive to not be slowed down by file operations in Dropbox.
- Rich
Super User II
Radiodavid wrote:
I'd also like to add that it should be much clearer when installing that Dropbox wants to install ... on the boot drive. ... we want to put the Dropbox directory on a larger drive.
The Dropbox application itself will always install to your boot drive, with no option to change it, but you can specify the location of your Dropbox data folder during the install. Look for the advanced options after you sign in during the install.
Not being able to determine the drive location for the install before starting has tricked me several times and made me have to reinstall the boot drive from a backup in both instances.
I've been dealing with mini/personal computers since the mid-70 and have gone from Bill Gates' original paper DOS in 1975 to CPM and Apple I and II and then about 42 years with PCs. This "if you don't stop me in an obscure part of the install process I will fill up your boot drive and lock it" is absurd.
