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israa_abuelezz
Explorer | Level 4
3 years ago
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I can't disable the backup of my Mac

Hello community,   Please I need urgent help on this, I have mistakably done a backup of my Mac for Dropbox and I can't access my Desktop on my Mac anymore after doing this it says, "Desktop can'...
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  • Megan's avatar
    Megan
    3 years ago

    Hi there, israa_abuelezz, let's try something. Can you follow these steps?

     

    Click the Dropbox icon in your system tray.
    Click your profile picture or initials.
    Click on Preferences.
    Click the Accounts tab.
    Press the "alt+H" keys and at the same time, click the "Reset OS folder locations" button.
    Click Continue to proceed.


    Keep me posted.

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JamBeej
Explorer | Level 4
3 years ago

Every Mac-beginner is strongly advised to make backups, preferably with Time Machine. So if you have a backup on your Time Machine, you can restore your Mac with it. This at least will bring back your desktop. Whether or not it will bring back all your desktop files depends on how recently this backup was made.

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