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paulpeterson
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4 years ago

Alias Folders

I had to re-sync Dropbox recently and when I sync the app on my iMac Dropbox creates locked alias folders for Desktop, Downloads and Documents. Do I have to wait for the files to sync and the localiz...
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jusegur
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paulpeterson hey paul! did you ever get this figured out? I am having the same exact problem and I cannot seem to figure out how to solve it yet

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Rich
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2 months ago
jusegur wrote:

I am having the same exact problem and I cannot seem to figure out how to solve it yet

What, exactly,, is the problem you're having? This topic refers to an older version of the Backup feature. The current Backup works differently.

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    jusegur
    New member | Level 2
    2 months ago

    somehow my three main folders (desktop, documents and downloads) that used to live locally on my user macbook laptop were turned into aliases/locked folders folders by dropbox. Those folders now seem to live in Dropbox making my local folders aliases or shortcuts to the original folders that now have been hijacked by dropbox to live in the dropbox account. I do not want that. It's the same exact thing Paul mentioned in his first post. Now i'm trying to figure out how to undo this mess because I don't even use Dropbox or have paid for it ever. Not sure how this happened. 

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      jusegur
      New member | Level 2
      2 months ago

       

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        Walter
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        2 months ago

        Hey jusegur - thanks for the additional information and the screenshot too.

         

        It sounds like you enabled the Dropbox Backup feature at some point. Have you tried disabling it via the app's preferences by any chance?

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