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Joet123
Explorer | Level 4
4 years ago

Remove Link to Local Downloads - Mac

I installed dropbox on my Mac,   I tried to stop it from taking over from iCloud but i mistakenly gave it permissions to sync my downloads folder.  Now it is asking me to upgrade (my dl folder is...
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  • Hannah's avatar
    Hannah
    4 years ago
    Hi Joet123, thanks for your post and happy Monday!

    It looks like you have enabled the computer backup feature on your Dropbox application. 

    To disable this, you'll need to reinstall Dropbox, sign back in to your account and then follow the steps here.

    Let me know if you need anything else!
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Hannah
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Hi Joet123, thanks for your post and happy Monday!

It looks like you have enabled the computer backup feature on your Dropbox application. 

To disable this, you'll need to reinstall Dropbox, sign back in to your account and then follow the steps here.

Let me know if you need anything else!
Joet123's avatar
Joet123
Explorer | Level 4
4 years ago

Thanks for the info 

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