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cloudres
5 months agoExperienced | Level 12
I have two Dropbox folders in the CloudStorage folder on Mac OS, which is live?
Good morning, I need confirmation before proceeding with a deletion. Within the Library > CloudStorage folder on my Mac, I've found a duplicate Dropbox folder. One appears to be current, while the ot...
Jay
Dropbox Staff
Hi cloudres, thanks for posting today!
Since the Dropbox folder can only be called 'Dropbox', 'Dropbox (Personal)' or 'Dropbox [Business team name]', the correct folder should be the one with the blue Dropbox icon on it.
You can confirm this be seeing which of those two folders have the sync icons on them, confirming that files are syncing to your account. You can also check this out in the Dropbox desktop application preferences page.
If you need any further assistance, please let me know!
cloudres
5 months agoExperienced | Level 12
With the newly taken screenshot in hand, could you confirm that I can safely delete that copy made by Dropbox, which, as stated in the previous screenshot, has been unchanged since November 2023?
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