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kikashi
Helpful | Level 7
2 years ago

Aliases on Mac

Dropbox 178.4.4811, MacOS Ventura   I upgraded Dropbox to use File Provider, so the Dropbox folder now lives in ~/Library/CloudServices. Aliases no longer work.   1. If I create an alias to a fol...
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  • kikashi's avatar
    kikashi
    2 years ago

    The current version of Dropbox can't cope with aliases to packages. I hope it'll be fixed.

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kikashi
Helpful | Level 7

PS: I tried using soft links instead of aliases and Dropbox got awfully confused, so that's not an answer.

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kikashi
Helpful | Level 7
2 years ago

The current version of Dropbox can't cope with aliases to packages. I hope it'll be fixed.

  • Walter's avatar
    Walter
    Icon for Dropbox Staff rankDropbox Staff
    2 years ago

    Hey kikashi, I just wanted to mention that this is part of the expected changed with the new version of the desktop app for Mac OS.

     

    You can read more about it here.

    • kikashi's avatar
      kikashi
      Helpful | Level 7
      2 years ago

      I don't see anything at that link about aliases to packages. Aliases to files work; aliases to folders work; why do aliases to packages not work at all?

      • LynnDbx's avatar
        LynnDbx
        Icon for Dropbox Engineer rankDropbox Engineer
        2 years ago

        Thanks so much for the detailed report! The engineering team was able to reproduce this behavior as well so we're going to file an issue with Apple and get their help to see what's causing this behavior.

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