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Common Mount Point of Files for all users in a team
On Mac OS is it possible for all members of a team to have the same mount point with Finder integration so that the absolute paths are the same for everyone?
Currently, it should be technically possible to do what you're doing, however, it would require you to manually change all the local drives to be the same, and configure the Dropbox desktop application to move the Dropbox folder to those specific locations.
Even when doing so, there may still be unexpected events that could change the location of the Dropbox folder. My advice would be to take caution when making these changes.
- Megan
Dropbox Staff
Hi Bluebicycle, how are you today?
Can you share a bit more as to what you'd like to achieve here, so I can help as much as possible?
It's important to note, that if you're on a Business team, all the members have their own content too. Which means that they would need access to those on the desktop app as well.
Are you referring to team content?
Let me know more!
Yes so we are sharing Media using Apple's Final Cut Pro in a large organisation. There are a huge amount of files, but we just sync a folder for that week and then release in the following. But the media Paths to the editing application are absolute, which means that it all has to be relinked at any exchange.
The Final Cut Library Bundle is a live database so they tend to be stored locally (as otherwise they are continually syncing and contain hundreds of files). But if the paths to media it links to was constant is would be so much better.
If all members of Team had the same Dropbox mount point that would negate the need to continually relink.- Mark
Super User II
Hi Bluebicycle
That isnt something you can do with Dropbox natively and it would almost certainly need a rebuild of all users user accounts to make sure everybody was using the same User Account name.
Sadly Dropbox just is not designed to work with database type programs I'm afraid for this exact reason
