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Dropbox doesn't sync symbolic links anymore
Hi,
until this summer I was able to sync folders outside Dropbox using simbolic links.
I just tried again to sync a folder with this tricky method and it's not working. I tried to create simbolic...
Seems like Dropbox have removed the one most useful feature of DropBox; it is now 99% useless. Who the hell wants to reverse the symlinks. We all have file structures outside the dropbox maybe over multiple drives, which we have used for years, so are never going to change that. This is a crazy decision. Go back to the otiginal method ort I'm done with Dropbox !!
+1 need this functionality please. My use case is that I develop websites locally using my SSD drive - but use Dropbox on my HDD (with significantly slower read/write speeds). I use symbolic links to create a 'copy' of my dev files on the SSD that are then backed up via Dropbox.
We need to either be able to select custom folders to sync (outside of the main Dropbox folder) - or reintroduce symlink support. After being a loyal Dropbox user for 6+ years, I'm actively testing other solutions for this exact reason.
