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DaleC
Helpful | Level 6
2 years ago

Dropbox folder aliases don't work as expected

Perhaps this is expected behavior but I didn't expect it 😟   I have long had aliases for folders in Dropbox placed in other (non Dropbox) folders, for ease of navigation. So I have two such fold...
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    DaleC
    2 years ago

    Hi, Walter (and Community),

    Your post reminded me to restart my Mac, which I should have done before. That resolved the issue. Aliases are working again as expected!

    I had just recently installed the Dropbox beta, a week or so ago, and I'm using Dropbox.app v. 172.2.1385. I had also updated to the newest OS beta (13.3). It was after the second install that I noticed the issue with aliases... Perhaps something in beta + beta caused a glitch?

    Just to add what I'm seeing after the restart: I did delete the problematic aliases and re-created them (again, in the folder outside of Dropbox). The new aliases work as expected, and so do others that I did not recreate. I'm able to drag (move) files back and forth at will...

    So, I guess it was just an odd glitch...I'll keep an eye out for it recurring...

     

    Peace,

    Dale

     

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