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Exclude folder from syncing - but KEEP on desktop
I can't seem to find an answer to this issue specifically. I have a folder within a folder that contains many files I do not want added to my dropbox. Attempting to use selective-sync, I went into my...
Jay
Dropbox Staff
Dropbox StaffHi GMoneyy, thanks for messaging the Community!
If you choose 'Get info' on the folder in question, you would get the full file path.
That is where you would replace the example files path in the command line for Terminal.
If you have any further queries, feel free to message back.
the directions at https://help.dropbox.com/sync/ignored-files are quite poor for mac users
here is how mac users can exclude files
mac users should
- go to the file/folder you want to exclude
- right-click for 'get info'
- right click on file path and click on the balloon 'copy as file path'
- open textedit and paste - you will need this in a moment
open textedit
copy this from the instructions on the other page
xattr -w com.dropbox.ignored 1 /Users/yourname/Dropbox\ \(Personal\)/YourFileName.pdf
where /Users is, delete that and everything after it, and paste in what you took from Get Info --
in other words you should have
xattr -w com.dropbox.ignored 1 (and then paste your getinfo)
and THEN what you copied from Get info
then copy your new xattr info into terminal, paste, and hit enter.
I spent 20 min following the other directions with no success.
