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Sami k's avatar
Sami k
Helpful | Level 5
3 years ago

Can't put the folder on an external drive on MacOS

  I chose dropbox just because it gets on an external disk, can't anymore? I'm totally frustrated, last year 3 months didn't work at all for MacOs ..
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  • Rich's avatar
    Rich
    3 years ago
    BJRo wrote:

    Why on earth would Dropbox try and force storage of over 100GB of data inside the user /Library directory?

    This isn't Dropbox's doing; it's a new restriction put in place by Apple. Changing the location of your Dropbox folder is no longer supported by macOS.

     

BJRo's avatar
BJRo
New member | Level 2

How to solve this? Need to install dropbox on a separate partition, same drive.

esf's avatar
esf
Helpful | Level 6
2 years ago

Hi, how does this solve the space constraint?  

  • William H.51's avatar
    William H.51
    New member | Level 2
    2 years ago

    Can we use symlink for this destination to external drive? 

    If this can't be solved, will be forced to start using alternative like Resilio or Nextcloud. 

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