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Dropbox removing external disk support for Mac users
In case anyone's unaware... if you're a Mac user storing your Dropbox on an external drive, you'll shortly lose that ability.
https://talk.tidbits.com/t/dropbox-drops-support-for-storing-files-...
sorry but I can't help you with that. I'm moving all my files away from Dropbox because of this but I hold TBs of files and folders.
Maybe someone else can help.
I've been testing Sync.com on a couple of my machines, & it works pretty well. The only issue I have is that it interferes with the 'green/blue syncing checkbox' for my dropbox folder. I.e When Sync.com is running, I can't see the online/offline/sync status of my dropbox files in the finder.
I've tested this on an Intel & M1 Mac (both still on Monterey 12.6.5) & its the same behaviour in both cases.
Are other Sync.com testers having this issue too?
Would be great if anyone from Dropbox cared to comment on this thread, as I've got about a month to decide whether to jump ship before my subscription renews.
- I’m not sure I would use two sync services in the same directory. Seems like a bad idea.
Ru 1971 This is the third time I’ve repeated this warning and I’ll hope third time is the charm: For the sake of your data, NEVER EVER place a Dropbox folder inside of another cloud storage folder. You’re lucky you got off with mere loss of a check mark, because placing one service inside of another would, if left to its own devices, set off an infinite recursion, triggering data corruption. My guess is that Sync.com detects such errors and simply removes the operation of the other storage service, protecting you from yourself. You should be thankful you got off so lightly.
- Re-read my posts. I specifically stated they were *not* sharing data and were on entirely separate external drives.
Ru 1971 I have no wish to argue, and there’s no need to take offense. I was just trying to help you out. In particular, I was trying to make sense of your statement:
“I've been testing Sync.com on a couple of my machines, & it works pretty well. The only issue I have is that it interferes with the 'green/blue syncing checkbox' for my dropbox folder. I.e When Sync.com is running, I can't see the online/offline/sync status of my dropbox files in the finder.”
I took your remark to mean that you were seeking to run that Dropbox folder inside of Sync. If you were not doing this, there’s no way that one could interfere with the other. However, when you use the finder, you do need to choose which service you’re using it for.
Here’s why. As I understand it, each service operates partially as an extension of the Finder. You can either use one extension or the other, but the Finder doesn’t permit you to use both at the same time. That’s to avoid the infinite recursion error.
Does this answer your question?
